tldraw
tldraw is a source-available, self-hosted app in the Utilities category, licensed tldraw license and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Figma, Lucidchart and Microsoft Visio. It has 51,090 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 51,090
- Forks
- 3,576
- Open issues
- 445
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,925
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v5.5.2Oct 2, 2026
- Created
- May 9, 2021
- License
- tldraw licenseSource-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,925 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors6 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,925 |
| Latest release | v5.5.2 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 140 |
| Open issues | 445 |
| Open pull requests | 121 |
| Good first issues | 6 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | May 9, 2021 |
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About tldraw
Infinite canvas whiteboard and SDK for drawing and diagramming.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/tldraw/tldraw.
Topics
- drawing
- sketch
- whiteboard
- canvas
- diagram
- infinite
- react
- collaboration
- design
- multiplayer
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Is tldraw free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. tldraw is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the tldraw license, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. This is a custom license: the source is public, but it adds conditions that OSI-approved licenses do not, such as limits on commercial, hosted or production use. Read it before you deploy. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run tldraw with Docker?
tldraw does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (TypeScript), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to tldraw?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to tldraw include Excalidraw, revealjs and penpot. tldraw itself is a self-hosted alternative to Figma, Lucidchart and Microsoft Visio.
Is tldraw actively maintained?
The most recent commit to tldraw was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,925 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.5.2, published Oct 2, 2026. It had 445 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.