WBO
WBO is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Team Chat category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in JavaScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Microsoft Visio and ships a Docker image. It has 2,673 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,673
- Forks
- 486
- Open issues
- 95
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,146
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.18.2Oct 17, 2026
- Created
- Aug 27, 2013
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 1,146 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,146 |
| Latest release | v2.18.2 (Oct 17, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 3 |
| Open issues | 95 |
| Open pull requests | 2 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Aug 27, 2013 |
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About WBO
Web Whiteboard to collaborate in real-time on schemas, drawings, and notes.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/lovasoa/whitebophir.
Topics
- collaborative
- javascript
- whiteboard
- teaching
- education
- draw
- art
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Is WBO free and open source?
Yes. WBO is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run WBO with Docker?
Yes. WBO provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to WBO?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to WBO include Rocket.Chat, Novu and Mattermost. WBO itself is a self-hosted alternative to Microsoft Visio.
Is WBO actively maintained?
The most recent commit to WBO was on Oct 24, 2026 with 1,146 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.18.2, published Oct 17, 2026. It had 95 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.