* refactor(editor): move text editing out of App into AppText (app.text) A pure move of the text editing session, and of the text helpers around it, out of App.tsx (14,250 → 13,478 lines) into App.text.ts. It sits next to AppTextTool, which keeps the text tool's pointer interaction. AppText holds: - the session: startTextEditing (creates or picks the text to edit, and opens the editor), handleTextWysiwyg (the editor's lifecycle) and the open editor's submit handler - the part of the canvas a typed or pasted text is kept within: getTextSidePanels, getTextViewportOffsets and getMaxTextWidth (paste, which stays in App for now, calls into them) - where a new text goes: getTextCreationGridPoint and getTextWysiwygSnappedToCenterPosition - the queries that find the text or container to edit: getTextElementAtPosition, getTextBindableContainerAtPosition, getSelectedTextElement, getSelectedTextEditingContainerAtPosition and isEditingTextContent - the auto-resize handle: isHittingTextAutoResizeHandle and handleTextAutoResizeHandlePointerDown Callers go through `app.text`, startTextEditing's included: no delegate is left on App (no host or test used it). Beyond the move, `this.` becomes `this.app.` for what stays on App, members called from outside become public (App.deselectElements too), and the container ref and the styles panel mode come in as dependencies, as AppViewport's do. The moved code is identical to the removed, modulo those rewrites, whitespace and trailing commas (checked mechanically). Claude Opus 5.5 (1M), xhigh effort * test(editor): click the text auto-resize handle through the pointer The handle that turns a fixed-width text back into a growing one was only covered through its action: nothing hovered or clicked it. Hovering it on a selected wrapped text now shows the pointer cursor, and clicking it unwraps the text, through AppText's hit test and pointerdown handler. Claude Opus 5.5 (1M), xhigh effort
Excalidraw Editor | Blog | Documentation | Excalidraw+
An open source virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard.
Collaborative and end-to-end encrypted.
Features
The Excalidraw editor (npm package) supports:
- 💯 Free & open-source.
- 🎨 Infinite, canvas-based whiteboard.
- ✍️ Hand-drawn like style.
- 🌓 Dark mode.
- 🏗️ Customizable.
- 📷 Image support.
- 😀 Shape libraries support.
- 🌐 Localization (i18n) support.
- 🖼️ Export to PNG, SVG & clipboard.
- 💾 Open format - export drawings as an
.excalidrawjson file. - ⚒️ Wide range of tools - rectangle, circle, diamond, arrow, line, free-draw, eraser...
- ➡️ Arrow-binding & labeled arrows.
- 🔙 Undo / Redo.
- 🔍 Zoom and panning support.
Excalidraw.com
The app hosted at excalidraw.com is a minimal showcase of what you can build with Excalidraw. Its source code is part of this repository as well, and the app features:
- 📡 PWA support (works offline).
- 🤼 Real-time collaboration.
- 🔒 End-to-end encryption.
- 💾 Local-first support (autosaves to the browser).
- 🔗 Shareable links (export to a readonly link you can share with others).
We'll be adding these features as drop-in plugins for the npm package in the future.
Quick start
Note: following instructions are for installing the Excalidraw npm package when integrating Excalidraw into your own app. To run the repository locally for development, please refer to our Development Guide.
Use npm or yarn to install the package.
npm install react react-dom @excalidraw/excalidraw
# or
yarn add react react-dom @excalidraw/excalidraw
Check out our documentation for more details!
Contributing
- Missing something or found a bug? Report here.
- Want to contribute? Check out our contribution guide or let us know on Discord.
- Want to help with translations? See the translation guide.
Integrations
Who's integrating Excalidraw
Google Cloud • Meta • CodeSandbox • Obsidian Excalidraw • Replit • Slite • Notion • HackerRank • and many others
Sponsors & support
If you like the project, you can become a sponsor at Open Collective or use Excalidraw+.
Thank you for supporting Excalidraw
Last but not least, we're thankful to these companies for offering their services for free: