Open source alternatives to Miro

3 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Miro does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Miro does

  1. Infinite shared whiteboardcore
  2. Real-time collaborationcore
  3. Sticky notes and brainstorming
  4. Diagrams and flowcharts
  5. Templates
  6. Comments
  7. Integrations with work tools

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
AFFiNEOpen-source workspace for docs, whiteboards and planning with CRDT sync Replaces it78%75k+199
108
3 months ago57% Install like an app Custom license
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Diagrams and flowcharts; Integrations with work tools. Not shown: Comments.See the evidence
  • Infinite shared whiteboardcoreYesput any building block on an edgeless canvas
  • Real-time collaborationcoreYessupports real-time sync and collaborations
  • Sticky notes and brainstormingYesrich text, sticky notes, any embedded web pages
  • Diagrams and flowchartsPartlyshapes and even slides
  • TemplatesYespre-built templates from our team
  • CommentsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Integrations with work toolsPartlyPlugin community and third-party blocks are coming soon.
excalidrawHand-drawn style virtual whiteboard for sketching diagrams with others Covers one part61%136k+363
77
7 months ago100% Runs in a browser MIT
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Integrations with work tools. Not shown: Sticky notes and brainstorming; Templates; Comments.See the evidence
  • Infinite shared whiteboardcoreYesInfinite, canvas-based whiteboard.
  • Real-time collaborationcoreYesReal-time collaboration.
  • Sticky notes and brainstormingNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Diagrams and flowchartsYesCreate beautiful hand-drawn like diagrams, wireframes
  • TemplatesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • CommentsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Integrations with work toolsPartlyVScode extension
whiteboardOpen-source canvas app for sketching software design Same job, different way39%3.5k+62
1,146
5 days ago83% Runs in a browser MIT
Covers 0 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Infinite shared whiteboard; Real-time collaboration; Integrations with work tools. Not shown: Sticky notes and brainstorming; Templates; Comments.See the evidence
  • Infinite shared whiteboardcorePartlydraw on an in-app canvas
  • Real-time collaborationcorePartlyA hosted product for teams is planned
  • Sticky notes and brainstormingNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Diagrams and flowchartsYesa sequence diagram, an entity relationship diagram
  • TemplatesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • CommentsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Integrations with work toolsPartlyplugs into the tools you already use

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