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Replace Miro.

5 open source alternatives, ranked by health. We re-check every project weekly, so you don’t migrate to something abandoned.

Ranked by health

  1. ExcalidrawCollaborative whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn style diagrams, with real-time sharing and end-to-end encryption.★ 133k MIT TypeScript self-host managed
  2. AFFiNEKnowledge base that combines documents, whiteboards and databases for writing, planning and organizing.★ 73k MIT + AFFiNE EE license (backend) TypeScript self-host managed
  3. DrawnixWeb whiteboard combining mind maps, flowcharts and freehand drawing, with a hosted version and Docker image.★ 15k MIT TypeScript self-host managed
  4. WBOSimple real-time collaborative online whiteboard for drawing together, with a public instance and self-hosting.★ 2.7k AGPL-3.0 JavaScript self-host managed
  5. Spacedeck OpenWeb-based real-time collaborative whiteboard for arranging text, drawings, images and video on large canvases.★ 1.1k AGPL-3.0 JavaScript self-host
How the ranking works

Health blends commit recency, release cadence, issue throughput, contributor breadth and star growth. Stars are shown but never ranked on. The full method.