Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Code as Whiteboard

Like excalidraw but just for your code in vscode.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Code as Whiteboard launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Excalidraw▲103
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
2020 · excalidraw.com · its alternatives →
2
Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design▲423
open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.
27d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
3
Excalidraw – Sketch Hand-Drawn Like Diagrams▲30
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams - excalidraw/excalidraw
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Microsoft Whiteboard▲248
The canvas where ideas, content, & people come together.
2018 · its alternatives →
5
Excalidraw▲7
Hand-draw style diagrams, save to the cloud — for free.
Oct 2025 · excalidraw.cn · its alternatives →
6
Microsoft Whiteboard for iOS & Web▲127
The canvas where ideas, content, & people come together.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Excalideck – Use Excalidraw to make slides▲125
Excalideck is an app for authoring slide decks that look hand-drawn.
2021 · excalideck.com · its alternatives →
8
Witeboard▲1,017
A real-time whiteboard for your team. No signups required.
2018 · witeboard.com · its alternatives →
9
Excalidraw +▲8
Collaborative whiteboarding made easy
2021 · plus.excalidraw.com · its alternatives →
10
Visme Whiteboards▲266
Bring big ideas to life and brainstorm in style
2022 · visme.co · its alternatives →
11
White▲171
Real-time interactive whiteboard
2018 · its alternatives →
12
RealtimeBoard 3.0▲569
Enhanced whiteboard. Your guide to the future of teamwork
2018 · miro.com · its alternatives →
13AV
A virtual whiteboard for working or teaching remotely▲309
2014 · whiteboardfox.com · its alternatives →
14
Visual Studio Code 1.0▲309
Microsoft's cross-platform text editor for developers
2016 · code.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
15
Eraser 2.0▲228
The whiteboard for engineering teams
2022 · eraser.io · its alternatives →
16
Whiteboard▲187
Simple whiteboard app to make sketching quick & easy
2015 · its alternatives →
17
Giving AI to your favorite whiteboard, Excalidraw▲7
I built Open Canvas, another AI wrapper, but this time to your favorite whiteboard tools! Built on top of Excalidraw
Nov 2025 · opencanvas.studio · its alternatives →
18
Ycode▲297
No-code web app builder where design meets function
2021 · ycode.com · its alternatives →
19
VSCode Cheatsheet▲99
A cheatsheet to help you remember keybinds for VSCode
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
20
Whiteboard▲119
Simply write beautiful API documentation.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
21
Slite + Excalidraw▲170
Add sketches to all your docs, wiki, notes and projects
2021 · slite.com · its alternatives →
22
Realtime Board▲136
Whiteboard. Finally in your browser.
2014 · miro.com · its alternatives →
23
CodeSwing – A CodePen-like interactive playground, built into VS Code▲159
VS Code extension for building web applications ("swings") using a interactive and editor-integrated coding environment - lostintangent/codeswing
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Box Line Text – A simple whiteboarding tool for screencasts▲132
Simple virtual whiteboarding. Contribute to jncraton/box-line-text development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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