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24 alternatives to I Made a Mac Native Excalidraw (Open Sourced)
3.4 MB Excalidraw for MacOS. Swift native light & fast - zpphxd/whitespace
This is a Mac native application based on Excalidraw, an open-source drawing tool. It allows users to create diagrams and sketches with a focus on a hand-drawn aesthetic. The application is available as open-source… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Excalideck is an app for authoring slide decks that look hand-drawn.
2021 · excalideck.com · its alternatives →
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Excalidraw▲103Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
2020 · excalidraw.com · its alternatives →
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Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams - excalidraw/excalidraw
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Gemma 4 E2B generating Excalidraw diagrams from text prompts, running entirely in desktop Chrome via WebGPU. KV cache compressed 2.4× using TurboQuant
Apr 2026 · teamchong.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hand-draw style diagrams, save to the cloud — for free.
Oct 2025 · excalidraw.cn · its alternatives →
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Add sketches to all your docs, wiki, notes and projects
2021 · slite.com · its alternatives →
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Inscribed.app, a slide-based tool for creating stop motions animation and slides. I've been writing a lot of tech content lately and needed a way to create a stop motion to visualize ideas for my blog. I'm a big fan of Excalidraw and Apple Keynote, so this tool is an attempt to combine the UX of the two together. Sketch like Excalidraw with a slide making interface (with shortcuts) like Apple Keynote. Features: - keyboard shortcuts: copy/paste/del, up/down navigation - adjust document size - drag and drop images - google fonts integration - presentation mode - export as GIF,…
2025 · inscribed.app · its alternatives →
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Lightwell▲262A simple tool for creating native iOS apps on Mac 💻 📲
2018 · stuartkerrs.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · monodraw.com · its alternatives →
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A native macOS tab bar library with split pane support for SwiftUI applications. Features 120fps animations, drag-and-drop tabs, and full keyboard navigation.
Jan 2026 · bonsplit.alasdairmonk.com · its alternatives →
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Building a visual language of icons anyone can understand
2015 · thenounproject.com · its alternatives →
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NotePlan 3▲264Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files
2020 · noteplan.co · its alternatives →
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Hey all! I'm happy to announce we've finally released our 2nd macOS app, Draw Over It, a tiny desktop app that enables drawing, highlighting, or annotating directly on top of anything on your Mac. I've always wanted something like this for instant and unobtrusive sketching and annotation for pair programming and demos. I always found the standard web-based diagram and drawing tools a bit too cumbersome. So we built a simple overlay that could appear over any window or app with one shortcut. It doesn't collect any user data and doesn't require any system permissions - it's sandboxed. It all…
Oct 2025 · draw.wrobele.com · its alternatives →
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Monodraw▲160Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac
2015 · monodraw.helftone.com · its alternatives →
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MacGap▲166Build native OS X apps with web technologies
2014 · macgapproject.github.io · its alternatives →
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I often create presentations where elements need to move (animate) from one slide to the next. This is great for explaining algorithms, workflows, or anything that benefits from dynamic visuals. I used to rely on Figma prototypes with smart animations for this, but I wanted a way to do it in Excalidraw—maybe even more conveniently. So I made an Excalidraw fork which helps you present "frames" and interpolates animations between them. Video demo (detecting cycles in a graph): https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/62033fca-03ca-489... Instructions, tips, and…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I recently released version 1.4 of Notepad.exe, my editor built for macOS. The goal of the app is to let you prototype ideas in Swift or Python with minimal setup - write code, hit Run, skip project scaffolding. This release adds support for a Linux runtime/subsystem, so you can write on macOS and execute snippets in a Linux environment. I’d love to hear any feedback or answer any questions: would a tool like this fit your workflow? What friction remains?
2025 · notepadexe.com · its alternatives →
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As a native Windows user who switched to macOS a few years back, one thing I never got over was the simplicity and usefulness of the old school Notepad app. This app aims to recreate that very same experience, cross-platform and easily installable as a PWA. I've been using this for personal use for around 2 years and I figured it was time to share it with the world. Criticism, issues and PRs are welcome. Thanks!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Flatdraw▲93Open-source canvas drawing web app with responsive UI
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Download Lekh: whiteboard & diagramming by LEKHAPP LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Lekh: whiteboard &…
2012 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
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