# Any open source Miro alternative?

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**Category:** Design Lounge\
**Created:** [July 17, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511 "2026-07-17T18:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Caramel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/caramel/32/3127_2.png) [@Caramel](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Caramel)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/1 "2026-07-17T18:24:48Z")

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I use Miro quite a lot in my work for workshops. It’s really an amazing tool. However it just dawned on me that there isn’t really any open source alternatives..or none that I have found.

I did find quite a nice alternative milanote, but it isn’t open source and feels more for personal usage.

What white boarding collaborative tools do you use that are open source, if any? And what are the chances to get one going? 😊

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**Author:** ![jdittrich](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jdittrich/32/42_2.png) [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/2 "2026-07-19T08:43:28Z")

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I see [excalidraw](https://excalidraw.com/) frequently used in open source projects

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**Author:** ![Caramel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/caramel/32/3127_2.png) [@Caramel](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Caramel)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/3 "2026-07-19T21:23:45Z")

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Wow this looks great and privacy driven. Love it and will definitely try it out. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jcklpe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jcklpe/32/3563_2.png) [@jcklpe](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jcklpe)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/4 "2026-07-22T15:48:47Z")

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It’s a few years out of date but I used to help maintain this repo for open source alternatives: [Whiteboarding Applications / Miro / Mural / Milanote / InVision Freehand · Issue #321 · junaid33/opensource.builders · GitHub](https://github.com/junaid33/opensource.builders/issues/321)

Doesn’t look like there’s a lot of stuff. The website alternativeto has more stuff though: [https://alternativeto.net/software/miro--formerly-realtimeboard/?license=opensource](https://alternativeto.net/software/miro--formerly-realtimeboard/?license=opensource)

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**Author:** ![gvlx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90db22/32.png) [@gvlx](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/gvlx)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/5 "2026-07-24T16:17:23Z")

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Hello,

Wouldn’t [PenPot.app’s collaborative features](https://penpot.app/collaboration) serve this purpose?

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**Author:** ![danapixels](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/danapixels/32/3495_2.png) [@danapixels](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/danapixels)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/6 "2026-08-05T18:49:46Z")

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Could try AFFiNE (: I’ve used it with friends to collaborate for a game jam.

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**Author:** ![jdittrich](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jdittrich/32/42_2.png) [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/7 "2026-08-10T09:23:40Z")

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> [@danapixels](#):
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> Could try AFFiNE

Does it have whiteboarding? On the first glance it looked wiki-ish to me.

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**Author:** ![danapixels](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/danapixels/32/3495_2.png) [@danapixels](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/danapixels)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/8 "2026-08-12T05:41:13Z")

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It does! You also need to turn on “Edgeless Canvas” button in top left so it’s more like Figjam/Miro. It’s definitely more clunky? Sometimes we found it wasn’t live updating as smooth as others though.

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**Author:** ![Caramel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/caramel/32/3127_2.png) [@Caramel](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Caramel)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/any-open-source-miro-alternative/4511/9 "2026-08-14T20:54:44Z")

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Yes have been trying and find some lag issues. Really liking excalidraw for it’s simplicity though!