Excalidraw has an NPM package!: npmjs.com/package/@excalidraw/excalidraw
It is very easy in my experience to set up a local npm project that's just an empty HTML with Excalidraw inside, working fully locally - great if you're behind some firewall or similar network isolation.
If this improves the Apple Pencil experience this could be a great improvement. Would be nice if this could be tied into Obsidian to replace the web based version somehow.
The browser based ink/drawing support on iOS devices is pretty bad (and hard to fix since Apple doesn’t expose the ink APIs in JS from my understanding).
smw 1 days ago [-]
There's an excalidraw plugin for obsidian, really nice.
rpastuszak 1 days ago [-]
Yeah and I do use it from my iPad occasionally. Stylus support is ok.
Tldraw is also neat, I used their line drawing library in some of my projects.
karlfrohlich 22 hours ago [-]
Totally agreed. I tried drawing via apple pencil on ipad (obsidain) and it was very slow/laggy
mrtesthah 1 days ago [-]
Now is a great time to be replacing web apps everywhere with native tools that are memory efficient, private, and highly responsive.
mosselman 1 days ago [-]
Excalidraw is great. I created a macOS wrapper as well a while back and still went back to creating a web-based alternative instead. ExcalidrawZ looks a lot more fancy than what I had back then.
I switched to web mostly for collaboration. The shared environment on the web somehow makes more sense for collaboration than the challenges of setting up sharing with local apps. You could go with a server in between, but I haven't figured out any upsides really.
What I did do is customise the editor and add a bunch of features that really helped in collaborating the way I like it.
* Seems like it is intended to replace the original, not an extension/plugin
* Smells vibe-coded (which raises the question as to its quality)
I'll keep using (and paying for!) the original, thanks.
chrisandchris 1 days ago [-]
> * Smells vibe-coded (which raises the question as to its quality
Any substance for your claim? The repo is at least older than the word "vibe" itself.
V1.0.0 is from August 2024 and has more-or-less the same README.md (the GIF looks very similar).
j2kun 1 days ago [-]
Looking at the content of recent commits they read like raw LLM output to me, and also the graph at https://github.com/chocoford/ExcalidrawZ/graphs/code-frequen... makes it pretty clear that development has been accelerated much more recently than 2024.
robrain 20 hours ago [-]
Claude is listed as a contributor. Doesn’t mean it’s vibed, I know.
jdthedisciple 1 days ago [-]
did you just steal their brand name? or what am i missing
petepete 1 days ago [-]
Looks like it. There are several other projects that heavily borrow from the name/branding around too, including the one I use Excalidash (https://excalidash.xyz/)
I guess making it clear it's Excalidraw-related without overstepping is tricky.
benatkin 1 days ago [-]
I also wonder why we're appending a Z. And is it drawsy like ChewZ is choosy?
ShinyLeftPad 1 days ago [-]
wardilacxe?
just off the top of my head
hooli_gan 1 days ago [-]
That sounds like a disease I don't want to catch
ShinyLeftPad 1 days ago [-]
It doesn't have to sound good, just to be unique and not infringe
r_lee 1 days ago [-]
good luck having anyone discover something with that name
ShinyLeftPad 1 days ago [-]
compared to a project that gets shut down for infringement? Don't think i'll need your luck;)
QuantumNomad_ 1 days ago [-]
Wardilacxe sounds like the name of an acne-removal cream. That, or the name of a laxative. :P
ShinyLeftPad 1 days ago [-]
Things that bring goodness, in other words!
pixelready 1 days ago [-]
Just pick a different famous sword? Masamunedraw, Durandraw, etc…
mpalmer 1 days ago [-]
Well hey, at least it's not like they've completely re-implemented the same functionality as well.
podviaznikov 10 hours ago [-]
very nice. my native markdown editor for mac and iOS also supports Excalidraw
It is very easy in my experience to set up a local npm project that's just an empty HTML with Excalidraw inside, working fully locally - great if you're behind some firewall or similar network isolation.
The browser based ink/drawing support on iOS devices is pretty bad (and hard to fix since Apple doesn’t expose the ink APIs in JS from my understanding).
Tldraw is also neat, I used their line drawing library in some of my projects.
I switched to web mostly for collaboration. The shared environment on the web somehow makes more sense for collaboration than the challenges of setting up sharing with local apps. You could go with a server in between, but I haven't figured out any upsides really.
What I did do is customise the editor and add a bunch of features that really helped in collaborating the way I like it.
So a bit of a shameless plug: https://kromdraw.com/
* Steals the brand name from a tool I love
* Seems like it is intended to replace the original, not an extension/plugin
* Smells vibe-coded (which raises the question as to its quality)
I'll keep using (and paying for!) the original, thanks.
Any substance for your claim? The repo is at least older than the word "vibe" itself.
V1.0.0 is from August 2024 and has more-or-less the same README.md (the GIF looks very similar).
I guess making it clear it's Excalidraw-related without overstepping is tricky.
https://wander.md