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Whiteboard

Create a full local whiteboard with tldraw, including shapes, drawing, notes, images, pages, and export

Whiteboard

The board is edited and saved locally in your browser. Use the built-in tldraw menu to import, save, insert images, and export PNG, SVG, or tldraw files.

About this tool

An online whiteboard provides a freeform canvas for writing, drawing, and spatial organization, useful for explaining an idea, marking a process, or sketching independently. Position can express groups and relationships, but a canvas without a title or reading path can confuse its recipient.

A browser whiteboard is better as an immediate workspace than the only archive. Understand save, export, and local-cache behavior, export important work regularly, and avoid leaving confidential information on a shared device.

How to use it

  1. State the objective

    Write the question, date, and expected outcome at the top of the canvas.

  2. Organize into regions

    Use consistent colors and simple shapes for groups, sequence, and ownership.

  3. Clean and export

    Remove duplicate sketches and add a legend and conclusions before saving a reusable copy.

Supported range and limits

Underlying engine
The open-source tldraw, running locally in the browser
Available elements
Shapes, freehand drawing, sticky notes, text, arrows and images, across multiple pages
Where content is stored
Browser local storage. Clearing browsing data, switching browsers or changing device makes it disappear
Collaboration
No real-time multi-user editing; the content exists only on this device
Export
To image or file; export anything you care about promptly
vs Excalidraw Board
This is a clean vector style; Excalidraw is hand-drawn, which suits a different kind of communication

When you would use it

  • Explaining a solution remotely

    Use simple boxes and arrows to support a page-layout or business-process discussion.

  • Capturing an individual idea

    Sketch questions and possible directions before creating a formal document.

  • Keeping a discussion as a reviewable record

    Draw while you talk, then export an image to attach to the minutes; it recovers the reasoning far better than prose alone.

What to know before you start

  • Refreshing or clearing browser data can affect local work that was not exported.
  • A whiteboard image lacks structured searchable text, so record important decisions in a document too.
  • Before sharing a screenshot, inspect canvas edges for names, secrets, or sensitive notes.

Related concepts

canvas
A workspace allowing objects to be placed freely at two-dimensional coordinates.
spatial grouping
Using distance, boundaries, and alignment to communicate relationships.

Frequently asked questions

Is my whiteboard content uploaded?
No. The whiteboard is built on tldraw and runs locally in your browser; shapes, notes and images stay on your device and are never uploaded.
What elements are supported?
It supports shapes, freehand pen, sticky notes, text and images, which you can arrange freely and export as an image.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. Just open the page; no login and no software installation required.
Why is my board empty on another computer?
Content lives in browser local storage, which does not sync across devices or browsers, and there are no accounts. Export anything important to a file; that is the only reliable way to keep it.
This or Excalidraw Board?
This is a clean vector style, right when the diagram should look finished. Excalidraw is hand-drawn, and its deliberate roughness communicates "still a draft". Both cover shapes, text and images, so choose by intent.

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