# tldraw

> Free online whiteboard with a local desktop app

tldraw is a free whiteboard at tldraw.com for drawing, diagramming and working with others in real time, with an optional free account that saves files to the cloud. A free desktop app, tldraw offline, keeps boards as local files on macOS, Windows and Linux. The company's commercial product is the tldraw SDK, which other software makers license to build canvas features into their own products.

- **Category:** Whiteboards & Mind Maps
- **Made by:** tldraw (since 2022)
- **Website:** https://www.tldraw.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

tldraw is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** The tldraw.com whiteboard, a tldraw.com account and the tldraw offline desktop app are all free. The tldraw SDK for building canvas products is licensed separately.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | The whiteboard at tldraw.com, with or without an account, and the tldraw offline desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux. |

Read from https://www.tldraw.com/ on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with tldraw before buying.

## Key features

- **Infinite canvas drawing tools:** Draw freehand, add shapes, arrows and text with rich formatting, and drop in images and bookmarks. The site says it works in browsers on phones, tablets and desktops.
- **Accounts and cloud files:** The app works without logging in. Signing in to a free account saves files to the cloud, syncs them between devices and lists them in a sidebar.
- **Sharing and multiplayer:** A signed-in owner can invite guests as editors or viewers with a link, keep a file private, or publish a snapshot that can be updated later without a new link.
- **tldraw offline:** A desktop app with no accounts and no server. Boards are saved as self-contained .tldraw files, and others on the same local network can join a file.
- **Canvas for AI agents:** A plugin for ChatGPT and Codex and an MCP App for Cursor let agents draw on a board, and tldraw offline lets local agents such as Claude Code edit and script files.

## Good for

- Quick sketches and diagrams without creating an account
- People who want whiteboard files kept locally on their computer
- Working on a canvas alongside coding agents such as Codex or Claude Code
- Developers evaluating the tldraw SDK for their own product

## Worth knowing

- The vendor describes tldraw.com as the flagship demo of its SDK and ships early SDK versions there for testing and evaluation.
- Sharing a board from tldraw.com requires signing in to an account.
- No native iOS or Android apps are listed; on phones and tablets tldraw runs in the browser.
- tldraw is not open source: the SDK is source-available, and using it in a product needs a commercial license whose price is not published.

## Works with

ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Claude Code

**Tags:** Whiteboard, Diagrams, Real-time collaboration, Works offline, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Excalidraw](https://toolgpa.com/tools/excalidraw): Open-source whiteboard for hand-drawn style sketches and diagrams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/excalidraw-vs-tldraw)
- [draw.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/draw-io): Free diagram editor that saves files to storage you choose. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/draw-io-vs-tldraw)
- [Miro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/miro): Online whiteboard for team brainstorming, diagrams and planning. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/miro-vs-tldraw)
- [FigJam](https://toolgpa.com/tools/figjam): Online whiteboard from Figma for brainstorms, diagrams and meetings. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/figjam-vs-tldraw)
- [Whimsical](https://toolgpa.com/tools/whimsical): Whiteboard for flowcharts, wireframes, mind maps and docs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tldraw-vs-whimsical)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://www.tldraw.com/
- https://tldraw.dev/
- https://tldraw.dev/faq
- https://tldraw.dev/pricing
- https://tldraw.dev/company
- https://offline.tldraw.com/
- https://tldraw.dev/blog/tldraw-offline
- https://tldraw.dev/blog/introducing-tldraw-offline-multiplayer
- https://tldraw.dev/blog/introducing-tldraw-for-chatgpt-and-codex
- https://tldraw.dev/blog/tldraw-mcp-app
- https://tldraw.dev/blog/whats-new-2025

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/tldraw
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