Online Whiteboard (Excalidraw Hosted)

Overview

Draw.vortechron is my hosted version of the open-source Excalidraw project, running under my own domain with a focus on affordability and simplicity.

It provides the familiar Excalidraw experience—fast sketching, infinite canvas, and hand-drawn style diagrams—without users needing to manage their own deployment or infrastructure.

Key Features

• Excalidraw drawing experience
  Infinite canvas, shapes, freehand drawing, text, arrows, connectors, and hand-drawn style.

• Real-time collaboration
  Share a link with teammates to brainstorm system designs, product ideas, or UI flows together.

• Persistent boards
  Users can save and reopen their boards instead of relying on local browser state only.

• Export & sharing
  Export diagrams to PNG/SVG for use in documents, slide decks, or wikis.

• Cheaper, transparent pricing
  Designed as a budget-friendly option for solo developers, students, and small teams who want a hosted Excalidraw-like experience without enterprise pricing.

• Custom domain branding
  Hosted under draw.vortechron.com, which makes it easy to integrate into my own tooling and future productivity products.

My Contributions

Although the core drawing engine comes from the open-source Excalidraw project, I:

• Deployed and configured the app under my own infrastructure
• Integrated authentication and basic account management (where supported)
• Added pricing logic and billing integration for a cheaper paid tier
• Tuned UI/UX and settings to fit my personal workflow and target audience

I actively track the upstream Excalidraw project so I can pull in updates and improvements.

Technical Overview

• Built on the Excalidraw open-source codebase (React + TypeScript)
• Self-hosted under my own infrastructure and domain
• Configured for production (HTTPS, caching, environment separation, backups)
• Ready to be extended with more collaboration and team features over time