drawio (diagrams.net)
Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt
jgraph/drawio · alive · ★ 5.29k · last commit 1d ago · 176 open issues
License: Apache-2.0
Good fit for Diagrams (architecture, ER, flowcharts) where Miro is overkill and you want files in git.
Weak at No real-time collaboration; not a freeform whiteboard.
In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli miro prints
the Miro comparison table including drawio (diagrams.net).
how the CLI works →
Replaces these SaaS
- Miro · Online whiteboard / visual collaboration
`docker run -it --rm --name="draw" -p 8080:8080 -p 8443:8443 jgraph/drawio`. drawio is structured-diagram-shaped (UML, network, BPMN, AWS architecture) rather than freeform-whiteboard-shaped; great for the diagram side of Miro work, less for sticky-note retros. Files save as `.drawio` (XML) anywhere — local disk, git, Nextcloud, GitHub Gist. No multi-cursor collab in OSS edition.
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