# excalidraw-collaboration

One click to init an excalidraw with collaboration.

Snapshot:

![snapshot](./_assets/snapshot.png)

Demo:

WIP

Related docs:

- [Self hosted online collaborative drawing platform Excalidraw | Log4D](https://en.blog.alswl.com/2022/10/self-hosted-excalidraw/)
- [私有化在线协同画图平台 Excalidraw | Log4D]( https://blog.alswl.com/2022/10/self-hosted-excalidraw/ )


## Build and Run

Clone, patch, and build:

```
git clone --recursive git@github.com:alswl/excalidraw-collaboration.git
cd excalidraw-collaboration
git config submodule.excalidraw.ignore all # ignore submodule changes, we will patch them

make patch images
git commit -a -m 'feat: new image'
make bump-version
docker-compose up
```

Browse it:

- open http://127.0.0.1/ ,and you will see the excalidraw page
- Click the `Live Collaboration` button, and you will see the collaboration page
- Now you can share the collaboration page with your friends, and you can draw together.


About public network release:

if you want to release your own excalidraw in public network,
you should modify the `excalidraw.env.production` file,
Replace the `REACT_APP_HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND_URL` and `REACT_APP_WS_SERVER_URL` with your own domain.