excalidraw-collaboration

One click to init an excalidraw with collaboration.

Snapshot:

Demo:

Live Demo A live room sample here: live room

Thanks a lot to @samoylenkodmitry.

Related docs:

• Self hosted online collaborative drawing platform Excalidraw | Log4D
• 私有化在线协同画图平台 Excalidraw | Log4D

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

# $EDITOR excalidraw.env.production  # (optional) edit service endpoint

make patch images # patch to configurations and build the container image
make update-docker-compose-version # update images version for docker-compose
docker-compose up # run the containers

open "http://localhost" # open browser, and you can using the Team work functions

Bump version:

# make sure all changes are commited
make images # build new image without dirty

make bump-version # bump version if your configuration changes(the changes will build into 
git commit -a -m 'feat: bump with my local config' # save your changes

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.