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Excalidraw vs Lunacy
Excalidraw is a hand-drawn style whiteboard, not a full UI/UX design suite like Lunacy.
ExcalidrawOpen-source virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams
LunacyFree design tool by Icons8 that opens Figma and Sketch filesWhich to pick
Pick Excalidraw if you want…
- Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Sketch-style whiteboarding
- Open-source code (excalidraw/excalidraw on GitHub, MIT license)
Pick Lunacy if you want…
- Free cross-platform design with AI tools
Side by side
- What it is
- Excalidraw:Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard for creating hand-drawn style diagrams.
- Lunacy:Lunacy is a free, cross-platform design app that supports UI/UX design, prototyping, and AI-powered image tools.
- Best for
- Excalidraw:Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Lunacy:Free cross-platform design with AI tools
- Who it’s for
- Excalidraw:Designers, developers, and teams needing quick sketching and collaborative diagrams.
- Lunacy:UI/UX designers, design teams, and power users needing offline design software.
- Pricing
- Excalidraw:Free
- Lunacy:Free
- Open source
- Excalidraw:Yes, 133,502 GitHub stars
- Lunacy:—
- Works with
- Excalidraw:—
- Lunacy:Figma, Sketch
Excalidraw features
- Hand-drawn style canvas. Create diagrams that look hand-sketched with a simple drawing interface.
- Live collaboration. Invite others to edit the same canvas in real time after signing up.
- Export options. Save your work to a file to avoid loss from browser storage clearing.
- Keyboard shortcuts. Quickly open files (Ctrl+O) and access help via the UI.
- Canvas navigation. Move the canvas using scroll wheel, space-drag, or the hand tool.
Lunacy features
- Auto layout. Define constraints and rules for responsive designs.
- Figma import. Convert Figma files to Sketch format quickly and accurately.
- Real-time collaboration. Work together on designs with live updates.
- AI image upscaler. Enlarge and enhance image resolution automatically.
- Background remover. Make any photo background transparent in one click.
- Linked design. Edit live web pages directly from Lunacy and sync changes to HTML.
- Offline mode. Full functionality without an internet connection.
- Built-in graphics library. Access free icons, illustrations, photos, and UI kits.
Excalidraw vs Lunacy FAQ
Is Excalidraw or Lunacy free?+
Yes, both are free.
Is Excalidraw or Lunacy open source?+
Excalidraw is open source (excalidraw/excalidraw on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Lunacy.
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