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Excalidraw vs Superpencil
Simple whiteboard for hand-drawn diagrams, no AI automation or version control
ExcalidrawOpen-source virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams.png?width=96)
SuperpencilFrom sketch to system — Superpencil gives creators a magical pad to draw, design, and program creative flows naturally.Which to pick
Pick Excalidraw if you want…
- Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Open-source code (excalidraw/excalidraw on GitHub, MIT license)
Pick Superpencil if you want…
- Sketch-based AI workflow builder
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- What it is
- Excalidraw:Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard for creating hand-drawn style diagrams.
- Superpencil:Superpencil lets creators draw, generate AI designs, and program workflows with plain-language on iPad or web.
- Best for
- Excalidraw:Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Superpencil:Sketch-based AI workflow builder
- Who it’s for
- Excalidraw:Designers, developers, and teams needing quick sketching and collaborative diagrams.
- Superpencil:Designers, artists, and developers building visual AI-driven workflows.
- Pricing
- Excalidraw:Free
- Superpencil:Free | freemium | paid | open
- Open source
- Excalidraw:Yes, 133,502 GitHub stars
- Superpencil:—
- Works with
- Excalidraw:—
- Superpencil:iPad, Web browsers, Apple Pencil, Touchpad
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.
Superpencil features
- Realistic drawing tools. Draw with Apple Pencil or touchpad using lifelike brushes and pens.
- AI visual generation. Generate designs from sketches via the Synthesizer engine.
- Plain-language programming. Describe steps in simple text to automate AI tasks.
- Templates & batch jobs. Reuse workflow templates and run multiple AI jobs at once.
- Version history. Track revisions and revert to previous states of your sketches and programs.
- Collaboration. Team members can work together in a shared sketch environment.
- Cross-platform. Runs on iPad and any web browser.
Excalidraw vs Superpencil FAQ
Is Excalidraw or Superpencil free?+
Excalidraw is free.
Is Excalidraw or Superpencil open source?+
Excalidraw is open source (excalidraw/excalidraw on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Superpencil.
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