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Excalidraw vs TheDevCards
Virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn diagrams, not tangible cards
ExcalidrawOpen-source virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams.png?width=96)
TheDevCardsTech-themed playing cards you can play and gift your friendsWhich to pick
Pick Excalidraw if you want…
- Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- Open-source virtual whiteboard
- A free, open-source tool
Pick TheDevCards if you want…
- Custom code-themed playing cards
Side by side
- What it is
- Excalidraw:Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard for creating hand-drawn style diagrams.
- TheDevCards:Tech-themed playing cards that display code snippets and can be customized with IDE colors, binary messages and personal branding.
- Best for
- Excalidraw:Hand-drawn style collaborative whiteboarding
- TheDevCards:Custom code-themed playing cards
- Who it’s for
- Excalidraw:Designers, developers, and teams needing quick sketching and collaborative diagrams.
- TheDevCards:Developers and designers who enjoy reading and sharing code
- Pricing
- Excalidraw:Free
- TheDevCards:Paid
- Open source
- Excalidraw:Yes, 133,502 GitHub stars
- TheDevCards:—
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.
TheDevCards features
- Design customization. Choose IDE colors, binary messages and semantic versioning for each card.
- Unique website per deck. Each custom deck gets its own unique website.
- Code-shaped suits. Suits are designed with geometric shapes like rhombus, circles and triangle.
- Personalized cards. Add your name and custom message; cards ship in 7 days.
- Community access. Join a community of 1,000+ developers and designers.
- Black & white edition. Available in classic black and white styles.
Excalidraw vs TheDevCards FAQ
Is Excalidraw or TheDevCards free?+
Excalidraw is free. TheDevCards is paid.
Is Excalidraw or TheDevCards open source?+
Excalidraw is open source (excalidraw/excalidraw on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for TheDevCards.
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