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6 self-hosted Miro alternatives

Miro is a cloud-based collaborative whiteboard platform for teams to create infinite canvases for brainstorming, diagramming, mapping, and running workshops. It offers real-time multi-user editing, templates, presentation/facilitation features, and integrations with other productivity tools.

Alternatives to Miro

Excalidraw is an open-source collaborative whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn style diagrams, wireframes, and flowcharts with real-time sharing.

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128.5k stars14.6k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

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WBO is a lightweight, real-time collaborative whiteboard where multiple users can draw simultaneously, with persistent boards and optional JWT-based access control.

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2.6k stars482 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Real-time collaborative mind-mapping web app with import/export, sharing via links/QR, undo/redo and Postgres storage. Runs with a TypeScript/NestJS backend and Angular frontend.

478 stars41 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Sticky is a digital sticky-note board for organizing ideas, collaborating in real time, and syncing across devices with customizable notes and drag-and-drop layout.

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169 stars23 forksMITlast commit Slowing down

Self-hosted Phoenix app for anonymous team brainstorming, idea upvoting, labeling, encrypted file attachments, AI-assisted idea generation, exports and live updates.

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134 stars18 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

What replacing Miro actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 6 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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