Excalidraw app for mac. Powered by pure SwiftUI.

Excalidraw is a very useful web app, but the lack of file management can be troublesome and unsettling. We often need to manually save and maintain multiple different Excalidraw files. Therefore, ExcalidrawZ has wrapped it up to automatically save edited files for users and added file grouping functionality. In future versions, iCloud automatic backup will also be added to greatly reduce the insecurity of using a web app.

Download

Warning

If you have already installed an older version of ExcalidrawZ, please export your files before downloading the official latest version. Otherwise you will lose your existing data.

Non-App Store version

1. Download the latest image file (.dmg) from Releases
2. Click the .dmg to install it

Preview

Features

create groups to store excalidraw files

By using the Create folder button located in the bottom left corner of the app, you can create new folders to organize your work.

.excalidraw file import

You can import any file ending with excalidraw into the app through the menu bar.

Share

Sharing allows you to make your work output more seamless. ExcalidrawZ supports sharing your work with others through the clipboard, file system, and system sharing menu. Additionally, ExcalidrawZ provides backup for all your files through archiving.

• export image
• export file
• archive all files

History

Safety is a feature that ExcalidrawZ highly prioritize as a local client. To ensure this, ExcalidrawZ performs a checkpoint record of the file before you loading another file. You can tap the button on the top right of app to view the history.

Multiple hand-writing fonts supported

If you need more languages support, please do not hesitate to contact me.

• English (Native excalidraw font)
• 简体中文（杨任东竹书体）
• 日本語（瀬戸体）

Multiple excalidraw file format support

ExcalidrawZ now support editing of .excalidraw, .excalidraw.png, and .excalidraw.svg files (directly in the file system), as well as importing them into the main program.

ExcalidrawZ.-.import.excalidraw.png.480p.mov

ExcalidrawZ also supports maintaining editability when exporting images. The image files will end with .excalidraw.png or .excalidraw.svg, and ExcalidrawZ will be able to edit these types of files directly.

ExcalidrawZ.-.export.as.excalidraw.png.480p.mov

RoadMap

• iCloud synchronization

Develop Tips

• Remove preload of fonts in index.html, otherwise fonts will not be loaded.

• Add hook in excalidraw-app/App.tsx/onChange to track the activated tool changed.

• The excalidraw core is built and uploaded with the dmg file. You can download it from Releases.

  • Or you can build your own core from excalidraw

• Hide toolbar in packages/excalidraw/components/LayerUI.tsx/LayerUI.

• Add fonts after build.

  • add the codes below to index.html.

    <link rel="preload" href="YRDZST-Regular.ttf" as="font" type="font/ttf" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <link rel="preload" href="SetoFont.ttf" as="font" type="font/ttf" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="fonts.css" />