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Canva does 5 jobs: template-based social and marketing graphics, designed presentations and slide decks, brand kits (shared colours, online whiteboards, print designs (posters. Most projects replace one or two of them, so pick the job you actually need.
Open-source alternatives to Canva that run locally, allow commercial use and need no paid API include Excalidraw (online whiteboards; MIT). HyCanvas covers all 5 Canva jobs.
Self-hostable browser design editor for posters, social posts, slides and cards, with templates, brand kits, co-editing and PNG/PDF/MP4 export.
Hand-drawn style infinite whiteboard for sketches, diagrams and wireframes, with end-to-end encrypted collaboration on excalidraw.com.
Open-source canvas editor (Rust/Skia engine) for graphics, images and presentations, with Figma import and optional BYOK or local AI.
Self-hosted, web-only design platform for social graphics, presentations, video, whiteboards and print, with templates, brand kits and optional BYOK AI.
AI presentation generator with built-in templates, drag-edit slides and editable PPTX/PDF export; desktop app or self-hosted Docker, BYO model.
Plugin-based browser image and poster editor built on Fabric.js and Vue, with templates, custom fonts, PSD import and PNG/SVG export.
Simple self-hosted collaborative whiteboard where many users draw on a large shared board in real time; boards are persisted.
Browser poster and image design editor (Vue 3, Fabric.js) with PSD and PDF import and image, SVG and PDF export. Chinese-language docs.
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Yes. HyCanvas, Doory, Grida, yft-design and Presenton are free to download and run on your own computer without paid API keys. HyCanvas covers every job we list for Canva; the others cover only part of it, so check which job you need.
Yes, with Grida (Apache-2.0), Doory (AAL) and HyCanvas (AGPL-3.0-only). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.
Yes, with Presenton (Apache-2.0), Grida (Apache-2.0) and Doory (AAL). Check the hardware notes and licence conditions on each page before you start.
Confirmed: Excalidraw, Grida, Presenton, vue-fabric-editor (Kuaitu) and yft-design. With conditions: Doory, HyCanvas and WBO (Whitebophir). This is not legal advice; read each licence.
HyCanvas covers every job we list for Canva.