WBO (Whitebophir) lovasoa/whitebophir

Simple self-hosted collaborative whiteboard where many users draw on a large shared board in real time; boards are persisted.

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WBO (Whitebophir) at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

WBO is a lightweight online whiteboard: many people draw at once on a large virtual board that updates in real time and is always saved. It runs from a Docker image or Node.js 22, supports JWT-based access control and many languages. AGPL-3.0. It is a freehand drawing board only: no templates, shape libraries, diagrams or design tools. Hardware needs are not documented.

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How much of Canva does it replace?

1 of 5 jobs. Basic real-time drawing board; no templates or sticky-note workflows.

Template-based social and marketing graphics Not covered

Designed presentations and slide decks Not covered

Brand kits (shared colours Not covered

Online whiteboards Partial replacement

Print designs (posters Not covered

For template-based social and marketing graphics, designed presentations and slide decks, brand kits (shared colours, print designs (posters, see other Canva alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

How much of Figma does it replace?

1 of 4 jobs. Freehand collaborative board, far simpler than FigJam.

UI and product design with components and auto layout Not covered

Clickable prototypes and user flows Not covered

Developer handoff (inspect Not covered

Whiteboarding (FigJam) Partial replacement

For UI and product design with components and auto layout, clickable prototypes and user flows, developer handoff (inspect, see other Figma alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

How much of Miro does it replace?

2 of 3 jobs. Simultaneous drawing on shared boards covers basic whiteboarding; Miro workshop facilitation, integrations and enterprise controls are not covered.

Shared whiteboards Partial replacement

Live collaboration Partial replacement

Workshop timers, voting and facilitation Not covered

For workshop timers, voting and facilitation, see other Miro alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Self-hosted server (Docker or Node.js); public demo server If you have your own web server, and want to run a private instance of WBO on it, you can. github.com · whitebophir#running-your-own-instance-of-wbo ↗ 1d ago

Code licence AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence No separate model weights github.com · whitebophir#readme ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Yes, under AGPL-3.0 conditions (share source of modified network deployments) github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required github.com · whitebophir#readme ↗ 1d ago

Hardware Not documented Know the answer? —

Operating systems Server via Docker or Node.js 22+; clients use a web browser; no per-OS support documented Then install node.js (v22 or superior) github.com · whitebophir#running-the-code-without-a-container ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Medium; one docker run command with a volume for boards You can run the following bash command to launch WBO on port 5001, while persisting the boards outside of docker github.com · whitebophir#running-the-code-in-a-container-safer ↗ 1d ago