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tldraw/tldraw

tldraw is a feature-complete, highly extensible infinite canvas SDK for React that enables developers to build custom whiteboarding, diagramming, and drawing applications. It provides fully extensible primitives for shapes, tools, and UI components.

Project overview

Building an infinite canvas application in React from scratch requires solving complex problems around drawing, shapes, and multiplayer collaboration. tldraw packages all of this into an extensible SDK with a programmatic runtime API and real-time sync, letting teams ship interactive canvas products without rebuilding foundational infrastructure.

Project type: AI Agent · Workflow · Infrastructure
Use cases: Coding & Development
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: License pending

Best for

React developers who need a feature-complete, extensible canvas SDK to build interactive whiteboarding, diagramming, or drawing applications.

Key capabilities

Provides real-time collaboration capabilities via the @tldraw/sync package.
Drive and manipulate the canvas programmatically at runtime.

Limitations and risks

Not accepting community code contributions at this time.
Production use requires a paid license key.

Getting started

Install by running npm i tldraw, then use the <Tldraw /> component in your React app. Setup is straightforward due to npm installation and the provided quick start component.

Evidence and sources

GitHub project description: Build infinite canvas apps in React with the tldraw SDK.
README: tldraw provides a feature-complete infinite canvas engine designed to be the foundation for any canvas app. Create custom shapes, tools, bindings and UI components for a custom ex…
README: The tldraw SDK powers canvas experiences in products from [Google](https://about.google), [Shopify](https://www.shopify.com), [BlackRock](https://www.blackrock.com)
Release: v5.2.5
README: Multiplayer — self-hosted real-time collaboration powered by `@tldraw/sync` and Cloudflare Durable Objects

Reviewed at: 2026-07-18T18:32:09Z