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Tldraw Computer

(computer.tldraw.com)
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1. Imustaskforhelp ◴[] No.42470431[source]
THIS is it.

I have been using tldraw with one of my friends or even generally when my whiteboard marker goes down and I wish to draw.

Seriously tldraw makes sharing whiteboards so easier as compared to excalidraw and others.

TLDRAW deserves more attention than excalidraw and I watched its demo video and

holy moly , this is so crazy , the fact that this can create semi websites and etc. feels so cool , definitely going to try it

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2. forty ◴[] No.42470941[source]
Excalidraw is free & open source software though, which IMO makes it deserve more attention
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3. rozenmd ◴[] No.42471115[source]
tldraw's source is available fwiw

https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw

4. rapnie ◴[] No.42471798[source]
Oof, source available, that is an oversight on my end. Or was there a recent license change? Off the shortlist then, unfortunately.
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5. sagaro ◴[] No.42471808[source]
In excalidraw I just have to click share session and anyone with that url can see my whiteboard and interact with it. I get tldraw has much more features etc. but how exactly is it making sharing whiteboard so easier compared to excalidraw?
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6. rapnie ◴[] No.42471899{3}[source]
Yep, license change from Apache 2.0 in December 2023.
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7. Imustaskforhelp ◴[] No.42472538[source]
I don't know maybe it was a skill issue from my side 2 -4 months ago , I felt as if I was forced to sign up back then

I am sorry I guess then for this comment , excalidraw also works great but I still just like tldraw because of how familiar I have become of this interface.

Shame that the licensing of tldraw is less permittive than excalidraw but I guess I am just a little bit okay with it considering its still open source and though I maybe wrong I had read the license , and it seems that it was focusing way more on that you had to have the name of tldraw / packaging of tldraw / copyright

here is the license restrictions

    Not to disable, hide, remove, or alter the Watermark.
    Not to disable, change, or interfere with the license key validation process that governs the display of the Watermark.
    Not to remove any copyright or other notices from the Software.
    Not to make the Software available under a license that supersedes or negates the effect of this License.
    Not to distribute the Software or modifications of the Software as a standalone product, but only as part of another application.
    To include a verbatim copy of this License in any distribution of the Software.
    To comply with tldraw's trademark policy.
8. orlp ◴[] No.42472549{3}[source]
What do you base this on? The main repository (https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw) states it's MIT and this has been unchanged for 5 years.

EDIT: I guess you were talking about tldraw rather than excalidraw.

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10. josephcsible ◴[] No.42475586{4}[source]
Have any forks from the FOSS version picked up any traction?