Full Excalidraw Editor
Draw, edit, and connect — the complete whiteboard experience built right in.
Turn hand-drawn diagrams into keyframe animations
Create, animate, and export Excalidraw designs as MP4, WebM, GIF, and animated SVG. Powered by AI through 23 MCP tools.
Want a repeatable process? Read the Excalidraw to Lottie workflow guide.
Full Excalidraw Editor Draw, edit, and connect — the complete whiteboard built right in.
Keyframe Timeline Animate opacity, position, scale, rotation, and draw progress.
8 Export Formats MP4, WebM, GIF, SVG, dotLottie, Lottie JSON, PNG, and WebP.
23 MCP Tools Let Claude, GPT, or any AI build your animations for you.
Everything you need to animate diagrams
A complete toolkit from drawing to export — no other tools needed.
Keyframe Animation
Opacity, position, scale, rotation, and draw progress — all on a visual timeline.
Export Anywhere
MP4, WebM, GIF, animated SVG, and dotLottie. E2E encrypted sharing included.
Draw → Animate → Export
The complete workflow in one tool. Draw diagrams with the full Excalidraw editor, add keyframe animations, and export in any format.
- Full Excalidraw editor with all drawing tools
- Visual keyframe timeline with per-element tracks
- Real-time preview with playback controls
- One-click export to 8 formats
A Timeline That Makes Sense
Collapsible per-element tracks with interpolation curves. See every keyframe at a glance.
- Collapsible element tracks with color coding
- Drag-to-reposition keyframes
- Interpolation curve editor
- Zoom and scroll for precision
Camera Animations
Pan, zoom, and rotate your canvas camera with aspect-ratio lock. Create cinematic transitions.
- Camera keyframes with pan, zoom, rotation
- Aspect ratio lock for consistent framing
- Smooth interpolation between positions
- Preview camera path in real-time
MCP POWERED
AI-Powered Creation
23 MCP tools for AI-driven animation. Let Claude, GPT, or any AI build your animations.
- 23 MCP tools for complete control
- Live SSE mode for real-time updates
- Works with Claude, GPT, any MCP client
- 16 specialized AI skills
mcp-tools.js
// Create an animated diagram
await mcp.call("create_element", {
type: "rectangle",
label: "API Gateway"
});
await mcp.call("add_keyframe", {
elementId: "el_1",
opacity: 0, scale: 0.5
});Export in any format you need
From vector to video — pick the perfect format for your use case.
tiny file sizes!
Three steps to animated diagrams
From sketch to screen in under a minute.
1
Draw your diagram
Use the full Excalidraw editor to sketch your diagram, flowchart, or wireframe.
2
Set keyframes
Add animation keyframes — opacity, position, scale, rotation, and draw progress.
3
Export & share
Export as MP4, WebM, GIF, animated SVG, or dotLottie. Share with encrypted links.
Frequently asked questions
Quick, answer-first details about exports, AI workflows, security, and open-source access.
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What can I export from Excalimate?
Excalimate exports animated diagrams in 8 formats: MP4, WebM, GIF, SVG, dotLottie, Lottie JSON, PNG, and WebP.
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Does Excalimate support AI-assisted workflows?
Yes. Excalimate provides MCP tools for direct scene and animation control, plus 16 specialized AI skills for common diagram types.
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How does encrypted sharing work?
Sharing is end-to-end encrypted: project data is encrypted client-side and the key stays in the URL hash fragment, so the server cannot read your content.
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Is Excalimate free and open source?
Yes. Excalimate is free to use and open source under the MIT license, with the full codebase available on GitHub.
Open source, community driven
Excalimate is free and open source under the MIT license. Built by the community, for the community.
Open Source Fully transparent codebase. Read it, fork it, improve it.
MIT Licensed Use it anywhere — personal projects, startups, enterprise.
Community Driven Built with contributors. PRs, ideas, and feedback welcome.
Start animating your diagrams
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