excalidraw — Launchfile Catalog

Run locally

Tested and verified to launch successfully.

Terminal

$ npx launchfile up excalidraw

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts excalidraw with all dependencies.

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw
$ cd excalidraw
$ npx launchfile up --native

For local development. Requires macOS + Homebrew. Clones the source, installs runtimes and databases via Homebrew, and runs the app natively — no containers.

Image: excalidraw/excalidraw:latest

Launchfile View on GitHub

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: excalidraw
description: "Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn diagrams"
repository: https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/master/public/apple-touch-icon.png

image: excalidraw/excalidraw:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 80
    exposed: true
health: /
restart: always

Test Results

Last Tested

2026-04-08

Health Check

Passing

Startup Time

31s

Total Disk

91 MB

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