Skedra Whiteboard

[Skedra]

The open-source whiteboard for people and AI agents.

Self-hosted. Collaborative. Agent-editable. AGPL-3.0.

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Skedra is an infinite canvas for sketches, diagrams, Kanban boards and Gantt timelines. Work with your team in real time, or connect AI agents through the built-in MCP server. Run the complete application on your own infrastructure. All features are available without a Skedra subscription, license server or central Skedra account.

skedra.xyz provides documentation and project information. The application, API, MCP server, library catalog, database, SDK and deployment files live together in this repository. There is no separate commercial edition.

[Skedra Whiteboard]

Self-host Skedra

Run the all-in-one Docker image:

docker run -d \  --name skedra \  -p 3000:80 \  -v skedra_data:/data \  ghcr.io/moonriddim/skedra-community-standalone:latest

Open http://localhost:3000. PostgreSQL, files and instance secrets persist in the skedra_data volume. The first registered user becomes the instance administrator. Further registrations require an invitation by default.

See SELFHOST.md for Docker Compose, production URLs, storage, optional LiveKit calls, updates and backups. Images for this transition become available after the changes are merged and the release workflow succeeds.

Features

• Infinite canvas with text, shapes, arrows, drawing, images and frames.
• Native flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Kanban boards, Gantt charts and templates.
• Local browser boards and portable .skedra files.
• Accounts, teams, roles, permissions, comments, mentions and board activity.
• Real-time collaboration, encrypted storage and optional end-to-end encryption.
• Share links, presentations and read-only embeds.
• MCP server with 23 tools for structured, editable agent workflows.
• Shape libraries with .skedralib import and a self-hosted catalog.
• Optional AI with your own provider or local models, and optional LiveKit calls.
• Embeddable React SDK using the same canvas model, renderer and editor.

MCP for AI agents

Connect Codex, Claude, Cursor or another client to your own instance:

https://YOUR-SKEDRA-INSTANCE/api/mcp

Sign in to that instance through OAuth. API-key and local stdio configurations are available in Settings > API Keys & MCP. There is no central hosted MCP endpoint. See docs/MCP.md.

Development

git clone https://github.com/moonriddim/skedra-community.gitcd skedra-communitycorepack enabledocker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -dcp .env.example .envpnpm installpnpm db:pushpnpm dev

Open http://localhost:5174. pnpm dev also watches the shared SDK. Use pnpm sdk:verify for focused SDK and editor parity checks. pnpm test runs the workspace tests.

Build the independent static website with pnpm docs:build and preview it with pnpm docs:dev at http://localhost:5176. It requires no API, database, authentication or external service.

Repository

• apps/web, apps/api, apps/mcp, apps/libraries: self-hosted application.
• apps/docs: static project website and documentation.
• packages: database, shared types, canvas core, editor, renderer, IO and React SDK.
• deploy: self-hosting, database migrations and reverse proxies.
• .github/workflows: checks and releases from this repository directly.

Contributions are welcome. Read CONTRIBUTING.md, report bugs in GitHub Issues, or join Discord.

License

Skedra is licensed under AGPL-3.0-only. You may use, modify, redistribute and host it under that license, including commercially. Third-party material retains its own terms. Your original boards and exports remain yours. See LICENSING.md and the transition guide.