MEET
Draw the idea instead of describing it.
Open a whiteboard from a call or a conversation, and draw together with everyone’s cursor visible. Save it to the chat, or throw it away.
Excalidraw, served by your Smack server.1
share links, public library and AI features: off
Overview
In a call or in a chat.
Start a board during a call and it opens next to the tiles, or start one from the composer’s “+” menu.
Who can draw, who can watch.
Give each person Can edit, Can view or No access.
Saved where the conversation is.
A saved board posts as a card and lives in the Files tab under Whiteboards. Export to PNG or SVG any time.
HOW IT WORKS
Sketch on a whiteboard together.
01
Open a board.
In a call, choose Whiteboard; in a chat, choose + → Whiteboard.
02
Let people draw.
Open Access and give Jonas Can edit.
03
Draw.
Pick the rectangle tool and draw your first box.
FOR ADMINS
What admins control.
- No external calls.
- Fonts, libraries and live collaboration are served by your Smack server.
- Access per person.
- Can edit, Can view or No access.
- Storage.
- Saved boards go to your database and storage like any message.
Use cases
PRODUCT
Sketch the flow before the ticket.
Draw the onboarding steps in the call, save to #design-review.
ENGINEERING
Annotate a screenshot of the bug.
Paste the screenshot, circle the broken state, export to PNG.
CLIENTS
Let a guest mark up the plan in a meeting.
Hosts can allow guests to edit the whiteboard in a meeting.
And so much more.
- Shapes, arrows, frames and text
- Laser pointer
- Paste screenshots
- Export to PNG or SVG
- Draft, view-only and discarded states
- “All changes saved” sync
Questions.
Something else? Talk to usIs this Excalidraw?
Yes, the open-source Excalidraw editor, with Smack’s colours and its online features switched off.
Can guests draw in meetings?
If the host turns on whiteboard editing for guests.
Where are boards saved?
In the conversation, and in its Files tab under Whiteboards.
Can I export a board?
Yes, as PNG or SVG.