About

Diagrams people actually want to read

LetDraw is a hand-drawn whiteboard for the diagrams that explain how software works. We build it for the people who have to read those diagrams at 2am.

Why we built it

The story

Every team ends up drawing the same things: how the services talk, what the schema looks like, where the data flows. Then those drawings go stale, or they look so sterile nobody reads them.

We wanted diagrams that feel like something a smart colleague sketched on a whiteboard, warm, quick, easy to follow, but backed by the real thing: your code, your infrastructure, your schema. So we built a canvas that turns Compose, Kubernetes, Terraform, SQL and more into clean diagrams, and lets a whole team draw on them together in real time.

A good diagram is the fastest documentation there is. It should be a pleasure to make and a pleasure to read.

From the first line of code, two things came before features: performance and security. LetDraw is meant to hold up under tens of thousands of people and large live rooms, and to keep your work private with end-to-end encryption and strict access controls. We write our own generators and keep dependencies minimal, so we can stand behind every part of it.

What we believe

Principles, and the proof

Values are easy to write on a page. Here is what each one looks like in the actual product.

Privacy by default

Your boards are yours. We keep them private and give you real control over your data.

In the product: end-to-end encryption, row-level security, self-hosting.

Our own code

We write the hard parts ourselves and keep dependencies lean, so nothing is a black box.

In the product: original, dependency-free import and export generators.

Fast, at scale

Performance is a feature. It should stay smooth with big boards and busy live rooms.

In the product: built for large documents and many concurrent editors.

Independent

We answer to the people who use LetDraw, not to advertisers deciding the roadmap.

In the product: a public roadmap and a paid plan that funds the work.

Honest by default

Clear pricing, no dark patterns, and we say plainly what we do and do not do yet.

In the product: an honest Security page and straightforward plans.

Built with a community

The best ideas come from people using it. We share shape libraries and build in the open.

In the product: community shape libraries and 11 languages.
What LetDraw is

One canvas, from sketch to system

Draw freely, or generate a diagram from real code and clean it up by hand. Then share it, present it, or export it wherever it needs to live.

  • A hand-drawn feel that stays readable
  • Generate from Compose, Kubernetes, Terraform, SQL and more
  • Real-time collaboration with roles and comments
  • Export to Mermaid, D2, PDF, and an API for automation
API Auth DB
Straight talk

What we're not

Not an ad company. Your boards are not a product we sell. The plan you pay for is how we keep the lights on.
Not full of dark patterns. No fake urgency, no maze to cancel. Pricing is clear and you can leave any time.
Not pretending to be certified. We are honest about where we are on compliance. See the Security page for the real picture.

Come draw with us

Start on the free tier, join the community, or tell us what you're building. We'd love to have you.