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# tldraw

Welcome to the public monorepo for [tldraw](https://tldraw.com).

## What is tldraw?

tldraw is a collaborative digital whiteboard available at [tldraw.com](https://tldraw.com). Its editor, user interface, and other underlying libraries are open source and available in this repository. They are also distributed on npm. You can use tldraw to create a drop-in whiteboard for your product or as the foundation on which to build your own infinite canvas applications.

Learn more at [tldraw.dev](https://tldraw.dev).

> **Note** This repo contains source code for the **current version** of tldraw. You can find the source for the original version [here](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw-v1).

## Installation & Usage

To learn more about using tldraw in your React application, follow our guide [here](https://tldraw.dev/docs/ucg/installation) or see [this StackBlitz](https://stackblitz.com/github/tldraw/tldraw/tree/examples?file=src%2F1-basic%2FBasicExample.tsx).

```tsx
import { Tldraw } from '@tldraw/tldraw'
import '@tldraw/tldraw/editor.css'
import '@tldraw/tldraw/ui.css'

function TldrawExample() {
	return <Tldraw />
}
```

## Local development

To run the local development server, first clone this repo.

Install dependencies:

```bash
yarn
```

Start the local development server:

```bash
yarn dev
```

Open the example project at `localhost:5420`.

### Examples

Our development server contains several examples that demonstrates different ways that you can customize tldraw or use its APIs. Each example is found in the [**apps/examples/src**](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/tree/main/apps/examples/src) folder.

- eg: `localhost:5420` for the basic example.
- eg: `localhost:5420/api` for the API example.

To learn more about using tldraw, [visit our docs](https://tldraw.dev).

## About this repository

### Top-level layout

This repository's contents is divided across four primary sections:

- `/apps` contains the source for our applications
- `/packages` contains the source for our public packages
- `/scripts` contains scripts used for building and publishing
- `/assets` contains icons and translations relied on by the app

### Applications

- `examples`: our local development / examples project
- `docs`: our docs site at [tldraw.dev](https://tldraw.dev)
- `vscode`: our [Visual Studio Code extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tldraw-org.tldraw-vscode)

### Packages

- `editor`: the tldraw editor
- `ui`: the editor's user interface
- `tldraw`: the main tldraw package containing both the editor and the UI
- `primitives`: low-level primitives for working with vectors and geometry
- `tlschema`: shape definitions and migrations
- `tlsync-client`: a library for (locally) syncronizing editor instances
- `tlstore`: an in-memory reactive database
- `tlvalidate`: a validation library used for run-time validation
- `tlassets`: a library for working with tldraw's fonts and translations
- `file-format`: a library for working with tldraw's `.tldr` file format
- `utils`: low-level data utilities shared by other libraries

## Community

Have questions, comments or feedback? [Join our discord](https://discord.gg/rhsyWMUJxd) or [start a discussion](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/discussions/new).

## Distributions

You can find tldraw on npm [here](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tldraw/tldraw).

## License

The source code for various apps and packages in this repository (as well as our 2.0+ distributions and releases) are currently licensed under Apache-2.0. These licenses are subject to change in our upcoming 2.0 release. If you are planning to use tldraw in a commercial product, please reach out at [hello@tldraw.com](mailto://hello@tldraw.com).

## Contribution

Please see our [contributing guide](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md). Found a bug? Please [submit an issue](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/issues/new).

## Contact

Find us on Twitter at [@tldraw](https://twitter.com/tldraw) or email [hello@tldraw.com](mailto://hello@tldraw.com). You can also [join our discord](https://discord.gg/rhsyWMUJxd) for quick help and support.