Self-Hosted excalidraw
The goal is a docker-compose configuration for a fully self-hosted Excalidraw with collaboration support. The configuration is for a traefik setup and uses a MongoDB for the storage. Also includes mongo-express as a MongoDB admin interface.
The original version of excalidraw only supporting Firebase for the storage. For achieving a self-hosted storage, a modified version of excalidraw is used:
In combination with a http-storage:
Prerequisites
- Docker / Docker Compose
- A traefik setup with a configured https entrypoint
Deploy
Clone this repository: git clone [email protected]:Someone0nEarth/excalidraw-self-hosted.git
Create a copy of the env-example: cp .env-example .env and modifying the .env with your values.
Pull the images and start the containers: docker-compose up -d
Usage
Open the excalidraw app in your browser with the host you configured for APP_HOST, for example: https://excalidraw.your-domain.net
The mongo-express can be reached under the host you configured for MONGOEXPRESS_HOST, for example: https://excalidraw-db.your-domain.net
Current Limitations
The "Export" function to the Excalidraw+ workspace is not working/supported. Also there is no solution for self-hosting your own workspace yet.
Other Self-Hosted Solutions/Attemps
- https://github.com/alswl/excalidraw-collaboration (although providing a docker-compose example for a nginx setup)
- https://github.com/cocreators-ee/excalidraw-alternative-store
Have fun,
someone.earth