cathrynlavery/diagram-design vs Excalidraw
cathrynlavery/diagram-design
4.8Limited utility and sparse docs make it suitable only for niche custom SVG diagram needs.
Full review →Excalidraw
8.6The gold standard for hand-drawn style whiteboarding with best-in-class collaboration
Full review →| cathrynlavery/diagram-design | Excalidraw | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.8 | 8.6 |
| Utility | 5 | 9 |
| Onboarding | 6 | 9 |
| Craft | 5 | 8 |
| Niche fit | 4 | 9 |
| Longevity | 4 | 8 |
Both scored on the same five-dimension rubric, so the numbers are comparable. A gap under 1 point is effectively a tie.
Which one
cathrynlavery/diagram-design
Good for：Developers who need a lightweight, dependency‑free SVG diagram library and want to avoid Mermaid.
Not for：Teams requiring a full‑featured, interactive or large‑scale diagram solution.
Excalidraw
Good for：Developers and designers needing quick technical diagrams with hand-drawn aesthetic
Not for：Users requiring advanced UML features or precision vector tools
On the overall score Excalidraw is 3.8 point(s) higher, but the fit lines above matter more than the number.