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About livediagram
Get to know livediagram: what it is, who it helps, and the ideas behind a free, open canvas.
Getting Started
Go from a blank canvas to a shared diagram in minutes, with the basics every new user needs.
Tips and Tricks
Work faster with the shortcuts, hidden features, and small habits experienced users rely on.
Account and Data
Stay in control of your work: how guest access, signing in, syncing, exporting, deletion, API tokens, connecting AI tools, and email notifications work.
Privacy and Security
Know exactly how your diagrams are stored, what we collect, and how to keep shared links safe.
Self-Hosting
Run livediagram on your own infrastructure, with the full feature set, free and open source.
Developers
Call the livediagram REST API from your own scripts: authentication, worked examples, errors and limits, and the OpenAPI reference.
Troubleshooting
Get unstuck fast with fixes for the most common editor and collaboration problems.
Supported Devices
How livediagram works on a computer, a tablet, and a phone, and what to expect on each.
Policies
The legal terms for the hosted livediagram service: the Terms of Service and the full Privacy Policy.
Features
In-depth guides for everything in the editor, grouped by area.
User Interface
Get your bearings in the editor: the panels, toolbar, context menus, minimap, zoom and tab bars, and quick controls.
Explorer
Organise everything you build: how the Explorer keeps your diagrams, folders, teams, and assets easy to find and manage.
Selection Modes
The pointer modes at the top of the palette: Select, Hand, Eraser, Format Painter, Highlighter, Laser, Spotlight, Avatar, Slide Deck, and Isometric.
Palette
Your launchpad for everything on the canvas: every element and palette setting explained.
Canvas
Master the infinite canvas where diagrams come together: placing, selecting, grouping, linking, annotating, noting, layering, rotating, animating, shadowing, locking, theming, and templating.
Tabs
Keep a whole project in one diagram: organise, link, and move between multiple boards with tabs.
Collaboration
Work together in real time: comments, assigned actions, live presence, teams, sharing, and session tools.
Activity Panel
The running record of every change to a diagram, with undo, redo, and reverting a single change.
Tools
Do more with less effort using the editor helpers: AI, zen mode, light and dark mode, Markdown import, and cleanup.
Search Panel
Find anything in seconds: jump to any diagram, folder, team, tab, or element, and add new elements to the canvas.