Excalidraw Screen Recorder — Capture Your Whiteboard in One Click

ExcaliRec is a focused recorder for people who explain ideas with Excalidraw-style sketches and want a cleaner result than a generic screen capture.

Open recorderRead the tutorial
One tabWhiteboard and recorder together
No extensionRuns in a desktop browser
Auto focusBuilt for drawing explanations
Local fileDownload when finished
CameraAdd presence when needed
RatiosLandscape, vertical, square

Product

What an Excalidraw screen recorder should solve

An Excalidraw screen recorder is not just a button that captures your monitor. The real problem is that Excalidraw users often explain moving ideas: a diagram being built, a workflow changing shape, a system design with arrows added in order, or a teaching note that only makes sense when the viewer sees the sequence. A normal screenshot misses that sequence, and a normal screen recorder often captures too much around it.

ExcaliRec is built around that narrower job. It gives you an Excalidraw-style whiteboard and recording controls in the browser, so the recording surface is already clean before you start. You do not need to install a desktop recorder, create an OBS scene, or add a browser extension. Open the recording tool, choose the frame, draw the explanation, stop, and download the file.

This matters because Excalidraw recordings usually fail for small reasons. The cursor disappears. The browser chrome takes up space. The diagram is too small on a phone. The presenter zooms manually and makes the viewer seasick. The microphone is ready, but the drawing window is not. A purpose-built recorder reduces those little setup choices so you can focus on the explanation.

Use cases

Excalidraw screen recorder use cases

For teaching, ExcaliRec helps you show a concept as it forms. That is useful for math notes, system diagrams, product strategy, user journeys, or any lesson where the order of the drawing is part of the learning. Students do not just see the finished board; they see why each part appears.

For product demos, it is useful when the product is still an idea. You can sketch the before and after, show a workflow, mark tradeoffs, and send the clip to teammates or stakeholders without producing a full slide deck. For remote collaboration, it gives async teams a fast way to explain context without scheduling a call. A two-minute whiteboard video can replace a long written note when the shape of the idea matters.

If you need a step-by-step workflow, use the companion guide on how to record an Excalidraw whiteboard as a video. This page is for the product question: what tool should you use when you want the Excalidraw recording itself to be the center of the workflow?

Advantages

Why use a dedicated Excalidraw screen recorder instead of a generic one?

General tools like OBS, Loom, and system screen recorders are useful when you need to capture your whole desktop, a software walkthrough, or a team update. But they do not understand that the whiteboard is the product. ExcaliRec keeps the recording centered on the drawing experience: the frame, the cursor, the optional webcam bubble, the aspect ratio, and the clean canvas.

The advantage is not that it replaces every screen recorder. It is that it removes friction for one specific scene: explaining with an Excalidraw-style whiteboard. For creators, teachers, founders, consultants, and product teams, that narrower focus means faster setup and more repeatable videos.

Excalidraw-first frame

The board stays central, instead of being one window inside a messy desktop capture.

Browser-based workflow

Start in a browser tab without installing plugins or configuring recording scenes.

Creator-ready output

Choose a format ratio before recording so the clip fits courses, demos, or social video.

FAQ

Excalidraw screen recorder FAQ

What is an Excalidraw screen recorder?

It is a recorder focused on Excalidraw-style whiteboard videos, so you can draw, narrate, and download a clip without setting up a separate desktop recorder.

Do I need to install a plugin or extension?

No. ExcaliRec runs in a desktop browser and keeps the whiteboard and recorder in one place.

When should I still use OBS or Loom?

Use OBS for complex multi-source recording or streaming. Use Loom for quick full-screen team messages. Use ExcaliRec when the main subject is the Excalidraw-style whiteboard itself.