# coderamp-labs/pad.ws

Whiteboard as an IDE, draw and code in your browser

Repository: https://github.com/coderamp-labs/pad.ws
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/padws
Homepage: https://pad.ws
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cloud, devtool, whiteboard
Last push: 2025-08-06T07:53:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 26/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 35, release rhythm 8, longevity 35
- inputs: {"age_days": 501, "days_push": 392, "days_rel": 462, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4202, forks 240 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:38.958170+00:00)

## What it is
pad.ws is a browser-based whiteboard app that doubles as a development environment, combining an Excalidraw canvas with terminals and VS Code. It uses Coder to provision cloud dev environments and can be self-hosted via Docker Compose.

## Use cases
- draw architecture diagrams and code in the same browser workspace
- access a cloud dev environment from any device
- sketch ideas on a whiteboard then jump straight into a terminal or VS Code
- self-host a browser-based IDE for a team
- connect a remote VM to desktop editors like VS Code or Cursor

## When to choose
- you want visual ideation and coding in one browser-based tool
- you need a self-hosted cloud development environment with a whiteboard interface
- you want device-independent access to your dev environment

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, hardened deployment out of the box
- you prefer a traditional local IDE without a canvas interface
- you cannot run Docker on a Linux host

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: gui, developer-tools, self-hosted, web-framework
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, self-hosted, cloud-computing
- platform: self-hosted, browser
- tags: whiteboard-ide, excalidraw, cloud-development-environment, vscode, browser-ide, coder, web-server, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- coderamp-labs/pad.ws (main) score 26

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.958170+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:22:32.317069+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coderamp-labs/pad.ws (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.958170+00:00, sha e93f5ea12afb)
  - homepage: https://pad.ws (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:07.442673+00:00, sha 2b4a599f087a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.