# spacedeck/spacedeck-open

Spacedeck, a web based, real time, collaborative whiteboard application with rich media support

Repository: https://github.com/spacedeck/spacedeck-open
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spacedeck-open
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-10-06T07:43:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3436, "days_push": 1062, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1135, forks 246 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.593628+00:00)

## What it is
Spacedeck Open is a free, open-source, web-based collaborative whiteboard application with rich media support, originally a commercial SaaS that was open-sourced in 2018. It lets users create virtually unlimited-size 'Spaces' with drag-and-drop images, video, audio, text formatting, drawing tools, and realtime multi-user collaboration.

## Use cases
- self-host a collaborative whiteboard for a classroom
- run a mood board tool for design brainstorming
- collaborate in realtime on a visual planning board
- create zooming multimedia presentations
- take visual notes with images, video and audio
- replace the shut-down spacedeck.com SaaS with a local instance

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted whiteboard with rich media (images, video, audio) support
- you want realtime collaboration for education or creative teams
- you prefer an AGPL open-source alternative to commercial whiteboard SaaS
- you want zooming presentation features built into a whiteboard

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight single-user drawing app without collaboration
- you cannot run Node.js and Graphicsmagick on your server
- you need polished PDF/ZIP export, which is still being fixed
- you want a mobile-native whiteboard app rather than a web application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: websocket, http-server, file-upload, image-processing, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, education, real-time
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: whiteboard, collaborative-editing, real-time, rich-media, moodboard, presentation, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- spacedeck/spacedeck-open (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.593628+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 2026-08-30T06:36:48.952615+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/spacedeck/spacedeck-open (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.593628+00:00, sha ddfc3e8e27a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.