# lovasoa/whitebophir

Online collaborative Whiteboard that is simple, free, easy to use and  to deploy

Repository: https://github.com/lovasoa/whitebophir
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/whitebophir
Homepage: https://wbo.ophir.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: collaborative, javascript, whiteboard, teaching, education, draw, art
Last push: 2026-08-05T19:38:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4754, "days_push": 28, "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 2636, forks 481 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.247863+00:00)

## What it is
WBO (whitebophir) is a free, open-source online collaborative whiteboard that lets many users draw simultaneously on a large virtual board with real-time updates and persistent board state. It is a self-hostable Node.js application, also available as a Docker image and a hosted demo.

## Use cases
- collaborative whiteboard for remote teams
- teaching math or diagrams online
- draw together with friends in real time
- self-host a private whiteboard server
- sketch and brainstorm on a shared canvas
- free alternative to Miro or Mural

## When to choose
- you need a simple, free, real-time shared drawing board with no accounts
- you want to self-host a whiteboard easily via Docker or Node.js
- you need persistent boards shareable by URL for teaching or design

## When to avoid
- you need advanced diagramming, sticky notes, or project-management features
- you require offline desktop whiteboard software
- you need enterprise features like SSO, permissions, or audit logs

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, websocket, gui
- domain: web-development, education, graphics, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: collaborative-whiteboard, real-time-collaboration, drawing, online-teaching, whiteboard, nodejs, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- lovasoa/whitebophir (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.247863+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 2026-08-30T02:19:19.442196+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lovasoa/whitebophir (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.247863+00:00, sha 165d0589e5d6)
  - homepage: https://wbo.ophir.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:31.489727+00:00, sha 08a9be26e766)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/whitebophir (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:31.492030+00:00, sha 5eef4d8c5338)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.