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Excalidraw VPSThe hand-drawn style whiteboard, at your own address

  • Excalidraw deployed with One Click Apps
  • Diagrams, wireframes and sketches in a hand-drawn style
  • HTTPS and updates from the console
  • Hosted in France, 24/7 French-speaking support
Deployed for you
Excalidraw ready after checkout
Open source
MIT license
Automatic HTTPS
Generated address or your domain
24/7 support
In French, by humans

Choose your Excalidraw VPS

Excalidraw is deployed with One Click Apps on every plan shown here. Pick a range, then the size that suits you.

Operating system
  • Ubuntu26.04 · 24.04 · 22.04
  • Debian13 · 12 · 11
Pick one when you order

VPS delivered in 10 seconds

  • HP-4
    Processor2 vCPUAMD EPYC 9554
    Memory4 GBDDR5
    Storage40 GB NVMeor 80 GB SSD
    Network1 Gbps
    €6.39excl. VAT/month
    €7.99Save 19€/year
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  • HP-8
    Processor4 vCPUAMD EPYC 9554
    Memory8 GBDDR5
    Storage80 GB NVMeor 160 GB SSD
    Network1 Gbps
    €12.79excl. VAT/month
    €15.99Save 38€/year
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  • HP-16Most popular
    Processor8 vCPUAMD EPYC 9554
    Memory16 GBDDR5
    Storage160 GB NVMeor 320 GB SSD
    Network1 Gbps
    €25.59excl. VAT/month
    €31.99Save 77€/year
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  • HP-32
    Processor16 vCPUAMD EPYC 9554
    Memory32 GBDDR5
    Storage320 GB NVMeor 640 GB SSD
    Network1 Gbps
    €51.19excl. VAT/month
    €63.99Save 154€/year
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  • HP-64
    Processor32 vCPUAMD EPYC 9554
    Memory64 GBDDR5
    Storage640 GB NVMeor 1280 GB SSD
    Network1 Gbps
    €102.39excl. VAT/month
    €127.99Save 307€/year
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Every plan has everything you need, and more

  • Excalidraw deployed
  • Unlimited traffic
  • DDoS protection
  • First snapshot included
  • 24/7 French-speaking support

Why Excalidraw on an OnetSolutions VPS

Recent hardware, a fast network and a server that stays yours.

AMD EPYC processors and NVMe storage

The Performance range runs on AMD EPYC 7443, the High performance range on AMD EPYC 9554 with DDR5 memory, on NVMe storage.

Up to 1 Gbps

1 Gbit/s on the Performance and High performance ranges, and unlimited traffic on every plan.

OnetSolutions API

Manage your servers through the API, from your own scripts or your AI assistants. See the documentation

Backups and snapshots

Optional daily VPS backups from €1.99 excl. VAT/month, and a first snapshot included to roll back if an update goes wrong.

Online in three steps

Nothing to install: you order, Excalidraw is deployed on your server and published over HTTPS.

  1. 01

    Choose your VPS

    Pick a plan with at least 2 vCPU, 2 GB of RAM and 30 GB of disk: Excalidraw is already selected in the order.

  2. 02

    Excalidraw deploys

    The One Click Apps platform installs on your VPS, then deploys the official Excalidraw image, without typing a single command.

  3. 03

    Start drawing

    Open the HTTPS address shown in the console, or attach your domain, and start drawing: no account to create.

A simple, fast whiteboard, under your domain

Excalidraw is the editor behind excalidraw.com, published as open source by its authors. The official image serves the app from your VPS; the drawing itself happens in the browser.

  • Infinite canvas

    A whiteboard with no edges, free zoom and panning, for diagrams as large as you need.

  • Hand-drawn style

    Rectangles, diamonds, ellipses, arrows, lines, free draw, text and eraser, with a sketchy look and a dark mode.

  • Bound, labeled arrows

    Arrows snap to shapes and follow them when you move them; give them a label.

  • Images and libraries

    Insert images into your diagrams and reuse shape libraries, your own or the community's.

  • PNG, SVG and .excalidraw export

    Export to PNG, SVG or the clipboard, and save your drawings in the open .excalidraw format, a JSON file.

  • Local-first, offline

    Your drawing is saved automatically in your browser, and the app works offline once loaded.

  • Mermaid to Excalidraw

    Paste a Mermaid diagram and convert it into Excalidraw elements you can edit by hand.

  • Available in many languages

    Excalidraw is translated into many languages, including French, and detects the browser's language.

Real-time collaboration and share links: what you should know

The official Excalidraw image is the excalidraw.com app, built with the addresses of Excalidraw's public services. Live collaboration sessions and share links therefore go through those servers, not through your VPS. Content is end-to-end encrypted there: the key stays in the link you share. To keep collaboration entirely on your side, you would need to deploy Excalidraw's collaboration server and rebuild the image with your own address: that setup is not part of the One Click Apps application.

Managed from the console with One Click Apps

  • Automatic HTTPS

    An HTTPS address as soon as it's deployed, or your own domain with its Let's Encrypt certificate.

  • Status and logs

    Start, stop or restart Excalidraw and read its web server logs without opening a terminal.

  • Updates

    The console detects new Excalidraw images, and you start the update when you decide.

  • Root access kept

    The server stays yours: SSH and root access, plus the VPS firewall and snapshots from the console.

Excalidraw is free software released under the MIT license by its authors, who also run Excalidraw+, a separate paid hosted service. Excalidraw+ is not included: you get the open source editor, served from your VPS.

What you can draw with Excalidraw

A whiteboard under your domain, opened in the browser, to explain an idea in a few strokes.

  • Architecture diagrams

    Servers, containers, databases and network flows sketched in minutes, then exported to SVG for the documentation.

    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • PostgreSQL
  • Workshops and retrospectives

    Brainstorming, mind maps and team retrospectives on a canvas shared live.

  • Screen wireframes

    Deliberately rough wireframes to discuss a user journey without getting lost in visual details.

  • Technical documentation

    Diagrams exported to SVG or PNG for your READMEs, wikis and documentation pages, with the .excalidraw file versioned alongside.

    • Markdown
    • GitHub
    • GitLab
  • Diagrams from Mermaid

    Start from an existing Mermaid diagram, convert it, then touch it up by hand.

    • Mermaid
    • Flowchart
    • Sequence
  • Teaching and explaining

    Explain a concept live during a class or a meeting, then export the board to share it.

Excalidraw runs on your VPS, our console drives it

Your server and your whiteboard are managed from the OnetSolutions console: status, logs, domains and billing in one place.

  • Excalidraw status, start, stop and restart
  • Live service logs
  • Custom domain and automatic HTTPS
  • KVM console, snapshots and VPS firewall
console.onetsolutions.net/compute/instances/excalidraw-prod
OnetSolutions
Agence Horizon
Compute/Instances/web-prod-01
web-prod-01Running
GP-8 · Intel Xeon 2,60 GHz
RestartConsole
CPU34%
RAM5,2 / 8 Go
Network128 Mb/s
System
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
IP address
51.210.24.8
Uptime
34 j
Size
4 vCPU · 8 Go
CPU activity (24h)34%
-24 h-12 hnow

A team behind your server

Technicians who know your VPS, reachable around the clock.

4.5/5 on Trustpilot
Contact support

24/7 French-speaking support

Open a ticket from the console, day or night: a person answers you.

Help center

One Click Apps guides, tutorials and the API reference to go further.

30-day money-back guarantee

Try Excalidraw on your VPS: if it's not right for you, you get your money back.

MCP · Beta

Manage your VPS with AI

Our MCP server connects Claude, Cursor or any Model Context Protocol client to your OnetSolutions account: ask about your servers and their status in natural language, without leaving your assistant.

  • Read-only: the assistant looks, it changes nothing
  • Signs in with your OnetSolutions account
Set up the MCP server
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Any MCP client

Frequently asked questions about Excalidraw

What to know before you order, and right after.

What is Excalidraw?

Excalidraw is an open source virtual whiteboard with a hand-drawn style, published by a third party, the Excalidraw team. The app deployed on your VPS is the one behind excalidraw.com: an infinite canvas with shapes, arrows, text, images, libraries and export to PNG, SVG or .excalidraw.

Is Excalidraw free and open source?

Yes. Excalidraw is released under the MIT license, free including for commercial use. Its authors also offer Excalidraw+, a paid hosted service with cloud workspaces: it is not included. The prices on this page are for the VPS.

Where are my drawings saved?

In your browser. The official image is a static web app: it stores no drawings on the server and declares no data volume. Each person finds their drawings in their own browser; to keep, archive or hand them over, export them as a .excalidraw, PNG or SVG file.

Does real-time collaboration go through my server?

No. The image is built with the addresses of Excalidraw's public services: live collaboration and share links go through those servers, with end-to-end encrypted content whose key stays in the link. For collaboration hosted entirely on your side, you would need to deploy Excalidraw's collaboration server (excalidraw-room) and rebuild the image with your address: this is not provided by One Click Apps.

Do I need to create user accounts?

No, Excalidraw has no accounts or passwords: anyone who knows the address can open the editor, and only sees their own drawings. If you want to restrict access, limit the allowed IP addresses with the VPS firewall.

Can I use my own domain name?

Yes. Add it in the application's Domains tab. If the DNS zone is managed at OnetSolutions, the A record is created for you; otherwise, the console shows you the IP address to point to. The HTTPS certificate is issued automatically.

What is the minimum configuration?

The One Click Apps minimums are enough: 2 vCPU, 2 GB of RAM and 30 GB of disk, with 1 GB of memory reserved for the system and the platform. Excalidraw is served by a simple web server and drawing is computed in the browser: there is room left for other applications on the same VPS.

Do One Click Apps backups protect my drawings?

No, because there is nothing to back up on the server: Excalidraw declares no volume, and the daily One Click Apps backups cover application volumes. Your drawings live in the browsers: export them regularly. The VPS backup option (from €1.99 excl. VAT/month) and snapshots protect the server itself.

How do updates work?

Every night, the platform checks whether a new Excalidraw image has been published and the console lets you know. Nothing is updated without your action: you start the update from the console, which downloads the new image and recreates the container.

Who looks after Excalidraw once it's installed?

Our support covers the VPS: the server, its network, its storage and its availability. Excalidraw, its configuration and its updates remain your responsibility: the console gives you the tools to manage them, and you keep root access to the server.

Launch your Excalidraw VPS

Pick your plan: Excalidraw is deployed on your server, ready to draw under your domain.

HP-4Excalidraw included
from€6.39excl. VAT/month

€7.99with the annual commitment

  • 2 vCPU AMD EPYC 9554
  • 4 GB DDR5
  • 40 GB NVMe
  • 1 Gbps
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