WBO
Web Whiteboard to collaborate in real-time on schemas, drawings, and notes.
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Still maintained? Yes: 118 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.18.31 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: Slack alternatives, WhatsApp alternatives, Microsoft Teams alternatives, Discord alternatives.
At a glance
WBO quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,677
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.18.31, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to WBO
In its own words
The project's README opens: "WBO is an online collaborative whiteboard that allows many users to draw simultaneously on a large virtual board. Connected users see edits in real time; the server saves boards as SVG files. Use it for drawing, design, teaching, or collaborative diagrams."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
WBO scores 94/100, #14 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: 118 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.18.31, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,677 stars add 13.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
118 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.18.31 released yesterday
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.7 / 20
2.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 118
- Last 90 days
- 1,163
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 44 tools in Communication - Custom Communication Systems by health , between Tuwunel (#13) and GlobaLeaks (#15) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.18.31 · yesterday |
| Stars | 2,677 |
| Open issues | 94 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | lovasoa/whitebophir ↗ |
WBO vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with WBO (Communication - Custom Communication Systems), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket.Chat | 99 | 46k | MIT | today |
| Chatwoot | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Mattermost | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Novu | 98 | 40k | MIT | today |
| ntfy | 98 | 35k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| WBO (this tool) | 94 | 2.7k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
WBO: common questions
Is WBO still maintained?
WBO had 118 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v2.18.31, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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