---
title: "Bytesize: Excalidraw"
description: "Intro to Excalidraw — a nifty tool for drawing diagrams."
url: "https://phil.ewels.co.uk/talks/2024/09/17/bytesize_excalidraw"
site: "phil.ewels.co.uk"
author: "Phil Ewels"
section: "Talks"
type: "Bytesize"
date: "2024-09-17"
location: "Online"
event: "https://nf-co.re/events/2024/bytesize_excalidraw"
video: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGwGZOulD8A"
---

# Bytesize: Excalidraw

> Intro to Excalidraw — a nifty tool for drawing diagrams.

In this nf-core bytesize session, Phil will talk all about [Excalidraw](https://excalidraw.com/) — a nifty tool that makes creating diagrams for your documentation a breeze.

It’s free, super easy to use, and, best of all, your files stay fully editable by anyone who picks them up. He’ll also touch on the VSCode plugin that integrates it right into your workflow, plus how you can work with both PNG and SVG formats. Stick around until the end for a few nerdy tricks, like how to make your diagrams play nice with dark mode.

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From the personal website of Phil Ewels, a software developer and bioinformatician in Stockholm, Sweden: https://phil.ewels.co.uk/
The whole site as Markdown: https://phil.ewels.co.uk/llms.txt