Shapes and icons

Out of the box you get the standard shape libraries. Most organisations eventually want their own: brand icons, cloud provider sets, or an internal component library.

#What is covered

Create a draw.io shape library. Building and sharing a library across the site.
Excalidraw shape libraries. The same idea for the sketching editor.

Shared libraries are stored as attachments in your own site, so they are backed up with it and never leave.

#Everything in this section

Create a draw.io shape libraryBuild a shape library so everyone draws with the same icons instead of improvising.Excalidraw shape librariesAdd reusable sketch elements to Excalidraw, in its own library format.

Administration

Making a library available site-wide.

draw.io editor

Using a library once it is installed.

Security and privacy

Where library files are stored.

One shape vocabulary, used by everyone.