# draw
Local-first, sketch-style drawing tool. Excalidraw-inspired, built on Rust with a vanilla JS frontend.
Single binary. No cloud. Your drawings live in `~/.config/draw/drawings/`.
## Features
- **9 tools**: Select, Rectangle, Ellipse, Diamond, Line, Arrow, Pen (freedraw), Text, Eraser
- **Sketch-style fills**: hachure (diagonal lines), cross-hatch, solid, none
- **Full interactions**: drag, resize, multi-select, rubber band, pan (scroll/space+drag), zoom (ctrl+scroll)
- **Undo/redo**: all operations, including batched multi-element changes
- **Copy/paste/duplicate** with proper ID remapping
- **Z-ordering**: bring to front/back/forward/backward
- **Styles**: stroke color/width/dash, fill color/pattern/density, opacity, font
- **Export**: SVG and PNG
- **Document management**: auto-save, dirty indicator, rename, list
- **Desktop app**: native window via webview (same UI, no browser needed)
- **Python bindings**: `import dkdc_draw`
- **Keyboard-driven**: full shortcut set, `?` for help overlay
## Install
### From source (Rust)
```bash
cargo install dkdc-draw --features webapp
```
### From source (Python)
```bash
uv tool install dkdc-draw
```
### Development
```bash
bin/setup # install dependencies
bin/install # build and install CLI
```
## Usage
```bash
draw --webapp # launch web UI
draw --app # launch desktop app
draw new [name] # create new drawing
draw open <file> # open .draw.json file
draw list # list saved drawings
draw export-svg <file> [-o output.svg]
draw export-png <file> [-o output.png] [--scale 2.0]
```
### Python
```python
import dkdc_draw
doc = dkdc_draw.new_document("sketch")
dkdc_draw.save_document(doc, "sketch.draw.json")
svg = dkdc_draw.export_svg(doc)
```
### Keyboard shortcuts
| V | Select |
| R | Rectangle |
| O | Ellipse |
| D | Diamond |
| L | Line |
| A | Arrow |
| P | Pen (freedraw) |
| T | Text |
| E | Eraser |
| G | Toggle grid snap |
| ? | Help overlay |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Ctrl+A | Select all |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate |
| Delete | Delete selected |
| ] / [ | Bring to front / Send to back |
## Architecture
```
crates/
draw-core/ Document model, serialization, SVG/PNG export, tiny-skia renderer
draw-cli/ CLI binary (clap)
draw-webapp/ Axum web server (port 1213) + embedded vanilla JS frontend
draw-app/ Desktop app (wry webview)
draw-wasm/ WASM bindings for the renderer
draw-py/ PyO3 Python bindings
```
## Development
```bash
bin/build # build all (Rust + Python)
bin/check # run all checks (format, lint, test)
bin/format # format all code
bin/test # run all tests
```
## License
MIT