dkdc-draw 0.1.0

Local-first drawing tool
Documentation

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)

cargo install dkdc-draw --features webapp

From source (Python)

uv tool install dkdc-draw

Development

bin/setup    # install dependencies
bin/install  # build and install CLI

Usage

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

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

Key Action
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

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