Vibecode Miro
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You are building a lean indie version of Miro. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Miro indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Miro workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Build a canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, comments, and optional multiplayer sync. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - large-board performance - templates - integrations - facilitation tools - permissions - enterprise controls If those capabilities are essential, use tldraw instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build me a personal whiteboard app to replace Miro. Requirements: - Do not write a canvas engine from scratch: build on the tldraw SDK (React + Vite). It already does shapes, sticky notes, connectors, and selection well. - A local web app on localhost:4900 with a board picker: named boards with thumbnails, create, rename, delete. - Each board autosaves its tldraw snapshot JSON to SQLite (better-sqlite3 behind a small Express API) 2 seconds after the last change, keeping the previous 20 snapshots as undo insurance. - A toolbar button exports the current board as PNG and SVG to ~/Whiteboards/<board-name>.png. - A template row on the new-board screen seeded from JSON files in templates/: retro grid, brainstorm columns, weekly plan. - Works fully offline, binds to localhost, no accounts, no telemetry. - Optional: share-with-one-person mode over my private network using tldraw's sync package, two cursors max. Skip it if it costs more than an hour. - Out of scope: workshop facilitation tools (timers, voting), integrations, and performance tuning for 50-person boards. This is my thinking canvas, not a venue. - README: dev and build commands, and where board data lives on disk. ## Required capabilities - canvas library - WebSocket/collab backend - database - auth - hosting - optional template library ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a lean indie version of Miro. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Miro indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Miro workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Build a canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, comments, and optional multiplayer sync. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - large-board performance - templates - integrations - facilitation tools - permissions - enterprise controls If those capabilities are essential, use tldraw instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build me a personal whiteboard app to replace Miro. Requirements: - Do not write a canvas engine from scratch: build on the tldraw SDK (React + Vite). It already does shapes, sticky notes, connectors, and selection well. - A local web app on localhost:4900 with a board picker: named boards with thumbnails, create, rename, delete. - Each board autosaves its tldraw snapshot JSON to SQLite (better-sqlite3 behind a small Express API) 2 seconds after the last change, keeping the previous 20 snapshots as undo insurance. - A toolbar button exports the current board as PNG and SVG to ~/Whiteboards/<board-name>.png. - A template row on the new-board screen seeded from JSON files in templates/: retro grid, brainstorm columns, weekly plan. - Works fully offline, binds to localhost, no accounts, no telemetry. - Optional: share-with-one-person mode over my private network using tldraw's sync package, two cursors max. Skip it if it costs more than an hour. - Out of scope: workshop facilitation tools (timers, voting), integrations, and performance tuning for 50-person boards. This is my thinking canvas, not a venue. - README: dev and build commands, and where board data lives on disk. ## Required capabilities - canvas library - WebSocket/collab backend - database - auth - hosting - optional template library ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a production product version of Miro. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== PRODUCT.md ===== # Miro product brief ## Problem A simple multiplayer whiteboard is doable; Miro's value is scale, templates, integrations, facilitation, permissions, and reliability with many users. ## Product outcome Build a canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, comments, and optional multiplayer sync. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - canvas library - WebSocket/collab backend - database - auth - hosting - optional template library ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - large-board performance - templates - integrations - facilitation tools - permissions - enterprise controls ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees. ===== ARCHITECTURE.md ===== # Architecture ## Starting brief Build me a personal whiteboard app to replace Miro. Requirements: - Do not write a canvas engine from scratch: build on the tldraw SDK (React + Vite). It already does shapes, sticky notes, connectors, and selection well. - A local web app on localhost:4900 with a board picker: named boards with thumbnails, create, rename, delete. - Each board autosaves its tldraw snapshot JSON to SQLite (better-sqlite3 behind a small Express API) 2 seconds after the last change, keeping the previous 20 snapshots as undo insurance. - A toolbar button exports the current board as PNG and SVG to ~/Whiteboards/<board-name>.png. - A template row on the new-board screen seeded from JSON files in templates/: retro grid, brainstorm columns, weekly plan. - Works fully offline, binds to localhost, no accounts, no telemetry. - Optional: share-with-one-person mode over my private network using tldraw's sync package, two cursors max. Skip it if it costs more than an hour. - Out of scope: workshop facilitation tools (timers, voting), integrations, and performance tuning for 50-person boards. This is my thinking canvas, not a venue. - README: dev and build commands, and where board data lives on disk. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone. ===== MILESTONES.md ===== # Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations. ===== OPERATIONS.md ===== # Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Miro capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
# Miro indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Miro workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Build a canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, comments, and optional multiplayer sync. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - large-board performance - templates - integrations - facilitation tools - permissions - enterprise controls If those capabilities are essential, use tldraw instead of pretending the gap is solved.
# Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
# Build plan ## Original build brief Build me a personal whiteboard app to replace Miro. Requirements: - Do not write a canvas engine from scratch: build on the tldraw SDK (React + Vite). It already does shapes, sticky notes, connectors, and selection well. - A local web app on localhost:4900 with a board picker: named boards with thumbnails, create, rename, delete. - Each board autosaves its tldraw snapshot JSON to SQLite (better-sqlite3 behind a small Express API) 2 seconds after the last change, keeping the previous 20 snapshots as undo insurance. - A toolbar button exports the current board as PNG and SVG to ~/Whiteboards/<board-name>.png. - A template row on the new-board screen seeded from JSON files in templates/: retro grid, brainstorm columns, weekly plan. - Works fully offline, binds to localhost, no accounts, no telemetry. - Optional: share-with-one-person mode over my private network using tldraw's sync package, two cursors max. Skip it if it costs more than an hour. - Out of scope: workshop facilitation tools (timers, voting), integrations, and performance tuning for 50-person boards. This is my thinking canvas, not a venue. - README: dev and build commands, and where board data lives on disk. ## Required capabilities - canvas library - WebSocket/collab backend - database - auth - hosting - optional template library ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
# Miro product brief ## Problem A simple multiplayer whiteboard is doable; Miro's value is scale, templates, integrations, facilitation, permissions, and reliability with many users. ## Product outcome Build a canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, comments, and optional multiplayer sync. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - canvas library - WebSocket/collab backend - database - auth - hosting - optional template library ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - large-board performance - templates - integrations - facilitation tools - permissions - enterprise controls ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
# Architecture ## Starting brief Build me a personal whiteboard app to replace Miro. Requirements: - Do not write a canvas engine from scratch: build on the tldraw SDK (React + Vite). It already does shapes, sticky notes, connectors, and selection well. - A local web app on localhost:4900 with a board picker: named boards with thumbnails, create, rename, delete. - Each board autosaves its tldraw snapshot JSON to SQLite (better-sqlite3 behind a small Express API) 2 seconds after the last change, keeping the previous 20 snapshots as undo insurance. - A toolbar button exports the current board as PNG and SVG to ~/Whiteboards/<board-name>.png. - A template row on the new-board screen seeded from JSON files in templates/: retro grid, brainstorm columns, weekly plan. - Works fully offline, binds to localhost, no accounts, no telemetry. - Optional: share-with-one-person mode over my private network using tldraw's sync package, two cursors max. Skip it if it costs more than an hour. - Out of scope: workshop facilitation tools (timers, voting), integrations, and performance tuning for 50-person boards. This is my thinking canvas, not a venue. - README: dev and build commands, and where board data lives on disk. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.
# Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
# Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
# Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Miro capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
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xlarge-board performance
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xintegrations
xfacilitation tools
xpermissions
xenterprise controls
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Miro pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| free | $0/user | $0/user | Unlimited members and boards, but only the 3 most recently created boards remain editable; 10 AI credits/month; 100 MCP calls/day |
| starter | $10/user | $8/user | Unlimited private boards and project spaces; visitor editing; 25 AI credits/member/month; 500 MCP calls/day |
| business | $25/user | $20/user | Unlimited workspaces and guests; 50 AI credits/member/month; 2,000 MCP calls/day; SSO, advanced diagramming and two-way integrations |
| enterprise | custom | — | 30-member minimum; starts at 2,500 pooled AI credits/month; 10,000 MCP calls/day; SCIM, data residency and organization governance |
free tierUnlimited members and boards, but only 3 most recent boards editable; 10 AI credits/month and 100 MCP calls/day; no guests or visitors
billingfree + per-member monthly or annual billing; annual saves 20% and is prepaid; automated card billing has no seat minimum, while invoicing is annual-only with 10 Starter or 5 Business licenses
hidden costsNew paid members are prorated immediately, while removed seats stay billable until renewal; extra AI-credit packs, Enterprise Guard and Premium Support cost extra; some data-residency migrations carry fees
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Vibecode Miro
Kinda. The core of Miro is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: large-board performance, templates. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Miro cost?
Miro costs about $10/month (Starter, checked 2026-07-30), which is $120 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Miro?
Honestly: large-board performance; templates; integrations; facilitation tools; permissions; enterprise controls. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Miro?
Yes: Excalidraw (The best simple escape hatch for collaborative diagrams, workshops, and planning: fast, free, local-first, and pleasantly uninterested in becoming Salesforce.) AFFiNE (An integrated canvas, docs, databases, and planning workspace for teams willing to accept a younger product and real self-hosting chores.) CryptPad (Encrypted collaborative whiteboards with persistent folders, permissions, and sharing; fewer templates, far better data boundaries.) All 5 curated free alternatives are at vibecodeit.com/miro/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.