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All 8 getting started guides

About livediagram

Get to know livediagram: what it is, who it helps, and the ideas behind a free, open canvas.

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Tips and Tricks

Work faster with the shortcuts, hidden features, and small habits experienced users rely on.

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Editor Guides

Everything in the editor

In-depth guides for every part of the editor, grouped by where you find it.

Canvas

Master the infinite canvas: place, select, link, annotate, layer, rotate, animate, lock and theme elements, undo changes, and start from templates.

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Palette

Your launchpad for everything on the canvas: every element and palette setting explained.

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Selection Modes

The pointer modes at the top of the palette: Select, Hand, Eraser, Format Painter, Laser, Spotlight, Avatar, Slide Deck, and Isometric.

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Tabs

Keep a whole project in one document: organise, link, and move between multiple boards with tabs.

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Collaboration

Work together in real time: comments, assigned actions, live presence, teams, sharing, and session tools.

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Explorer

Organise everything you build: how the Explorer keeps your documents, folders, teams, and assets easy to find and manage.

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User Interface

Get your bearings in the editor: the panels, toolbar, context menus, the Map, zoom and tab bars, quick controls, and power user mode.

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Tools

Do more with less effort using the editor helpers: AI, zen mode, light and dark mode, Markdown import, and cleanup.

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Search Panel

Find anything in seconds: jump to any document, folder, team, tab, or element, and add new elements to the canvas.

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Your Account

Your account and your data

Who you are to livediagram, where your work lives, and the promises that cover it.

Account and Data

Stay in control of your work: how guest access, signing in, syncing, exporting, deletion, API tokens, connecting AI tools, the Google Drive mirror, and email notifications work.

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Privacy and Security

Know exactly how your documents are stored, what we collect, and how to keep shared links safe.

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Supported Devices

How livediagram works on a computer, a tablet, and a phone, and what to expect on each.

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Policies

The legal terms for the hosted livediagram service: the Terms of Service, the full Privacy Policy and how to report a vulnerability.

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Build and Run

Developers and self-hosting

Drive livediagram from your own code, or run your own copy of it.

Developers

Call the livediagram REST API from your own scripts or the command line: authentication, worked examples, the CLI, repositories and developer tools, errors and limits, and the OpenAPI reference.

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Self-Hosting

Run livediagram on your own infrastructure, with the full feature set, free and open source.

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Still Stuck?

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Troubleshooting

Get unstuck fast with fixes for the most common editor and collaboration problems.

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