DrawSplat

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What DrawSplat is

DrawSplat is a free browser-based toolkit for creating, teaching, explaining, organizing, visualizing, and playing. Its collaborative whiteboard supports lessons, explanations, media, and activities, with diagramming, guest collaboration, and voting tools. Tool groups cover drawing and visuals, charts and data, idea organization, audio and video, teaching and assessment, and games and puzzles. SplatWorks adds browser spreadsheets, presentations, word processing, and classroom database apps. DrawSplat can run as a hosted browser app or be self-hosted on services such as Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, Netlify, S3, or a district web server. Storage choices include browser-only work, Google Apps Script with Drive and Sheets, or a portable MySQL Save/Open API. The Apps Script option stores data in a district’s Google Workspace tenant. The static app does not require student accounts, and browser-only work remains in the browser unless exported or sent to a configured backend. DrawSplat says it does not sell student data or use it for targeted advertising, AI model training, behavioral profiling, or cross-context advertising. The project uses AGPL-3.0-or-later, while SplatWorks code uses GPL-3.0-only.

Who it suits

DrawSplat suits educators and districts needing free browser tools, collaborative whiteboarding, classroom activities, or self-hosted deployment. Its storage and privacy options may also fit organizations using Google Workspace or their own infrastructure.

What it does well

Free browser whiteboard and tool collection
Includes diagramming, guest collaboration, and voting
Offers hosted and self-hosted deployment
Provides browser, Google, and MySQL storage options
Does not require student accounts for the static app

What to know first

MySQL deployment requires Docker or Node.js 22+
MySQL deployment requires MySQL 8 and public HTTPS API
Provider hosting costs are separate
Pointer input is required for whiteboard drawing

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Everyone	Free · Full browser whiteboard and tools · hosted or self-hosted · optional backends · provider hosting costs separate	Free

As drawsplat.org lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Verdict

DrawSplat offers a broad, free toolkit with flexible hosting and storage choices for education. Districts should review the technical requirements and the whiteboard accessibility limitations before deployment.

Facts from DrawSplat's own pages

Accessibility: The accessibility statement identifies pointer input as required for whiteboard drawing and notes that the canvas does not expose individual shapes to screen readers. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Backend requirements: The MySQL deployment requires Docker or Node.js 22+, MySQL 8, and a public HTTPS API; hosting-provider costs are separate. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Data use: The policy says DrawSplat does not sell student data or use it for targeted advertising, AI model training, behavioral profiling, or cross-context advertising. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Google Workspace: The optional Apps Script backend stores data inside the district’s Google Workspace tenant. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
License: DrawSplat is released under AGPL-3.0-or-later, while SplatWorks app code is GPL-3.0-only. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Maker: The pricing page says DrawSplat is built by an educator for educators. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Office suite: SplatWorks includes browser-based spreadsheet, presentation, word-processing, and classroom database apps. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Purpose: DrawSplat offers browser-based tools for creating, teaching, explaining, organizing, visualizing, and playing. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Self-hosting: The static site can be hosted on services including Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, Netlify, S3, or a district web server. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Storage options: Deployments include browser-only storage, Google Apps Script with Drive and Sheets, and a portable MySQL Save/Open API. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Student privacy: The privacy policy says the static app does not require student accounts and that browser-only work stays in the browser unless exported or sent to a configured backend. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Support: Paid optional services include deployment setup, compliance review, professional learning, admin training, and custom development; buyers can request a quote. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Tool categories: The site groups tools for drawing and visuals, charts and data, organizing ideas, audio and video, teaching and assessment, and games and puzzles. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026
Whiteboard: Its collaborative visual workspace is described as supporting lessons, explanations, media, and activities. · drawsplat.org, 11 Oct 2026

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