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Wiki.js 3 beta adds Excalidraw live collaboration and SCIM — v3 production release getting close.
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Excalidraw vs Teable
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Excalidraw and Teable — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Excalidraw vs Teable: at a glance
What is Excalidraw?
Excalidraw's package went ESM-only in 0.18 — a big release, then 16 months of silence on this feed.
This feed tracks the embeddable @excalidraw/excalidraw package rather than the hosted app, so every entry is a library release aimed at developers integrating the canvas. Version 0.18.0 in March 2025 was the large one: command palette, multiplayer undo and redo, flowcharts, elbow arrows, scene search, image cropping, element linking, CJK fonts, and a move from UMD to ES modules that broke existing consumers. Earlier releases are smaller, mostly programmatic API surface and rendering fixes. Nothing has been captured since.
What is Teable?
Teable ships connected-app event triggers for automations, deepening its no-code workflow orchestration play.
Teable is releasing several times per day at high cadence. The September 25 builds cover OAuth app notification infrastructure, expanded audit logs, password-protected share generation with auto-created passwords, and GitHub-linked repo recognition in App Builder. Sign-in protection is now default-on. The free workspace credit model changed from recurring monthly to a one-time welcome award — a pricing signal about long-term sustainability.
Excalidraw vs Teable: editorial side-by-side
Excalidraw
0.0COLLAB
Excalidraw's package went ESM-only in 0.18 — a big release, then 16 months of silence on this feed.
◆ Current state
This feed tracks the embeddable @excalidraw/excalidraw package rather than the hosted app, so every entry is a library release aimed at developers integrating the canvas. Version 0.18.0 in March 2025 was the large one: command palette, multiplayer undo and redo, flowcharts, elbow arrows, scene search, image cropping, element linking, CJK fonts, and a move from UMD to ES modules that broke existing consumers. Earlier releases are smaller, mostly programmatic API surface and rendering fixes. Nothing has been captured since.
◆ Where it's heading
The package's direction has been to expose more of the editor to host applications — API subscribers, programmatic element creation, viewport control, sidebar tabs — so Excalidraw can be embedded as a component rather than only used as a site. The ESM transition fits that: tree-shakable output matters to the teams shipping it inside their own products. With no releases captured in over a year, this source no longer says anything about current activity, which more likely reflects the crawl target than the project.
◆ Prediction
Insufficient data for a forward call from this feed: the last captured release predates the window by more than a year, so any prediction would be about the package's dormancy rather than Excalidraw's actual roadmap.
Teable
10.0COLLAB
Teable ships connected-app event triggers for automations, deepening its no-code workflow orchestration play.
◆ Current state
Teable is releasing several times per day at high cadence. The September 25 builds cover OAuth app notification infrastructure, expanded audit logs, password-protected share generation with auto-created passwords, and GitHub-linked repo recognition in App Builder. Sign-in protection is now default-on. The free workspace credit model changed from recurring monthly to a one-time welcome award — a pricing signal about long-term sustainability.
◆ Where it's heading
Event-triggered automations (where connected-app payloads drive Routine execution) and agent model tier selection signal Teable is evolving from a spreadsheet-database hybrid toward a workflow orchestration layer. Each release adds governance surface (audit logs, sign-in lockout, deactivated account controls) alongside extensibility (Composio integrations, BrightData scraping, OAuth app ecosystem). The credit-metered model for AI and scraping features is becoming a consistent pattern.
◆ Prediction
Usage-based pricing tied to automation and AI consumption will become more prominent as the credit-gated feature set expands. BrightData scraping limits, agent model tier selection, and per-call credit deductions are infrastructure for a paid-tier differentiation model that doesn't yet have fully visible pricing tiers.
Alternatives to Excalidraw and Teable
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Excalidraw or Teable.
Wiki.js
Wiki.js 3.0 beta is building toward enterprise with real-time collaboration, SCIM, and expanding editor formats.
SiYuan
SiYuan enters a rapid alpha sprint, shipping calendar upgrades, transitive backlinks, and export extensions daily.
Happeo
Happeo is doubling down on intranet SEO content as its primary distribution channel for the mid-market.
GitHub
GitHub turns Copilot into an org-wide default, adds memory to agentic security fixes.
Hive
Hive keeps iterating on proofing and dashboard UX — workmanlike improvements, no pivot.
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Recent activity from Excalidraw and Teable
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 21h agoTeableTeable 3268: OAuth notifications, expanded audit logs, password-protected shares
- 1d agoTeableTeable 3254: model tier selection, sign-in lockout default-on, credit model change
- 4d agoTeablerelease.2026-09-22T03-34-15Z.3202
- 4d agoTeablerelease.2026-09-21T14-48-39Z.3197
- 5d agoTeablerelease.2026-09-21T07-48-52Z.3187
- 5d agoTeableTeable 3184: connected-app event triggers for automations and Routines
- 1y agoExcalidrawExcalidraw 0.18 drops UMD for ESM and adds flowcharts ⚡
- 1y agoExcalidrawDuplicate capture of the 0.18.0 release
- 2y agoExcalidrawPatch release fixes UMD build and arrow label bounds
- 2y agoExcalidrawDuplicate capture of the 0.17.3 patch
- 2y agoExcalidrawRelease 0.17 expands the programmatic canvas API
- 2y agoExcalidrawDuplicate capture of the 0.17 release
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Excalidraw and Teable?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Teable is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 10.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Excalidraw better than Teable?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Teable is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 10.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Excalidraw?
Top Excalidraw alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Excalidraw alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/excalidraw for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Teable?
Top Teable alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Teable alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/teable for the full list with editorial commentary on each.