Free online whiteboard

The go-to free digital whiteboard for real-time collaboration

Easily share ideas and collaborate with others — in real-time or asynchronously — with a free online whiteboard from Mural.
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Make teamwork creative, engaging, and productive with a digital whiteboard

  • Easily share ideas with team members on an interactive, drag-and-drop infinite canvas.
  • Lead productive workshops with facilitation features like timer, private mode, summon users, and more.
  • Add comments and annotations that move with your stickies so you never lose the conversation.
  • Quickly drive outcomes with hundreds of templates for retrospectives, flowcharts, brainstorms, and more.

Easy-to-use functionality designed for seamless team collaboration

Use our online whiteboard to unlock all the tools you need to collaborate with confidence. Whether conducting a brainstorming session, hosting a workshop, or teaching a class, Mural has the collaboration tools of a physical whiteboard and more.

Sticky notes & text

Add ideas, action items, and more as a sticky note or text box — then change the colors and cluster to identify patterns and new solutions.

Infinite & resizable canvas options

Choose the right canvas for your collaboration goals — flexibility without limits.

Easy sharing

There are no barriers to collaboration with the ability to safely and securely share murals with others.

Icons, GIFs, & images

Express complex ideas visually or lead an engaging team-building activity with Noun Project, GIPHY, and Unsplash integrations.

Mapping and diagramming

Build quick and easy visualizations of flows, maps, processes, hierarchies, journeys, and more.

Flexible permissions

Control access to collaboration features with view-only, edit, and facilitator settings.

How to get started with Online whiteboarding

More than an online whiteboard tool, Mural is a digital collaboration platform that gives teams the functionality for brainstorming, strategy, project planning, and turning your best ideas into actionable next steps — no matter where you are. Get started free, and build a culture of empowerment and inclusion across your team, department, or whole organization. 

  • Start from a blank canvas or with one of Mural's hundreds of templates for popular outcomes.
  • Each template includes facilitation tips to guide your team through each activity.
  • Add collaborators with unlimited visitors included with every membership.
  • Run an engaging real-time session or invite your team to share feedback asynchronously with remote teams.
  • Explore the toolbar, start drawing, react with emojis, and easily add sticky notes by double-clicking with your cursor.
  • Embed or export your digital whiteboard for a record of all the amazing collaboration. 

Invite your team and take collaborating, brainstorming, and tracking projects, all to the next level with an online whiteboard in Mural.

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The global leadership team at Thoughtworks used Mural to facilitate collaborative and efficient strategic planning — entirely online.
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