Hey Product Hunt! I’m Joud, a Principal Software Engineer and AWS Solutions Architect. I spend a lot of time creating architecture diagrams and technical explainers — and Excalidraw is my go-to tool for that. The problem? Static diagrams only tell half the story. When I’m explaining event-driven architecture or pub/sub patterns, I need things to move — data flowing between services, messages hitting queues, events propagating through systems. So I built Excalidraw Animator: an animation studio that sits on top of Excalidraw. You draw like you normally do, then layer on keyframe animations from 34 presets, arrange them on a visual timeline, and export as GIF or WebM. No After Effects. No Premiere Pro. No learning curve outside what you already know. It’s free and open source. I’d love your feedback — especially on which animation types would be most useful for your workflow. Try it: https://animator-excalidraw.verc...

Excalidraw Animator

Turn any Excalidraw sketch into animated GIFs and videos

Turn any Excalidraw sketch into animated GIFs and videos