Overview

Sketchpool is a free, open-source networked drawing canvas. It provides realtime drawing synchronization in small rooms to build artistic community and is currently in the very early stages of development.

The following content is the MVP roadmap for this project. It should help you get an idea of the basic features that will be implemented.

Features

Websocket: Realtime Drawing Sync

PostgreSQL: API Persistence

JWT: Authorization

S3 Buckets: Canvas Snapshots

IndexedDB: Local Cache

Architecture

Single-room canvas document in memory with append-only logs. Client renders on a fixed-size canvas and scales for display.

Connections are peer-to-peer and the software can be self-hosted.

HTTP + WS Canvas

HTTP

POST /v1/rooms create room
GET /v1/room/:id fetch metadata
POST /v1/room/:id/export export PNG

WS

wss://room/:id canvas updates

Auth

JWT's in Authorization: Bearer token.

FAQ

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