Use cases

Visual planning for software teams, by workflow.

Architecture, planning, GitHub context, templates and honest comparisons. Pick the job you are doing and open a canvas for it.

Use cases

Use case

GitHub whiteboard

Put GitHub repositories, pull requests and commits on an infinite canvas as live cards, right next to the architecture and roadmap they change.

Use case

GitHub project planning

Map features, dependencies and milestones on a canvas, convert ideas to tasks, and keep GitHub pull requests beside the work they belong to.

Use case

Software planning canvas

A collaborative canvas for engineering and product teams: map ideas, architecture and roadmaps, turn them into tasks, and connect the work to GitHub.

Use case

Software architecture canvas

Draw architecture diagrams with shapes, connectors and icons, import Mermaid, work live with your team, and put GitHub pull requests beside the design.

Free tool

Whiteboard to tasks

Brainstorm on sticky notes, then convert the good ones into tasks with one step. Tasks stay linked to their notes and show live on the canvas.

Free tool

Mermaid to canvas

Free Mermaid flowchart editor: paste code, preview it live, then open it as an editable canvas. No account needed. Export back to Mermaid.

Free tool

AI flowchart generator

Describe a process and Planloom AI draws it as an editable flowchart on the canvas. Preview first, insert in one step, undo in one step.

Templates

Template

System design template

Start from a ready-made system design board: clients, services, data stores and flows, fully editable and collaborative. Free to open.

Template

Sprint retrospective template

A retrospective board your team fills in live, then converts to action items: sticky notes to linked tasks in one step.

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Miro alternative

Planloom vs Miro for software teams: an honest comparison of focus, GitHub context, tasks, AI and privacy, including where Miro is the better fit.

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FigJam alternative

Planloom vs FigJam for engineering teams: where each shines, how GitHub, tasks and AI differ, and when FigJam is the better choice.

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Excalidraw alternative

Planloom vs Excalidraw: simple open-source sketching versus a connected workspace with tasks, GitHub, AI and team roles. Includes where Excalidraw wins.

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Eraser alternative

Planloom vs Eraser for technical diagrams: diagram-as-code and AI diagrams versus a broader collaborative canvas with tasks and GitHub cards.

Guides

Guide

How to plan a SaaS before writing code

A practical 7-step process for planning a SaaS before you write code: user, risks, core flow, architecture, scope, tasks and a definition of done.

Guide

How to create a software architecture diagram

A step-by-step guide to drawing a software architecture diagram people understand: choose the audience, pick a level, label every arrow and keep it current.