# Install excalidraw-converter with Homebrew

Command-line tool for porting Excalidraw diagrams to Gliffy. Version 1.5.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:excalidraw-converter
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install excalidraw-converter
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:excalidraw-converter
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5.6
- **Source summary:** Command-line tool for porting Excalidraw diagrams to Gliffy
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sindrel/excalidraw-converter>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sindrel/excalidraw-converter>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:11:38+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- excalidraw-converter (alias)
- exconv (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5.6
## Project history and usage

excalidraw-converter is a Go command-line tool for converting Excalidraw diagrams into Gliffy-compatible, draw.io-compatible, and Mermaid formats.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created on 2021-03-28, and its first release, v0.0.1, was published the same day. The README states the motivation plainly: Excalidraw is useful for sketching during design, but diagrams often need to be redone for documentation, and the tool bridges those tasks.

### Adoption history

Adoption is niche but visible for documentation workflows. The README documents Homebrew installation for macOS, release downloads for other operating systems, and compatibility with Gliffy, draw.io, Mermaid, GitHub/GitLab Markdown rendering, MkDocs, Docusaurus, and Obsidian Excalidraw exports.

### How it is used

Users run exconv with a subcommand and input file, such as exconv gliffy -i my-diagram.excalidraw or exconv mermaid -i my-diagram.excalidraw. Gliffy output can be imported into Gliffy or draw.io; Mermaid output can be pasted into Markdown-oriented documentation systems.

The README documents support for fixed shapes, connected arrows, text, styling, and selected Excalidraw constructs, while noting limitations such as Mermaid flowchart-only output and incomplete support for some rich Excalidraw elements.

### Why package nerds care

The package is a small bridge between whiteboard-style drawing and documentation-as-code. It is useful to package because it turns a GUI drawing artifact into formats that can live in wikis, Markdown, and diagramming tools.

### Timeline

- 2021: Repository created and v0.0.1 released.
- 2021 onward: README documents Homebrew installation and binary release downloads.
- 2026: GitHub repository metadata shows continued updates.

### Related projects

- The README centers the tool around Excalidraw, Gliffy, draw.io, Mermaid, and Excalidraw for Obsidian.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/sindrel/excalidraw-converter>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sindrel/excalidraw-converter/master/README.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/sindrel/excalidraw-converter>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/sindrel/excalidraw-converter/releases?per_page=100>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/excalidraw-converter.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/excalidraw-converter.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph