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🚀 I Built a Full Stack Miro Clone with Real-Time Collaboration using Next.js

The article describes the creation of **Canvra**, a full-stack collaborative whiteboard application built with Next.js, inspired by Miro. It features real-time collaboration, an infinite canvas, sticky notes, shape tools, and authentication, with the goal of understanding how modern SaaS applications are built. The project is available as a live demo and on GitHub for feedback and contributions.

read1 min views24 publishedMay 23, 2026

After weeks of building, debugging, redesigning, and optimizing — I finally completed my full stack collaborative whiteboard project called Canvra 🎨✨

🌐 Live Demo: https://canvra.vercel.app/
📦 GitHub Repo: https://github.com/Prem759-0/Miro-clone-public.git

Canvra is a modern collaborative whiteboard platform inspired by Miro. Users can: The main goal of this project was to deeply understand how modern collaborative SaaS applications are built internally. I wanted to learn: ✅ Infinite Canvas ✅ Real-Time Collaboration ✅ Sticky Notes ✅ Shape Tools ✅ Drag & Drop ✅ Zoom & Pan ✅ Responsive Design ✅ Authentication ✅ Protected Boards ✅ Smooth Canvas Rendering ✅ Modern SaaS UI ✅ Optimized Performance Building a collaborative app was MUCH harder than expected. Some difficult parts included: A lot of time went into improving interaction smoothness and overall UX. This project improved my understanding of: I enjoy building products that combine: Miro-style apps are one of the best ways to learn advanced frontend and backend concepts together. So I challenged myself to build one from scratch 🚀 Planned features:

🌐 Live Demo: https://canvra.vercel.app/
📦 GitHub Repo: https://github.com/Prem759-0/Miro-clone-public.git
If you like the project:

⭐ Star the repo 🧠 Share feedback 🚀 Suggest improvements Would love to hear your thoughts 🙌

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