Doory – Open-Source Canva

Doory is a full design editor that runs in your browser. Make posters, social posts, stories, slides, invitations, resumes, thumbnails and business cards: start from a template or a blank page, edit everything, and export to PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, MP4 or GIF. Every feature is free, nobody needs an account to start, and you can run the whole thing on your own server.

_{A real, unedited recording: pick a template, rename the band, recolour the dates, add a star, export.}

Edit anything Click any text, shape or photo to change it. Fonts, colours, sizes, alignment and effects are one click away in the toolbar above the page.	Bring it to life 27 enter and exit animations, 12 emphasis effects and 16 page transitions, with music and sound effects from a built-in library. Present it, or export it as a video.
Stay organised Every object is a layer you can rename, lock, hide, reorder by dragging, group, or right-click to copy, duplicate, delete and arrange.	Export anywhere PNG with transparency, JPG, SVG and PDF, plus MP4, WebM and animated GIF, all made in your browser. Need print? Get a print-ready PDF with bleed and crop marks.

Ten starter templates ship with Doory, each with its own palette, set in open-licensed fonts and fully editable: a gig poster, a wedding invitation, an event story, a sale post, a café flyer, a quote card, a resume, a YouTube thumbnail, a pitch deck and a business card. Add your own in the admin, and browse them all by category, size and orientation.

Canva is a great product. Doory is for people who want the same kind of tool, but free, open and in their own hands.

cp .env.example .env     # set DJANGO_SECRET_KEY (openssl rand -base64 48) and POSTGRES_PASSWORD
docker compose up -d --build
docker compose exec api python manage.py createsuperuser

Open http://localhost:8080 and start designing. The web container serves the app and forwards /api and /ws to the backend, so the browser only ever talks to one address.

docker compose exec api python manage.py seed_gallery         # template categories
docker compose exec api python manage.py sync_fonts --popular 100
docker compose exec api python manage.py seed_templates       # the starter templates (add --update to refresh them)
docker compose exec api python manage.py seed_elements        # shapes and graphics
docker compose exec api python manage.py sync_element_packs   # icons, emoji and illustrations (download)
docker compose exec api python manage.py sync_models          # background removal model
docker compose exec api python manage.py sync_audio           # music and sound effects

make setup     # virtualenv, dependencies, local database
make dev-api   # API on http://localhost:8000
make dev-web   # app on http://localhost:5173 (second terminal)

React 19, TypeScript, Vite, Fabric.js, Yjs and Zustand in the browser; Django 5, Django REST Framework, Channels and PostgreSQL on the server; Docker Compose with nginx, optional Redis and S3-compatible storage.

Bug reports, ideas and pull requests are welcome. Open an issue to report a bug or suggest a feature. For a security problem, please report it privately through the repository's Security tab instead.

If Doory is useful to you, a ⭐ helps other people find it.

Doory is released under the Attribution Assurance License. You may use, change and redistribute it, including commercially, but you must credit the author: keep the licence and NOTICE with it, and display this credit prominently in the running app:

Doory by Siam, creator and maintainer of Doory — https://github.com/shaongitbd/doory

Third-party software, fonts and content keep their own licences; see THIRD_PARTY.md.

_{Made with care by Siam and the Doory bunny.}