# Miro

18 Hacker News commenters recommended Miro and 16 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Miro as a digital whiteboard for diagrams, flowcharts and team collaboration, often calling it a good replacement for a physical whiteboard. The most common caveat is that boards get cluttered and hard to organize.

## Why people recommend it

- Good for diagrams and flowcharts (3 comments): "We use UMLs and flow charts in miro to diagram things from both a high level (for product to understand) to intricate details. It works great!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46074964)) "Using Miro's MCP I draft a solution to a problem and have Miro diagram it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110882)) "probably one of the best design tools I've ever used" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644282))
- Replaces a physical whiteboard (3 comments): "a fantastic alternative to a physical whiteboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644295)) "It's really a digital whiteboard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47823210)) "really a white board replacement" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644336))

## What people warn about

- Boards become cluttered and unmanageable (2 comments): "inevitably you spend more time organizing the board than actually getting work done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49644486)) "I have a miro board as a notepad, I constantly add new stuff but at the same time its unmanageable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48291005))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [tldraw](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tldraw.md): 10 recommend
- [Apple Freeform](https://hackerapproved.com/p/freeform.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://miro.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Miro", https://hackerapproved.com/p/miro/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).