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Lanshu Live

Premium hand‑drawn animated diagrams in seconds

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Lanshu Live turns a simple JSON spec into a hand‑drawn animated architecture GIF, PNG, and editable Excalidraw file in minutes. It gives technical writers a fast, designer‑grade visual tool without the need for animation software.

Tech stack

Next.js 14 App Router + FastAPI + Docker + Vercel + Stripe

BYOK model

Not required

Freemium model

Free tier: up to 5 diagrams/month, 30‑second GIF, 1 GB storage. Pro tier: unlimited diagrams, 60‑second GIF, 5 GB storage, priority rendering, export to PNG and Excalidraw.

Deployment complexity

Low — Pure Python rendering with no GPU or external services, easily containerized and deployed to a serverless platform

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