NeoBoard at scale - Demo
NeoBoard, the open-source real-time collaborative whiteboard built on the Matrix protocol, has come a long way since its first appearance at the Matrix Conference. In this talk, Nordeck's CEO gives an honest account of where the product stands today — the architecture, the open-source release, the feature roadmap — and announces some surprises that take NeoBoard beyond the developer community and into everyday use.
A concise overview of the current state: the dual form factor (Matrix widget for Element Web and a standalone Matrix client), the open-source release under AGPL-3.0, the infinite canvas, CRDT-based real-time collaboration via MatrixRTC, and the product's place within the openDesk suite. This sets the stage for an audience that may know NeoBoard from previous conferences but wants to understand where the product is in mid-2026.
The deployment at "DAP Digitaler Arbeitsplatz für Lehrer in Baden-Württemberg" for 86K users will be NeoBoard's largest public-sector deployment, and sits within the broader openDesk ecosystem already serving tens of thousands of users across German public institutions. We will share lessons from the discovery and evaluation process, what it takes to deploy a Matrix-based tool at this scale, and what the education sector demands from a collaborative whiteboard.
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