BioCanvas
Scientific figure studio. Works offline.

Draw the biology,
not the boxes.

Thousands of free, properly credited science icons; membranes, helices, pathway arrows and scale bars; journal-size artboards; vector export. Or describe a figure and let Claude draft it.

New figure

× mm

Start from a template

✨ Draft with AI

Describe the figure in a sentence or two. Claude (your Claude plan) lays out a first draft from the icon library; you polish it.

Your figures

Export figure

✨ Draft a figure with Claude

Describe what the figure should show. Claude uses your Claude plan through Claude Code (no API key), picks icons from the library, and places everything as normal, editable objects on the current artboard.

Artboard size

× mm

BioCanvas shortcuts

Icons: Bioicons (bioicons.com) and the Reactome Icon Library (reactome.org/icon-lib), each with its own licence. The Credits tab lists what your figure uses and writes the attribution text for the legend.