Penpot
The open-source design and prototyping platform.
About Penpot
Penpot is an open-source, web-based design tool for UI/UX design and prototyping. It uses open web standards (SVG) and offers real-time collaboration, components, and design tokens — positioning itself as the free, open-source alternative to Figma.
Key Features
- Vector design tools
- Real-time collaboration
- Component system
- Prototyping and interactions
- Design tokens
- SVG-native (open web standards)
- Self-hostable
- Open-source (MPL 2.0)
Pros
- Completely free and open-source
- Self-hostable for full data control
- Based on open standards (SVG)
- Growing rapidly with strong community
Cons
- Feature set is still catching up to Figma
- Smaller plugin ecosystem
- Performance can lag on complex files
Integrations
SVG exportCSS exportSelf-hostingGit
Best Use Cases
- Open-source UI/UX design
- Team prototyping
- Design for organizations requiring open standards
- Self-hosted design workflows
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- Website
- penpot.app
- Founded
- 2019
- Company
- 50-100
- Pricing
- free
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