Penpot

The open-source design platform for Product teams.

4.8•8 reviews•

480 followers

The open-source design platform for Product teams.

4.8•8 reviews•

480 followers

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Built on open standards and available as web-based or self-hosted, it helps organizations connect design systems, design tokens, code, and AI workflows in one interoperable design infrastructure. Available as web-based or self-hosted, Penpot helps organizations connect design, code and AI workflows. Because design in Penpot is expressed in code such as HTML, CSS, JSON and SVG, AI agents can read it more easily through Penpot MCP, helping teams ship what is actually designed.

Launch tags:Web App•Design Tools•User Experience

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I've been enjoying Taiga for a while and now really excited to see Penpot from the same company! Can't wait to try out and see how it compares to the other tools I've been using. Pretty sure you did a great job!

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4yr ago

What are the advantages of using SVG? how are you different from figma?

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5yr ago

Penpot

Maker

@guillem_serra1 First of all, to use SVG as native format WAS a challenge, but it was a HUGE opportunity too. I'll tell you why. If you go for SVG (open standard, web, mobile, etc) at the storage level, you can suddenly integrate all your Penpot designs with your code repos. You could make changes to the actual representation of the design itself thanks to SVG and not yet another closed format. That opens the door to massive opportunities for designers AND devs. Also, SVG means we are low-code ready for free. You can pick any element in Penpot and ask for its SVG (and CSS) representation knowing it's actually what it is, no translation. That brings a more trustworthy relationship between designers and devs and allows frontend devs to try out their design skillset. As for Figma, well all of the above plus open source, on premise options, and focus on design process plus dev process. We believe in cross-domain teams.

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5yr ago

Impressive! Just a quick look and it's quite amazing. Why is so important the "Open Source" part?

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5yr ago

Penpot

Maker

@yamila_moreno Thanks! I think Open Source is crucial here. Open Source is everywhere, it runs the Internet, empowers businesses and communities all around the world, allows for a more transparent and fair technology ecosystem AND YET, there was no design & prototype tool that was open source. Like what? The creative and inception process of so many products and tools had to navigate an old-fashioned proprietary ecosystem. It just opens up the immense power of community contributions, the ability to extend and adapt a tool that is part of your core process and it's trustworthy and open for everyone. We hope that in 10 years time, asking "why an open source design tool" will feel like "why an open source database".

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5yr ago

@diacritica thanks for your reply! I guess that it's not so common (currently) that designers demand open source tools. Maybe this is changing for good!

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5yr ago

Penpot

Maker

@yamila_moreno it's 2021, things have changed :)

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5yr ago

Alpha? not at all! It works incredibly well. Congrats to the team for this awesome tool!

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5yr ago

Penpot

Maker

@alexhermida thanks! I still don't know why the team decided to tag this as an alpha :)

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5yr ago

How does it differentiate from Adobe XD besides being open source?

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5yr ago

Penpot

Maker

@johan_duus_terkelsen Thank you for your comment :) The main differences (besides OS) are: - Penpot use SVG data standards. If you have SVG as you standard format, it means you're much much closer to direct code. Most of the existing prototyping tools stay away from open standards.Vendor lock-in and frustratingly limited integration options are the norm. - Penpot is web-based (multiplatform). You only need a modern browser to run it. - Being open source allows Penpot to be empowered by the community via contributions that can range from plugins to core functionality

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5yr ago

@elhombretecla thanks. Will try it out :)

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5yr ago

Yay! Congrats team! Just a question, is there a way to use local fonts in the web app yet?

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5yr ago

Penpot

Maker

@alexmzdsgn not right now, sorry. We want it to be an option SOON. For the alpha we made sure we could use all the google fonts collection, though. But yep, it's on the roadmap. Thanks for asking!

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5yr ago

Awesome! How can I test in on-premise? Is there a docker image or something like that?

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5yr ago

Penpot

Maker

Yes! here you are https://github.com/penpot/penpot...

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5yr ago

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Penpot is highly praised for being an open-source design tool that offers a compelling alternative to Figma, especially after Adobe's acquisition of Figma. Users appreciate its ease of use, generous free tier, and the absence of restrictive pricing plans. The tool is noted for its potential to enhance collaboration between designers and developers, thanks to features like native Design Tokens and CSS Grid. While some users mention missing features, the overall sentiment is positive, with many seeing Penpot as a promising and mature project in the design software space.

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