DesignLast reviewed 2026-08-26

Penpot

Penpot is a design product focused on interface design.

Official product imagery

Penpot screenshots

4 official images

Penpot workspace
Official dark-theme workspace view showing the infinite design canvas, toolbar, pages, layers, and design-property panels.
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Penpot workspace with a dark interface, design canvas, layers panel, and properties sidebar — Penpot workspace
Official dark-theme workspace view showing the infinite design canvas, toolbar, pages, layers, and design-property panels.
Penpot Help · Penpot

Penpot view mode
Official view-mode interface used to present, share, comment on, and inspect design boards and prototypes.
Penpot Help · Penpot

Penpot view mode presenting design boards in a dark interface with navigation and inspect controls — Penpot view mode
Official view-mode interface used to present, share, comment on, and inspect design boards and prototypes.
Penpot Help · Penpot

Penpot prototype anatomy
Official workspace screenshot illustrating connected boards, hotspot connectors, prototype controls, and flow controls.
Penpot Help · Penpot

Penpot canvas with two interface boards connected by a prototype interaction wire and prototype settings — Penpot prototype anatomy
Official workspace screenshot illustrating connected boards, hotspot connectors, prototype controls, and flow controls.
Penpot Help · Penpot

Copy CSS properties in Penpot
Official workspace screenshot demonstrating the layer context menu for copying CSS properties from selected designs.
Penpot Help · Penpot

Penpot workspace with a selected design layer and context menu showing Copy as CSS options — Copy CSS properties in Penpot
Official workspace screenshot demonstrating the layer context menu for copying CSS properties from selected designs.
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Nearest matches

Alternatives to Penpot

How suggestions are ranked

Capabilities guide the alternatives

Shared capabilities carry the most weight. Common use cases and categories come next, then audience, platform, deployment, integrations, pricing, and resource fit refine the order.

Vector interface design
CSS Grid layouts
Flex layouts
Reusable components
Design tokens
Interactive prototyping
Real-time collaboration
Developer inspection
Version history
Self-hosted deployment

Alternative 1
Figma
#1
Collaborative interface design, prototyping, and developer handoff.
Why it fits
Both are design products
Shared capabilities: Vector interface design, CSS Grid layouts
License
Proprietary
Pricing
Freemium
Best for
Interface designCreative production
Vector interface designReal-time multiplayer editingInteractive prototyping
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Alternative 2
Sketch
#2
A native Mac interface design and prototyping toolkit.
Why it fits
Both are design products
Shared capabilities: Vector interface design, CSS Grid layouts
License
Proprietary
Pricing
Subscription
Best for
Interface designCreative production
Vector interface designReusable symbolsShared libraries
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0 found it useful · 0 did not
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Alternative 3
Penpot
#3
Open-source collaborative interface design built on web standards.
Why it fits
Both are design products
Shared capabilities: Vector interface design, CSS Grid layouts
License
MPL-2.0
Pricing
Free / commercial cloud
Best for
Interface designCreative production
Vector interface designCSS Grid layoutsFlex layouts
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0 found it useful · 0 did not
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At a glance

The source product and its three nearest reviewed alternatives.

Supported; Not supported or offered; “Not applicable” means the capability does not meaningfully apply.

Attribute	Penpot	Figma	Sketch	Penpot
License	MPL-2.0	Proprietary	Proprietary	MPL-2.0
Pricing	Free	Freemium	Subscription	Free / commercial cloud
Platforms	Desktop, Web	Web, Windows, macOS	macOS, Web viewers	Web, self-hosted
Self-hosting	Supported	Not offered	Not offered	Supported
Privacy	Not applicable	Cloud service policy applies	Strong user control	Strong user control
API	Not applicable	Public API	Limited or plugin-based	Limited or plugin-based

Reviewed attributes

Facts, inference, and editorial assessment are labelled separately with confidence and review dates.

Attribute	Value	Basis	Reviewed
License	MPL-2.0	editorial · medium	2026-08-20
Pricing	Free	editorial · medium	2026-08-20
Platforms	Desktop, Web	editorial · medium	2026-08-20
Privacy	Not applicable	editorial · low

Capabilities

• Vector interface design
• CSS Grid layouts
• Flex layouts
• Reusable components
• Design tokens
• Interactive prototyping
• Real-time collaboration
• Developer inspection
• Version history
• Self-hosted deployment

Common uses

• Interface design