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An open-source collaborative design and prototyping platform, hosted or self-hosted.
Before you start
- Platform
- Browser / self-hosted
- How to start
- Hosted / sign-up
Based on public documentation; full builds and playthroughs have not been tested. Project documentation 
What it recreates
Penpot is an independent alternative to Figma for collaborative design and prototyping.
What’s different
Alongside the hosted service, the open-source software can be self-hosted, giving teams a choice of where their design platform runs.
What you can use today
Sign up for the hosted service or run your own installation. Moving existing designs requires export and import; check the pricing page for hosted service plans.
Sources & notesSources checked:
The official comparison identifies a Figma alternative; the README gives MPL-2.0 and hosted/self-hosted paths.
Sources checked: 2026-10-11 · Based on public documentation; full builds and playthroughs have not been tested.