Penpot
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The Design Tool for Design & Code Collaboration
How to Replace PenpotOverview
Features
82 features across 20 categories
Collaboration(5)
Get and provide feedback right over the designs and prototypes
All stakeholders stay involved in the design process
Multiple members can work simultaneously in real-time over the same design
Multiple members can work simultaneously on the same design
Create shareable links for prototypes and presentations of designs
Components(4)
Attach notes and specifications to main components
Easily substitute component copies with other component copies
Speed up workflow and keep consistency with reusable components
Create multiple versions of components with different properties
Core(1)
Own your work and your tool, zero vendor lock-in
Core Design(5)
Automatic versioning of design files
Design without limits on an infinite canvas
Create beautiful user interfaces in collaboration with all team members
Unlimited files with unlimited pages and layers
Being SVG based, powerful tool for editing vectors and making boolean operations
Customization(1)
Choose between dark and light UI themes
Data Management(1)
Recover deleted files within specified time period
Deployment(3)
Choose hosting region (EU, US, etc)
Dedicated private infrastructure management
Deploy Penpot anywhere on your own infrastructure
Design Systems(6)
Create color styles for plain and gradient fills to configure color palettes
Keep consistency at scale with components, libraries and design systems
Use built-in design tokens as a single source of truth to improve efficiency and collaboration
Store elements and styles that can be reused across files and teams
Turn any file into a Shared Library available to other team files
Save typography styles with reusable properties for typography palettes
Design Tools(17)
Create and edit shadows, blurs, border radius, strokes, stroke caps and more
Aligning options to smartly move selected layers to a position
Combine shapes with union, difference, intersection, exclusion and flatten operations
Color palette to have selected color library in plain sight
Powerful color manager with eyedropper, color profiles, gradients, and opacity
Position layers vertically and horizontally with equal distances
Visual cues shown when moving for edges and centers of objects
Create paths directly in freehand mode
Create stunning gradient transitions with linear and radial options
Design aids with square, columns and rows grid types
Layer that does clipping and shows only parts within its shape
Set desired distance to move objects using keyboard
Guides and rulers to align design objects and measure them
Find layers with simple search and filter per layer type
Manage snapping options to pixels and to grids
Typography palette to apply library typography styles quickly
Zooming options with useful shortcuts for common zoom levels
Developer Tools(3)
Get actual code snippets and ready to use CSS styles and SVG markup
Easily get measurements and distances between objects and board edges
Get detailed specifications about the object's style and content
Export(2)
Export files in binary and standard formats
Set export presets for different file formats, scales and prefixes
Integration(5)
Open API for extensive access to objects and properties
Use certified and verified plugins
Connect infinite workflows into your infrastructure with MCP server
Extend and tweak Penpot's functionality with plugins or build your own
Webhooks allow other websites and apps to be notified when certain events happen
Layout(5)
Automatically adapt designs with flex layout like CSS flexbox
Use columns and rows to distribute elements in the layout
Build flexible interfaces following CSS standards
Flexible boards that can contain other boards with clipping options
Decide how layers will behave when resizing parent container
Localization(2)
Choose among over 30 different languages with RTL support
Support for RTL languages like Arabic and Hebrew with automatic text direction detection
Productivity(3)
Select elements to work with hiding the rest to avoid distractions
History panel keeps track of latest changes on opened file
Keyboard shortcuts with handy panel for categories and filters
Prototyping(6)
Fix position of object when scrolling in presentation view
Define multiple starting points to match product customer journeys
Set triggers and define actions to add interactions to designs
Create rich interactions to mimic product behavior
Add beautiful transitions like fade, pull, push and animations to interactions
Mode to present, share and play interactions
Security(5)
Use access tokens as alternative login authentication for API access
Track and audit user actions
Control guest access to designs and files
Whitelist IP addresses for access control
Enterprise SSO & access controls
Support(1)
Guaranteed support response times
Team Management(5)
Invite multiple people to join a team using emails
Unlimited projects to scale up work and organization
Assign roles to users via SCIM
Collaborate with other users in the same files and projects
Roles to manage what members are allowed to do within a team
Typography(2)
Use fonts that you own on your teams
Upload and manage personal or libre fonts across team files
Pricing
Professional
- ✓Up to 8 team members and unlimited viewers
- ✓Up to 10GB storage
- ✓7 days auto-saved versions
- ✓7 days deleted file recovery
- ✓Unlimited design files
- ✓Unlimited teams
- ✓Plugins
- ✓Open source
Unlimited
Popular- ✓Capped at $175/month maximum
- ✓Up to 25GB storage
- ✓30 days auto-saved versions
- ✓30 days deleted file recovery
- ✓Exclusive early access to upcoming features
- ✓50% discount on Penpot events
- ✓Unlimited design files
- ✓Unlimited teams
- ✓Plugins
- ✓Open source
Enterprise
- ✓Capped at $950/month regardless of team size
- ✓Unlimited storage
- ✓90 days auto-saved versions
- ✓90 days deleted file recovery
- ✓Exclusive early access to upcoming features
- ✓50% discount on Penpot events
- ✓Single Sign On (SSO)
- ✓Audit logs
- ✓Role assignment via SCIM
- ✓Guest access controls
- ✓Choice of hosting region
- ✓IP whitelisting
- ✓Certified plugins
- ✓Guaranteed response times
- ✓Customize plan with add-ons
- ✓Unlimited design files
- ✓Unlimited teams
- ✓Plugins
- ✓Open source
Private Server
- ✓Dedicated private infrastructure management
- ✓Enterprise SSO & access controls
- ✓Certified plugins
- ✓Guaranteed response times
- ✓Exclusive early access to upcoming features
- ✓50% discount on Penpot events
- ✓Single Sign On (SSO)
- ✓Audit logs
- ✓Role assignment via SCIM
- ✓Guest access controls
- ✓Choice of hosting region
- ✓IP whitelisting
- ✓Unlimited storage
- ✓Unlimited design files
- ✓Unlimited teams
- ✓Plugins
- ✓Open source
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Integrations
4 known integrations