Penpot

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score 86/100

Main Category:

Graphic Design Software

Other Categories:

UI & UX Software

Pricing:

completely free

Followers:

13.9k followers

Suitable for:

Freelance, Startups, SMEs, Agencies, Enterprises

Native Applications:

Web App

Vendor Information:

Kaleidos

What is Penpot?

Penpot is the first Open Source design and prototyping platform meant for product teams. Designers and developers can work in unison to build beautifully designed software.

Powerful UI tool for the whole team. Everyone involved in the project access a complete set of interactive prototypes, components, templates and libraries, design systems, feedback loop and perfect designs.
Design and Development collaborate for real. Both code-ready design capabilities and the familiarity of developer tools meet in the same workspace.
Interactive Prototyping. With Penpot you can mimic the product behavior, share it with your team and stakeholders, and start user testing with your designs, all in one place.
Open Standards and SVG as no other prototyping tool does. Penpot assures zero vendor lock-in and high interoperability.
Open Source power. Penpot is built for the community and empowered by the community. The community and the Penpot core team can meet in an open space to ask & answer questions, share creations, participate in discussions and learn how to become a contributor.

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Penpot Awards

Penpot currently scores 86/100 in the Graphic Design category. This is based on user satisfaction (90/100), press buzz (49/100), recent user trends (falling), and other relevant information on Penpot gathered from around the web.

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Penpot Product Overview

Flex-Layout: This killer feature allows building flexible interfaces following CSS standards.
Components: Speed up your workflow thanks to reusable components.
Real-time collaboration: Designers, developers and stakeholders get and provide feedback right over the designs and prototypes.
Developer tools: Code inspector, Properties inspector and Distances and Measurements make sure they can use Penpot as part of their productivity tools

Languages Supported: Catalan, English, Spanish

Penpot Features

A/B Testing
API
CAD Tools
Data Export
Data Import
External Integrations
Multi-User
Pixel Graphics
Third-Party Plugins/Add-Ons
Vector File Support
Video

Penpot FAQs

What platforms does Penpot support?

Penpot is the only design and prototyping tool that is web based and can be self-hosted.

What are some applications Penpot is commonly used in tandem with?

Penpot users may use Taiga to organize their projects. Taiga is an open-source project management software for multidisciplinary teams that work agile across both scrum and knban frameworks

Does Penpot integrate with any other apps?

Outbound webhooks are event calls from Penpot to other applications, that notifiy some particular event has occured.

Does Penpot offer an API?

API that can empower the community is among Penpot's main priorities.

Does Penpot offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?

Penpot welcomes all the profiles involved in a digital product project: designers, developers and stakeholders can collaborate in a unique workspace. Multiple members can work simultaneously on real time over the same design and provide feedback right over the designs and prototypes. They can also create shareable links for the prototypes and presentations of their designs.

What is Penpot generally used for?

Penpot is a design and prototyping platform that allows you customize flows and animations for your prototypes. You can use it for your mockups, webs, apps and any other type of UX & UI Design. Penpot is web based and works with open standards (SVG), that means zero vendor lock-in and high interoperability. It is a great tool for multiple members to work simultaneously over the same design and provide feedback in real time.

Who are the main user groups of Penpot?

Designers, developers and digital product teams. Penpot offers to designer and developer communities the opportunity to collaborate effortlessly so they can focus on bringing their unique creative contributions to the world.

Does Penpot offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?

Sure! Penpot offers:
* A user guide: https://help.penpot.app/user-guide/
* FAQs: https://help.penpot.app/faqs/
* Its own community: https://community.penpot.app/

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