Penpot Reviews and details

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• A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

  Penpot - Web-based, open-source design and prototyping tool. Supports SVG. Completely free. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: How would you build Figma?

  Checkout https://penpot.app -- its OSS figma. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: What open-source alternative is there for Canva

  Not necessarily like Canva, but more similar to Figma is Penpot, if it may interest you: https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator

  More people should adopt the open source Penpot app instead of using Figma. Then the problem will be solved. https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator

  What do you think about penpot as an alternative to figma? https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• CEO of Figma is a Zionist and supports the occupation of Palestine

  - Penpot (open source) - penpot.app/. Source: 6 months ago

• Just paying Figma $15/month because nothing else fucking works

  A colleague had a quick presentation on Penpot[1] a few weeks back. Was a real contender I think. [1]: https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Figma added OpenAI to a list of companies that can use some of its data

  Now is as great a time as any to signal boost Penpot: https://penpot.app/ Open technology always wins, and it's only a matter of time until Adobe-Figma fades out of relevance. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Memory Usage of Figma, AI, PS, Affinity Designer, Sketch

  I assume it is the browser, yes. I would like to see how PenPot compares. https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Any self-hosted solution to showcase webdesign to client and get feedback?

  I was thinking it might be overkill for most people. I forgot about it, but Penpot is also a good choice to self-host. https://penpot.app/. Source: 10 months ago

• UK competition regulator finds concern with Adobe's purchase of Figma

  I love figma, dislike the merger. Have hopes for this open source alternative https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• UK competition regulator finds concern with Adobe's purchase of Figma

  The third way: https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Figma is now free for all US school students

  Of course they should do this. But that's bad news. Schools ought to avoid trapping themselves and their students into closed solutions, and teach use open source products instead, like penpot [1]. It might be a sign that Figma is afread of alternative solutions by the way. [1] https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Making Figma better for developers with Dev Mode

  And this M.O. Would seem to make zero steps toward recognizing the tedium of their platform: "By hovering and clicking around the Figma canvas, you can find and export all the information you need" Because "hovering" over every shape or area in a screenful of design content to prospect for hidden goodies, then exporting them one by one, is a great way for developers to acquire a complete rundown of what they need... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Hear me out: why isn’t there a tool which could be like Canva but for designing landing pages. I am not a trained web designer so i like the fully drag and drop builders.

  Haven't used those, but I found Penpot quite intuitive. Source: 10 months ago

• Is figma currently the best web design tool for newbies?

  Free yourself from evil over liars adobe and use Penpot open source alternative to Figma and very strong tool. Source: 11 months ago

• How Framer/Figma is built?

  Hi, I can't give you an answer as good as u/squidVA and u/evilboss14 gave but you can also have a look at Penpot which is an open source alternative to Figma and Framer. Source: 11 months ago

• What tools should I use as a developer for fast design prototyping?

  Let me just drop this in case you prefer open source: Https://penpot.app/. Source: 11 months ago

• Thinking of switching from photoshop to affinity

  I switch in 2014 and never went back. The learning curve is something you need to be aware of and also the fact you need to buy other apps as well. For example I have these apps accompanying my Affinity suite: Hype4, Pixelmator and Art Text plus a free app that is a Figma alternative called Penpot. Why? Because these third apps would do what Affinity can’t. With all those apps, you won’t need Adobe to survive in... Source: 11 months ago

• Self-hosted Figma alternative?

  Not self hosted but penpot is evolving nicely : https://penpot.app. Source: 11 months ago

• Penpot - Figma alternative

  I discovered https://penpot.app/ today and became a fan of it. It's a team design product, similar to Figma, and can be self hosted. I'm using it to help with designing some personal sites that I have. Source: about 1 year ago