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• Linux for UX Designers: What I learn after a year of doing design work on Linux

  Good info. There's an open-source Figma alternative called Penpot: https://penpot.app/ When Apple orphaned my late-2014 iMac, I tried OpenCore Legacy, but it was plagued by weird glitches and stalls that rendered some things (notably Safari) pretty much unusable. I installed Mint and now I have a 25-inch Linux workstation. Everything works fine. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• I'm not a designer, but ...

  Note: All of the UI images here were created with Penpot. The these examples are simplified, and often quite clunky and far from pixel perfect, but hopefully they get the gist across. - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago

• Release Radar · April 2024 Edition: Major updates from the open source community

  Imagine designers and coders working seamlessly together. That's what Penpot aims to do. It's a tool where designers can create stunning designs, interactive prototypes, and design systems at scale. Developers then have ready-to-use code, which makes their workflows faster and more efficient. Penpot's latest version receives a new grid CSS layout, new UI, new components system, and more components. Oh and there's... - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago

• 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 / 10 months ago

• Ask HN: How would you build Figma?

  Checkout https://penpot.app -- its OSS figma. - Source: Hacker News / 11 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 / 12 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 / about 1 year 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 / about 1 year ago

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

  - Penpot (open source) - penpot.app/. Source: about 1 year 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 / about 1 year 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 / about 1 year 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 / about 1 year 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: over 1 year 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 / over 1 year ago

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

  The third way: https://penpot.app/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year 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 / over 1 year 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 / over 1 year 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: over 1 year 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: over 1 year 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: over 1 year 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: over 1 year ago