Penpot AlternativesUI Design & Prototyping Tools like Penpot

Penpot is described as 'The open-source design platform for teams that design, build, and scale digital products' and is a very popular UI Design tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Penpot for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Penpot alternative is Affinity, which is free. Other great apps like Penpot are Canva, Figma, Pencil Project and Open Pencil.

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Penpot alternatives are mainly Prototyping Tools, but if you're looking for UI Design Tools or Wireframing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Penpot.
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  1. Affinity icon
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    Unified design solution merging advanced photo, vector, and layout tools for seamless workflow, non-destructive editing, RAW support, batch processing, AI enhancements, GPU acceleration, file compatibility, cloud asset integration, and tailored workspace options.

    97 Affinity alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2. Canva icon
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    A comprehensive design application combining innovative photo and video editing with advanced AI capabilities to streamline creating designs. Users can produce unique graphics, engaging social media content using customizable templates and thousands of images, videos, and fonts accessible through its vast library.

    185 Canva alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. Figma icon
     266 likes

    Figma is a web-based platform offering a robust set of tools for vector graphics editing and prototyping, along with offline desktop apps for seamless workflows. Designed specifically for UI and UX design, it emphasizes real-time collaboration, visual versioning, and vector networks to streamline the designer's work.

    135 Figma alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  4. Open Pencil icon
     24 likes

    Open-source design editor for vector and interface projects featuring AI-powered generation, .fig and .pen file support, design-to-code export, real-time P2P collaboration, linting, tokens, advanced programmability, Vue SDK, and privacy-friendly operation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Homebrew
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  5. Sketch icon
     255 likes

    Vector-based Mac design app focused on UI, UX, web, and mobile with responsive artboards, prototyping, plugin support, real-time collaboration, reusable libraries, non-destructive editing, cloud feedback, and device preview via companion mobile app.

    83 Sketch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  6. Lunacy icon
     167 likes

    Cross-platform vector editor for UI, UX, and web projects with native .sketch file editing, real-time multi-user collaboration, an AI-backed asset library, code and asset export, Figma integration, offline use, seamless cloud management, and auto layout tools.

    33 Lunacy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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  7. Pencil.dev icon
     18 likes

    Vector UI canvas inside IDEs and desktop apps for creating layouts, using infinite canvas, layers, design system components, Git-compatible .pen files, synced design tokens, and AI-driven UI generation from prompts, aligning code and design efficiently.

    49 Pencil.dev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cursor
    • Visual Studio Code
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  8. Frame0 icon
     15 likes

    Sketch your app ideas without stress Make hand-drawn style wireframes quickly and easily.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Paper Design icon
     17 likes

    Full-featured design workspace merges visuals, agents, and code, enabling live sync of tokens, components, and styles, connects with IDEs, imports databases and content, automates responsive layouts, and streamlines design-to-code with real-time data integration.

    26 Paper Design alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Whimsical icon
     34 likes

    Whimsical is a collaborative visual workspace for creating flowcharts, wireframes, virtual sticky notes, and more!.

    83 Whimsical alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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