Open Source Penpot AlternativesUI Design & Prototyping Tools like Penpot

The best open source alternative to Penpot is Pencil Project. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Penpot and 13 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Penpot are Open Pencil, Penpot Desktop, Aktivisda and Akira.

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  1. 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Homebrew
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  2. Aktivisda icon
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    Aktivisda is a web application to facilitate the creation of visuals that use the graphic charter of an organization, and the spreading of this graphic charter.

    72 Aktivisda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Akira icon
     28 likes

    Akira is a native Linux Design application built in Vala and GTK. Akira focuses on offering a modern and fast approach to UI and UX Design, mainly targeting web designers and graphic designers. The main goal is to offer a valid and professional solution for designers who want to...

    67 Akira alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK+
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  4. Quant-UX icon
     10 likes

    Quant-UX is an integrated Prototyping and Analytics software. It allows you to design, test and analyze interaction prototypes.

    25 Quant-UX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Avnac icon
     2 likes

    Design in the browser, openly. You already have saved work in this browser. Open your files and keep editing.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Alva icon
     15 likes

    Alva works with your production frontend components, adding up-to-date, responsive, and interactive designs to your living styleguide.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Openpencil icon
     2 likes

    The world's first open-source AI-native vector design tool and the first to feature concurrent Agent Teams. Design-as-Code. Turn prompts into UI directly on the live canvas. A modern alternative to Pencil.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Doop icon
     1 like

    Open-source multiplayer design canvas for humans and AI agents. Artboards render real HTML; people edit in the browser while agents design live through the built-in MCP server.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Mac
    • Docker
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  9. DotEditor icon
     3 likes

    A graphical editor for dot files for use with GraphViz to generate diagrams.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Core2D icon
     1 like

    Core2D is a multi-platform application for making data driven 2D diagrams. The application has built-in wyswig vector graphics editor where you can bind data to shapes, share data across multiple documents, edit documents using layers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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