Penpot: The Canva alternative for growing design teams
Penpot is the free and open-source design tool that transforms the way teams
approach design and code collaboration.
Growing professional designers and developers switch to Penpot
for wireframing, prototyping and consistent design at scale.
What makes Penpot the best alternative to Canva
Frustrated by Canva’s limitations? Penpot offers the best features for both design and dev teams to do their best work, including:
Pro-level wireframing & prototyping
Map out user flows, bring ideas to life, and go from idea to interactive design all in one unified space.
Responsive flexible layouts
Design and build for any screen size right away with a faster workflow for your dev team — all based on solid CSS principles.
Scalable design systems
Keep your brands consistent and organized with reusable components, shared libraries and native design tokens.
Developer-friendly features
Share designs with all the specs your devs need to avoid handoff drama — SVG, CSS and JSON formats. Build faster from design to code.
Own your designs
Stay in control of your work and avoid lock-in with closed tools. Penpot's open source and open standards let you take your designs anywhere.
Cross-platform access
Use Penpot on any operating system so your whole team can work together, whether they're on Windows, Mac OS, or Linux.
Feature comparison
Feature
Open Source
Open standards (SVG, HTML, CSS)
Self-hosting option
CSS Flex and Grid layouts
Inspect tab (code inspection)
Advanced components
Native design tokens
Variants
Unlimited free designers/developers
Unlimited files
Plugins system
Advanced vector editing
Templates and libraries
Real-time collaboration
Prototyping
Tutorials and videos
Robust community
Web-based
Canva
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Limited
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
How Penpot does design differently
Penpot is the first open-source design platform built for seamless collaboration between designers and developers thanks to a shared common language.
Design expressed as code
Design and development, finally speaking the same language. Eliminate handoffs and move faster from design to code.
Your designs, your rules
Zero vendor lock-in: your designs are yours to create freely across all platforms thanks to Open Source and open standards.
Developers feel like home
Penpot is easy for developers to use. Flexibility via API and plugins to customize your workflow.
Unlimited projects and files
Transparent and straightforward fees. Choose unlimited and free or other team pricing tiers available.
Get started with Penpot today
Ready to jump to Penpot? Switch in just five steps:
step 1
To get started with Penpot, sign up for a free account.
step 2
Looking for customization, further security and control? Self-host your own instance of Penpot.
step 3
Make the switch. Export your designs to SVG files. Next, sign in to your account and import those files directly into Penpot.
step 4
If you ever need help, our team and open-source community are always available for support.
step 5
Create stellar professional designs!
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