Penpot is an open-source design tool for drawing screens, websites and app interfaces, alone or with a team in real time. It can be used in the browser or self-hosted on your own servers, and is aimed at design teams and developers.
7.1kActiveIn your browserMITReplaces partlyFor developers
Plasmic is a visual builder where you drag and drop components to design websites and web apps, and it can plug into your existing code. It is aimed at marketing teams and developers who want to build pages without starting from scratch.
For developers · GitHub · Builds live web pages, not design mockups
2.7kActiveIn your browserGPL-3.0Replaces partlyRuns on your own server
Quant-UX is a tool for designing, prototyping and testing app or website screens, and collecting data on how people use them. It is aimed at researchers, UX designers and product teams who want data-driven feedback on their designs.
Runs on your own server · GitHub · Clickable prototypes and user testing; basic drawing
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Here is a list of open-source alternatives to Figma, from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0):
- Penpot (MPL-2.0, https://github.com/penpot/penpot; replaces fully): Penpot is an open-source design tool for drawing screens, websites and app interfaces, alone or with a team in real time. It can be used in the browser or self-hosted on your own servers, and is aimed at design teams and developers.
- Plasmic (MIT, https://github.com/plasmicapp/plasmic; replaces partly): Plasmic is a visual builder where you drag and drop components to design websites and web apps, and it can plug into your existing code. It is aimed at marketing teams and developers who want to build pages without starting from scratch.
- Quant-UX (GPL-3.0, https://github.com/KlausSchaefers/quant-ux; replaces partly): Quant-UX is a tool for designing, prototyping and testing app or website screens, and collecting data on how people use them. It is aimed at researchers, UX designers and product teams who want data-driven feedback on their designs.
Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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