Penpot

Penpot is an open source collaborative design and prototyping platform built for teams refusing vendor lock-in. Available as free cloud hosting or self-hosted, it delivers real-time collaboration, design systems, developer handoff, plugins, and an MCP server for AI integrations. The Professional plan is free (up to 8 team members and unlimited viewers, 10GB storage, 7-day history); Unlimited costs $7/month/user (capped at $175/month per team) with 25GB storage and 30-day history; Enterprise ($25/month/user, min $950/month) adds unlimited storage, 90-day history, and advanced controls; Private Server ($50,000/year) provides complete self-hosting.

Penpot supports multiple languages including English and French with a multilingual web interface. An open source API and plugin system enable custom integrations; MCP server support facilitates AI-assisted workflows. The tool integrates via Zapier with Slack, GitHub, and 1,000+ apps. Penpot is highly valued by open source and privacy-focused teams for its flexibility and absence of lock-in, but performance on large complex files remains inferior to Figma. The 3.8/5 rating reflects this reality: excellent for small teams and open source, less competitive in performance for large studios.