Penpot
Design & WhiteboardsA browser-based design and prototyping tool where designers and developers work on the same files, with SVG as its native format.
Open-source alternative to:
What the free edition leaves out
Scroll sideways to view all columns →We have not been able to confirm enough from official sources to give a verdict. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.
| Feature | Free edition | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO / SAML | Not confirmed | The pricing page comparison table marks Single sign-on (SSO) as included on the Enterprise and Private Server plans and not on the Professional and Unlimited plans. The self-hosting configuration docs list Google, GitLab, GitHub, OpenID Connect and LDAP login without naming a plan, and do not mention SAML. | Source ↗ |
| Role-based access control | Not confirmed | The pricing page describes the Enterprise plan as offering team permissions. The configuration docs describe role checks only for OpenID Connect logins. | Source ↗ |
| Audit logs | Not confirmed | Not mentioned on the pricing page or the configuration docs. | Source ↗ |
| Multi-user / teams | Not confirmed | The pricing page lists unlimited teams on every plan and caps team members on some plans; self-hosted limits are not stated. | Source ↗ |
| Backups and restore | Not confirmed | The Docker guide has a backup section that refers to a Docker volume for the PostgreSQL database; whether it is a built-in feature or a manual procedure is not stated. | Source ↗ |
| API access | Not confirmed | The configuration docs say an enable-access-tokens flag turns on access tokens (since version 2.0.0). The pricing page links an Integration and API page with no per-plan detail. | Source ↗ |
| Support SLA | Not confirmed | The pricing page describes the Private Server plan as including enterprise-grade support. No SLA terms are given for any plan. | Source ↗ |
Best for
Design teams who want an open-source Figma-style tool they can host themselves, especially teams that hand work to developers.
Why choose it over Figma
The code is MPL-2.0 licensed and you can self-host it with Docker, so your design files stay on your own infrastructure. The pricing page says the same core features are included with every plan and that the project is open source. Designs use SVG, which developers can read directly.
Where it falls short
Self-hosting means you run PostgreSQL, the backend and upgrades yourself. SSO is shown on the pricing page only for the Enterprise and Private Server plans, and SAML is not mentioned in the self-hosting docs. Support is listed as enterprise-grade only on the Private Server plan.
Open-source alternative to
- Figma — Penpot is a collaborative interface design and prototyping tool you can host yourself, so it can replace Figma for design teams. This is a replacement use, not an official claim by the project.
Category
Design & WhiteboardsTopics
Tech stack
Rust
JavaScript
TypeScript
Sass
DockerLanguages as reported by GitHub for the repository.
