Penpot

An open-source design platform enabling real-time team collaboration

Vendor
Kaleidos Subsidiary S.L
Also known as
penpot

Available worldwide

What is Penpot?

A web-based design and prototyping tool built on open web standards (SVG, HTML, CSS) that facilitates real-time collaboration between designers and developers. It supports responsive UI design with CSS-based layouts, design systems with components and tokens, interactive prototyping, and integrates with AI workflows through an extensible plugin ecosystem.

Independently observed

Penpot pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $7/editor/mofreemiumFree tier14-day trial

Free Professional plan with full features. Unlimited plan at $7/editor/month (capped at $175/month) with 14-day trial. Enterprise at $25/member/month. Private Server at $50k/year.

Professional

Free
Free

Free and fully featured with core design tools

storage
10GB
autosave
7 days
team_members
8 plus unlimited viewers
  • No file limits
  • Unlimited teams
  • Open source
  • Unlimited team size (8 members + unlimited viewers)
  • 10GB storage
  • 7 days autosave versions
  • 50% discount on Penpot events

Unlimited

$7/editor/month (capped at $175/month). 14-day free trial.

Enhanced features with extra storage and early access

storage
25GB
autosave
30 days
  • All Professional features
  • Extra storage
  • Extended history
  • Early access to features
  • 30 days autosave versions
  • Single sign-on (SSO)

Enterprise

$25/member/month

Advanced governance with centralized administration and security features

  • All Unlimited features
  • Advanced governance
  • Centralized administration
  • Team permissions
  • Secure collaboration
  • 90 days autosave versions
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • Choice of hosting region
  • IP whitelisting

Private Server

Contact sales
Contact sales
annual

Dedicated infrastructure for enterprise deployments

  • Dedicated infrastructure
  • Custom hosting
  • Advanced security
  • Enterprise-grade support

What Penpot does

The capabilities that matter for ui/ux & prototyping tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Design
Vector UI design
✓
Component / design-system libraries
✓
Auto layout / responsive
✓
Prototyping
Clickable prototyping
✓
Advanced interactions (variables / conditions)
✓
Collaboration
Real-time multiplayer collaboration
✓
Handoff
Dev handoff / spec export
✓
Platform
Platform breadth (Web / macOS / Windows / Linux / self-hosted)
Web-based; self-hosted on Linux with Docker; cloud-hosted with data residency op
Licensing
Self-hostable / open-source
✓
AI
AI design assist
✓
Pricing
Pricing model
Open-source
Ecosystem
Plugin / community ecosystem
Open plugin API with community contributions and MCP Server for multi-directiona
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • On-premise
  • Air-gapped
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (5)

Independently observed
  • Open API
  • MCP Server
  • Webhooks
  • Access tokens
  • Plugins

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

Penpot FAQ

Common questions about Penpot, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Penpot?

A web-based design and prototyping tool built on open web standards (SVG, HTML, CSS) that facilitates real-time collaboration between designers and developers. It supports responsive UI design with CSS-based layouts, design systems with components and tokens, interactive prototyping, and integrates with AI workflows through an extensible plugin ecosystem. It is indexed under UI/UX & Prototyping Tools.

Source: https://penpot.app/pricing

Is Penpot free to use?

Penpot is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MPL-2.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $7 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://penpot.app/pricing

What platforms does Penpot support?

We have confirmed browser-based access to Penpot. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.

Source: https://penpot.app/pricing

Can Penpot be self-hosted?

Yes. Penpot can be deployed cloud / SaaS, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.

Source: https://penpot.app/pricing

What does Penpot integrate with?

We have confirmed 5 integrations for Penpot, including Open API, MCP Server, Webhooks, Access tokens and Plugins. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://penpot.app/pricing/self-host

What security certifications does Penpot have?

We have independently confirmed GDPR for Penpot. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Penpot not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.

Source: https://penpot.app/security-whitepaper

Is Penpot open source?

Yes. Penpot is published under the MPL-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.

Source: https://github.com/penpot/penpot

Where is Penpot available?

Penpot is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Spain.

Source: https://penpot.app/pricing

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Balanced composite 63 / 100
medium · 68%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities1000.099.2✓
Pricing transparency1000.088.4✓
Development activity630.095.9✓
Release cadence950.054.9✓
Price level800.054.2✓
Reliability500.063.2✓
Stars900.032.3✓
Integrations220.092.1✓
Security score490.042.1✓
Dependent projects00.060.0✓
Security posture50.060.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars60,714highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90%
Dependent repos0highsource · 2026-10-05 · 85%

Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq8 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 68%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesAi design: Yes · Auto layout: Yes · Dev handoff: Yes · Pricing model: open_source · Self hostable: Yes · Vector design: Yesmediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count5mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryClojurehighsource · 2026-10-05 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMPL-2.0highsource · 2026-10-05 · 95%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityHqCountry: ES · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
Starting priceAmount: 7 · Currency: USDmediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days9mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-10-05 · 75%
Scorecard4.9highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=penpot%2Fpenpot&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90%
Trust centerhttps://penpot.app/security-whitepapermediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60%
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