Penpot

What it is for

Penpot is an open-source design desk: you keep files on a Projects dashboard, open a canvas, and you can start Cloud Professional at $0/user/month or self-host. Use it when the job is UI files you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Penpot Projects dashboard (Drafts, Libraries & templates, + New project) from the interface guide — not a pricing card. The dashboard itself is ops of Projects.

Key features

• Projects — a file grid (Drafts / Libraries) you open (dashboard still; pricing Professional $0). One workspace. Search, teams, and the cover callouts are ops of this.
• Design workspace — the canvas where you draw and layout (workspace still; Flex and Grid layouts). A file, not the dashboard. Flex / Grid are options on this canvas.
• Libraries — shared components and templates you reuse (cover Libraries & templates). A kit, not a page you are drawing. Fonts sit on the workspace.
• View / prototype — a present mode of the file (viewmode still). A play, not an edit. Comments on the canvas are this surface.
• Self-host / Cloud — the AGPL app you run, or Penpot Cloud (pricing Self-host / Cloud; GitHub). A deploy, not a file. Private Server is $50k/year — SKU of this.

Editors are the Cloud meter on Unlimited ($7/editor/month, cap $175). Professional Cloud is $0/user. Plugins are install.

Who it's for

Best fit: product / design teams who will stay on Cloud Professional $0 (fully featured, no editor cap printed) or self-host while they open a first Draft, then buy Unlimited at $7/editor/month (capped $175) when they want extra space and extended history — or Enterprise at $25/member when they need governance.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from penpot.app/pricing. Cloud vs Self-host toggle. Dollars below are the Cloud (We host) cards we fetched. All prices USD.

• Professional — $0/user/month. “Free and fully featured. No limits, no missing tools.” Sign up free.
• Unlimited — $7/editor/month, capped at $175/month. Extra space, extended history, early features. 14-day free trial.
• Enterprise — $25/member/month. Advanced governance, centralized admin, team permissions. 14-day free trial.
• Private Server — $50k/year. Dedicated infrastructure, custom hosting, enterprise support.
• Self-host — the public app you run (GitHub). Confirm the live Self-host column — do not invent a Community dollar beyond Professional $0.

Non-profit, education, and open-source discounts are mentioned. Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location.

Limitations / costs

• Unlimited is $7 per editor, not per viewer, and the $175 cap is the printed ceiling.
• A design desk, not a shipped site. For a generated site see v0 by Vercel. For a notes canvas see Affine.

Alternatives

• Figma AI — a hosted design seat when you will not self-host Penpot.
• Affine — a notes / whiteboard canvas when the job is pages, not UI files.
• tldraw AI — a sketch canvas when you do not need Penpot libraries.

Official tutorial

Official Penpot channel video: Flex and Grid layouts in Penpot in under 5 minutes (oEmbed author: Penpot). First-party workspace walkthrough; the interface-guide Projects dashboard is the cover.

Written path: penpot.app/pricing plus the interface guide.

Website

https://penpot.app

Repository

https://github.com/penpot/penpot

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Penpot Projects dashboard from the interface guide. Dollars checked on penpot.app/pricing (Professional $0; Unlimited $7/editor cap $175; Enterprise $25/member; Private Server $50k/year). Tutorial oEmbed author: Penpot.

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.