Open Source Pencil Project AlternativesUI Design & Prototyping Tools like Pencil Project

The best open source alternative to Pencil Project is Penpot. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Pencil Project and 17 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Pencil Project are LibreOffice - Draw, Open Pencil, Penpot Desktop and Wireflow.

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  1. Penpot icon
     274 likes

    Open-source design platform offering web-based and self-hosted workflows, code inspection in HTML and CSS, adaptive layouts with CSS Grid and Flex, real-time collaboration, auto layout features, reusable components, design tokens, layer support, plugins, and no tracking.

    96 Penpot alternatives

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    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. Draw lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is a an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much else.

    109 LibreOffice - Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
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  3. Open Pencil icon
     24 likes

    Open-source design editor for vector and interface projects featuring AI-powered generation, .fig and .pen file support, design-to-code export, real-time P2P collaboration, linting, tokens, advanced programmability, Vue SDK, and privacy-friendly operation.

    55 Open Pencil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Homebrew
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  4. Wireflow icon
     23 likes

    Feature-rich, open-source Wireflow offers a collaborative platform for online creation of complex user flow prototypes. Ideal for team work in UI design, wireframing, and mind mapping, promoting idea sharing in real-time environment aided by modern whiteboard features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Akira icon
     28 likes

    Akira is a native Linux Design application built in Vala and GTK. Akira focuses on offering a modern and fast approach to UI and UX Design, mainly targeting web designers and graphic designers. The main goal is to offer a valid and professional solution for designers who want to...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK+
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  6. Draw, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is a graphics editor that gives you the tools to communicate with visuals and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is powerful tool for posters, graphs, charts, and more.

    93 Apache OpenOffice Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Core2D icon
     1 like

    Core2D is a multi-platform application for making data driven 2D diagrams. The application has built-in wyswig vector graphics editor where you can bind data to shapes, share data across multiple documents, edit documents using layers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Alva icon
     15 likes

    Alva works with your production frontend components, adding up-to-date, responsive, and interactive designs to your living styleguide.

    66 Alva alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. mydraft.cc icon
     8 likes

    Open source wireframing tool written in typescript, react and redux.

    64 mydraft.cc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. quickMockup icon
     10 likes

    Online tool for creating mockups in the browser. Use your browser’s save function to save the file (just html for view only, complete save for an editable version) or export to codepen for others to view.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Diagramo icon
     20 likes

    Diagramo is an online flowchart software

    • diagrams (create, edit and share)
    • organization charts (create, edit and share)
    • network diagrams (create, edit and share)
    • graphs (create, edit and share).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Online
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