The Best Balsamiq Wireframes AlternativesTop Wireframing & UI Design Tools like Balsamiq Wireframes

Balsamiq Wireframes is described as 'Low-fidelity wireframing tool emulating sketching, built for online teamwork, offering drag-n-drop simplicity, reusable components, interactive prototypes, and exportable wireframes' and is a very popular Wireframing tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Balsamiq Wireframes for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Balsamiq Wireframes alternative is Pencil Project, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Balsamiq Wireframes are Penpot, Figma, Open Pencil and Penpot Desktop.

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  1. Pencil Project icon

    Pencil Project

     417 likes

    Pencil is a standalone app that lets you create diagrams or UI mockups. It doesn't have collaboration/multi-user features.

    80 Pencil Project alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    Discontinued

    It seems that this project is inactive. Since late 2023 there has been virtually no development in their GitHub repository.

    Pencil Project vs Balsamiq Wireframes Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    11

    It's ok as an alternative, but it fails in creating interactive wireframes

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    All needed in, easy to use, stabel.

    Guest
    Positive
    1

    It's a simple cross-platform tool, but with minimal necessary set of features:

    • really cross-platform
    • good collections of shapes, which seems are extendable
    • export to various formats
    3 of 5 comments
    • Pencil Project is Free and Open SourceBalsamiq Wireframes is Paid and Proprietary
    • Pencil Project is a UI Design Balsamiq Wireframes is a Wireframing Tool
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    Penpot

     266 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.

    84 Penpot alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Penpot is the open-source design platform for teams that build digital products at scale.
     
  4. Figma icon

    Figma

     262 likes

    Figma is a web-based platform offering a robust set of tools for vector graphics editing and prototyping, along with offline desktop apps for seamless workflows. Designed specifically for UI and UX design, it emphasizes real-time collaboration, visual versioning, and vector networks to streamline the designer's work.

    131 Figma alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    SureFeedback

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    Open Pencil

     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.

    54 Open Pencil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Homebrew
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    Penpot Desktop

     22 likes

    Penpot Desktop is an unofficial desktop application for the open-source design tool, Penpot.

    Cost / License

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Napkins.dev

     16 likes

    An open source wireframe to app tool powered by Llama 3.2 vision. Upload a screenshot of a simple site/design & get code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Frame0

     14 likes

    Sketch your app ideas without stress Make hand-drawn style wireframes quickly and easily.

    55 Frame0 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Whimsical icon

    Whimsical

     34 likes

    Whimsical is a collaborative visual workspace for creating flowcharts, wireframes, virtual sticky notes, and more!.

    77 Whimsical alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Where great ideas take shape: Whimsical is a purpose-built whiteboard for technical teams and agents.
     
  12. Framer icon

    Framer

     28 likes

    Combines code-driven and visual editing workflows for interactive UI design, high-fidelity prototyping, real-time team collaboration, reusable components, inline commenting, mobile previews on Android/iOS, and smooth developer handoff for efficient workflow.

    113 Framer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    OmniGraffle

     187 likes

    OmniGraffle can help you make eye-popping graphic documents—quickly—by providing powerful styling tools, keeping lines connected to shapes even when they’re moved, and magically organizing diagrams with just one click.

    110 OmniGraffle alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPad
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    Wireflow

     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 types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  15. Moqups icon

    Moqups

     78 likes

    A streamlined web app that helps you create and collaborate in real-time on wireframes, mockups, diagrams and prototypes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    Moqups vs Balsamiq Wireframes Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    it helps to build the look and feel of real apps not just wireframe

    titos2k
    Positive
    0

    You can just copy paste balsamiq stuff to it.

    • Moqups is Freemium and ProprietaryBalsamiq Wireframes is Paid and Proprietary
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