The Best Open Source Figma AlternativesTop UI Design & Prototyping Tools like Figma

The best open source alternative to Figma is Penpot. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Figma and 14 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Figma are Pencil Project, Penpot Desktop, Akira and Figma for Linux.

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  1. Penpot icon

    Penpot

     231 likes

    Penpot is a highly regarded alternative to Figma. It is the first open-source design and prototyping tool for product teams, offering full collaboration between designers and developers through features like Flex Layout and Code Inspect. Penpot has received excellent reviews and is widely considered the most popular alternative to Figma. Its top features include UX Design, real-time collaboration, and an ad-free experience. Positive comments about Penpot highlight its continuous improvement, viability as a design software alternative, open-source and self-hosted nature, as well as its free availability.

    69 Penpot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    Comments about Penpot as an Alternative to Figma
    Top Positive Comment
    Paul
    3

    Probably the best free and open source alternative to Figma. They recently introduced Flex Layout, which was a long-awaited feature. I think Figma is still ahead in terms of features, but Penpot is catching up.

    RemovedUser
    Positive
    2

    Loving it since its open source. A much more viable option compared to Figma.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    impox_
    Positive
    2

    Lighter, multilanguage and way user friendlier.

    3 of 9 comments
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    • Almost everyone thinks Penpot is a great Figma alternative.

    • Penpot is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Figma.

    • Penpot is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Figma.

    • Penpot is Freemium and Open SourceFigma is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Penpot is LightweightFigma is not according to our users
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    Pencil Project

     416 likes

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

    78 Pencil Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    Magic Patterns

    AI-powered prototyping tool enabling product teams to quickly generate UI aligned to existing styles, import design systems, collaborate live, gather user feedback, test new features, support data-driven decisions, and ensure ent...

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    Akira

     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...

    68 Akira alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK+
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  8. Wireflow icon

    Wireflow

     22 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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    Aktivisda

     11 likes

    Aktivisda is a web application to facilitate the creation of visuals that use the graphic charter of an organization, and the spreading of this graphic charter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Quant-UX

     10 likes

    Quant-UX is an integrated Prototyping and Analytics software. It allows you to design, test and analyze interaction prototypes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Magic Patterns

     2 likes

    AI-powered prototyping tool enabling product teams to quickly generate UI aligned to existing styles, import design systems, collaborate live, gather user feedback, test new features, support data-driven decisions, and ensure enterprise-level security and compliance.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  13. Plasmic icon

    Plasmic

     3 likes

    Open-source visual editor enabling no-code website and app development, integration with any framework, WYSIWYG editing, dynamic content features, pre-designed UI component library, collaborative workflows, and rapid publishing for teams across disciplines.

    28 Plasmic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Alva

     15 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    mydraft.cc

     8 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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