The Best Open Source Sketch AlternativesTop UI Design Tools & Vector Graphic Apps like Sketch

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

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  1. Penpot icon
     247 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.

    74 Penpot alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  2. Pencil Project icon
     416 likes

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

    79 Pencil Project alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  3. Open Pencil icon
     9 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.

    51 Open Pencil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Homebrew
     
  4. 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...

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • GTK+
     
  5. Alva icon
     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)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  6. Kleki icon
     11 likes

    Kleki is a multi-platform web app for painting and editing. It features: 4 different brushes; pressure sensitivity for Wacom tablets; up to 8 layers; numerous filters with real-time preview; import to PSD, PNG, JPEG; export to JPEG and PNG; upload to imgur.com; local storage.

    65 Kleki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Design browser-based HTML5 animations and videos using a user-friendly vector tool with rich timeline editing, real-time multi-user collaboration, and audio support. Access free animated assets, import diverse media, and export projects for web, social, or direct download.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. DrawBerry icon
     6 likes

    All the features of other vector editing applications such as Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape, in a free, easy to use, powerful application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Webchemy icon
     10 likes

    Webchemy is an open-source cross-platform web-app for creating idea sparking sketches. Based on the desktop application Alchemy, Webchemy takes some of its drawing tools and brings them to the web. Webchemy is great for generating new ideas, but at some point it's better to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Emblem icon
     1 like

    Emblem is a browser-based, game design tool for creating and editing vector graphics using Blender style controls. It's extremely focused and works as a sort of digital graph paper to help designers quickly and very easily sketch out ideas...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • GitLab
     
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