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Penpot

Open-source (MPL-2.0) browser design and prototyping tool with real-time collaboration

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What Penpot does

  • Open-source (MPL-2.0) browser design and prototyping tool with real-time collaboration
  • Built-in MCP server and plugin API for AI design-to-code workflows
  • Free cloud or self-hosted; design tokens support

Penpot — straight answers

What is Penpot?

Penpot is listed under Presentations & Design, in the Content & Media Generation category on Flocci AI Tools. Open-source (MPL-2.0) browser design and prototyping tool with real-time collaboration. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at penpot.app.

Is Penpot free?

Penpot is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use Penpot in a browser, or is there an app?

Penpot works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web and self-hosting.

What can Penpot do?

Penpot does 3 things the catalog singles out: Open-source (mpl-2.0) browser design and prototyping tool with real-time collaboration; built-in mcp server and plugin api for ai design-to-code workflows; free cloud or self-hosted; design tokens support.

What is the best free alternative to Penpot?

Google Pomelli is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Presentations & Design sub-category and is free. Presenton, Ming-Image (Ant Group) and Adobe Express also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Uizard

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