[HN Gopher] Penpot: Open-source design and prototyping platform
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Penpot: Open-source design and prototyping platform
 
Author : lastdong
Score  : 118 points
Date   : 2022-02-20 18:21 UTC (4 hours ago)
 
web link (github.com)
w3m dump (github.com)
 
| myself248 wrote:
| UI design and prototyping. Let's save the hardware designers
| about thirty frustrating clicks.
 
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| gmfawcett wrote:
| So, this is like "opinionated Inkscape"?
 
  | melony wrote:
  | Open source Figma
 
    | gmfawcett wrote:
    | thanks, that helps :)
 
| Wronnay wrote:
| Needs a bigger community. I know this project but still use Figma
| because in Figma I can simply use pre-created Elements from e.g.
| Ionic or Angular Material
 
  | lastdong wrote:
  | Thanks for your insight, very good point. I found some
  | templates here https://penpot.app/libraries-templates.html,
  | although it's amazing how Figma grew and how the strong the
  | community is when comes to templates and sharing pre-created
  | elements, hopefully Penpot will grow as strong
 
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| emmelaich wrote:
| More info at https://penpot.app/
 
| pplonski86 wrote:
| Thanks for sharing! What is Penpot business model?
 
  | masonhensley wrote:
  | Seems to be from the same team as https://www.taiga.io/
  | 
  | So, probably open core, self hosted with paid SAAS.
 
  | mosselman wrote:
  | My first thought as well. I haven't tried it, but the images
  | look very polished. Assuming it does what they says, building
  | that isn't free.
 
| dmje wrote:
| Getting the usual snark but I've used it and liked it very much.
| Powerful, flexible, great ui, well thought out
 
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