Penpot
Open-source design and prototyping platform built by Madrid-based Kaleidos. First design tool built on open web standards (SVG, CSS, HTML). Fully self-hostable with no vendor lock-in. Used by teams at Mozilla, Red Hat, and thousands of European organisations.
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