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.
Quick facts
- Headquarters
- Madrid, Spain
- Hosting
- EU
- Company
- Kaleidos Inc. (Spanish branch)
- Founded
- 2021
- Ownership
- VC-backed
- Infrastructure
- Mixed
- Open source
- Full
- GDPR
- Compliant
- Pricing
- Open Core · from Free
- Free tier
- Yes
- Platforms
- Web, Self-Hosted
Why does it score 64?
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