Self-Hosting Penpot: Open Source Figma Alternative with Docker
Self-Hosting Penpot: Open Source Figma Alternative with Docker When Adobe acquired Figma for $20 billion in 2022 (later abandoned), it sent a clear message: your design tools are only as independent as the company behind them. Penpot exists so that message doesn’t have to matter. Penpot is a fully open-source design and prototyping platform licensed under MPL 2.0. It runs in the browser, supports real-time collaboration, outputs native SVG/CSS/HTML, and — crucially — can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure. No vendor lock-in, no per-seat pricing that scales into absurdity, no surprise acquisitions that change the terms overnight. ...