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Penpot

Open-source Figma alternative on open standards

provisional — pending verificationMPL-2.0self-hostable
Arete score
4.3 / 5
Autonomy5
Return4
Efficiency3
Transparency5
ἀρετή “AH-reh-tay” — excellence: a thing being good at what it’s for. Mean of the four principle scores. How we score →
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~ Provisional — seeded estimate by a human researcher; full rubric pass pending. Working notes ↓

Why it's listed

Penpot is listed in design & whiteboarding because it competes on utility: open-source figma alternative on open standards. It's VC-backed — we note this openly and watch the monetization path; the license and self-host route are the safeguards. Licensed MPL-2.0; pricing: free. Its resource footprint is reasonable for what it does, though not featherweight. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License
MPL-2.0
Pricing
Free
Funding model
VC-backed OSS
Self-hostable
Yes — deploy difficulty: medium
Replaces
Figma
Verification
Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

Evidence notes

SVG-native

Recorded during the rubric pass — every score must carry evidence a stranger could re-check.

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