@denziideng: Holy crap! Completely crushes the paid Figma! The ultimate design tool for workers to use for free, where one sentence makes AI draw automatically! Figma is good, but there are some annoyances: it's paid, slow network in China, and the worst part is that what the designer draws ends up completely different when the programmer writes it, leading to endless bickering that drives people crazy! ... Now there's an open-source project...

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Introduces Penpot, an open-source design and code collaboration platform that serves as a free alternative to Figma. It supports real-time collaboration, AI-powered automatic design updates, self-hosting, and has a powerful Inspect mode for seamless designer-developer collaboration.

Holy crap! Completely crushes the paid Figma! The ultimate design tool for workers to use for free, where one sentence makes AI draw automatically! Figma is good, but there are some annoyances: it's paid, slow network in China, and the worst part is that what the designer draws ends up completely different when the programmer writes it, leading to endless bickering that drives people crazy! ... Now there's an open-source project that directly solves these problems! What is this tool? It's called Penpot, an open-source design and code collaboration platform (GitHub 54k stars). It allows designers and developers to collaborate efficiently in the same tool, supporting real-time collaboration, design system management, and direct code export. It's currently one of the strongest open-source Figma alternatives. - Completely open source, self-hostable, data stays in your hands - Supports real-time collaboration and comments - One-sentence automatic design updates, supporting the latest AI technology - Native support for Design Tokens, Components, and Variants - Powerful Inspect mode, designers can directly view SVG, CSS, HTML code - Supports CSS Grid and Flex layout - Open API and plugin system for easy integration and automation - Supports bidirectional workflow between design and code - Completely free with no strings attached, no team size limits, no cost, no feature locks How to use: Want to save time? Just open the web version and use it for free ➔ Want privacy? One-click deploy it to your own computer ➔ Invite your partner and start a zero-cost awesome design. GitHub address: https://github.com/penpot/penpot If you're still struggling with choosing a design tool, this open-source project is worth paying close attention to! Retweet + bookmark, send it to your designer and frontend developer friends～ #Penpot #OpenSourceDesignTool #FigmaAlternative #DesignSystem #DesignAndCodeCollaboration #SelfHostedTool #UIDesign #FrontendDevelopment #OpenSourceRecommendation #MoneyMakingTool #IndieDevelopment
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