I have been using penpot a lot more since this video was released. A key factor I didn't cover in this video is Performance. Compared to Figma, the performance on Penpot is not great. If I am to give a score, it'd be a 4 and Figma will be a 9. I can't imagine how penpot will handle a design file with 400+ screens if there's rendering issues at 4 screens. Performance is extremely important if Penpot wants to really compete and I think the team should focus their efforts in this area. On the bright side, Penpot's Flex layout which is similar to Figma's autolayout is really good, so good that I think Figma borrowed some ideas from them as part of the updates on UI3. That been said, there's no perfect tool out there and everyone should be able to express their ideas and creativity using their tool of choice. The design industry is better for everyone when there's more competition and less monopoly with our tooling ♥

Just looked it up, the acquisition was terminated. Lucky for all of us.

Never heard of penpot. Will definitely check it out! Thanks!

Thank you so muuuuuuuuch for this review!!!!

Penpot tutorial! Thanks in advance Samuel!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

So, I just found your little corner of the Internet, my friend. And I just wanted to say hi. I am someone who used to be a web developer a long time ago, and I started when I was very young in 1997. I grew up with fireworks as my prototyping tool, and then showed up and I learned that… And recently, I’ve been taking courses to get back into full stack web development, and I didn’t know there were any alternatives to Figma or adobe XD, neither of which I am really a huge fan of anymore. So I really appreciate this video and I hope you end up making a tutorial because I’ll be right here for it.

Thanks for this. Penpot tutorial

Very well edited, and clearly explained, you have a lot of potential for growth as a channel

Great comparison bro! New fan from Kenya. My case is a bit odd. I finally ditched Webflow for Framer early 2023 and in a few months I found myself using Figma less and less - and thus I had no use for the likes of Penpot. I now design exclusively in Framer. Though in all fairness I no longer do product design work, plus I have decades of experience so it’s easy for me to go from wireframes to Framer. I am however happy to see Penpot grow and make waves against the Goliath’s of our industry… no matter how small.

Thank you for the recommendation! I've checked it out and they do alot of the things you need it to, such as components, global colours and typography, inspection tools etc but i'm speaking as someone that does both design and development on a freelance level. My biggest reason for wanting to explore other options is not to do with price but the constant push towards your work feeding the ai models. Figma sent me an email to say that they want use our projects to feed their ai models but you can opt out if you want (they definitely saw the backlash that adobe received and approached the issue better)

Love the video, I didn't know there was a free & open source Figma alternative. I'll have to test it out. A Penpot Tutorial would be amazing to see.

Damn, Samuel, thanks so much for doing this...another lodge to look outside the Figma box.

Thank you friend for this video ❤

need to give it a try

Definitely want a Penpot Tutorial! this was really interesting so tysm for making this video.

At the end of a developing cycle, you will find out that Paint is the only tool you need. Be simple, be happy.

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yes! Please any kind of tutorial would be awesome

great video chief ✨ Did you record this before Config and the new features? 😂 (As someone who likes webflow, I think the Figma scores should be higher)

Thank you! Penpot tutorial

Maan, i'm a developer that creates my own design, i didn't know of this tools, thank you very much!

I stopped learning Figma after I heard Adobe bought it.

Really nice video ! I have my eyes on Penpot since day one and when I heard about the move that Adobe made on Figma I was like more into Penpot. I have to say it's nice, as a customer, to have a choice, a little competition is always good. Also regarding Adobe / Figma, Adobe just cancelled the acquisition of Figma for now so let's see what happens next !

Thanks for sharing you thoughts. PenPon Tutorial, please?

the problem is, figma already has all of those great UI kits and libraries to bootstrap your work... penpot is useful for a team that is starting from scratch I'll give you that, good on them for making a competitor, we'll see how things evolve

Once Adobe owns anything, you need to switch.

Already looked at it and I like where it's going but yes it's difficult to come away from figma

The Adobe acquisition was terminated and as a designer for IBM we are only using Figma more and more these days. Not discounting the software but I’ve never heard of designers at IBM using it. Maybe just trying it out?

Penpot tutorials, please. Thanks for asking 😄

Let's support Penpot! penpot turorial please!

Hey man, how's it going? It's been a while since we've heard from you

I've been considering the switch for a while now, but like you, when I first tried out Penpot, I found that a lot of my figma knowledge didn't exactly translate the way I thought it would. But whatever, I'm happy to relearn something for the benefits that Penpot clearly offers in the handoff department (retrospectively, it's kinda crazy how much of an afterthought developers are in Figma). However, after digging around a little more, I never pulled the trigger due to its lackluster support for design systems in its workflow. So I'll be keeping a close eye on it in the coming years. I have no doubt that for a lot of use cases designing with developers in mind and haveing a tool that supports that instead of actively working against you is ultimately the direction we should be moving in as an industry.

Penpot Has great potential but some small things which figma has makes a great difference.

Does penpot have a auto layout related feature?

I really wish it was a desktop application I could download and use offline

Thanks for the information Penpot tutorial please

Biggest drawback of penpot is the performance and smart animation. The rest is arguably better than figma

Integrate Framer + Figma features to Penpot and it will be amazing!

from third world country. last month i earned just 380$ from freelancing. Figma costs 288 $ .. yearly , that is like a month of my earning. Figma is breaking my back.

penpot v framer??

I can see the price section in the penpot website

Penpot is cool, but Figma and Lunacy are better. I hope Penpot gets more improvement soon, because it's still lacks a lots of things.

The adobe deal got cancelled right?

Penpot Tutorial 🙏

Landing page

I thought the deal with Adobe was dead

then lets shift to penpot and make it a prime tool for the future.

Penpot Tutorial

it's gonna be penpot right

Nobody's switching to penpot

No we are NOT!

Pinpot🎉

Oh if penpot doesn't sell out.. It will for sure be an industry standard.. Compare to blender 3d... Adobe is beginning to feel too important, I mean, you own someone's intellectual property? Are you kidding me? It's just like a DAW company saying they own a song and voice of an artist cause they used and tweaked their voice using their plugins. It's crazy.. I actually discovered penpot a while a go... And just started navigating it recently just cause I already had other tools I work with over the years that isn't figma. But going fully into interface design, I'm been drawn towards penpot as I'm not a big fan of adobe and don't use a lot of their tools, I think only figma actually.

every 4 days something new comes WTF!!

no they're not :'D

Figma is much better and more recommended for many reasons. 🔥

Penpot tutorial

How did you know designers are ditching Figma?

Penport

Adobe Figma deal is off already.

have you check new figma owner video . Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger don't shared wrong information

penpot tutorial

it's funny how people who think open source and free products are somehow more "ethical" but then those same people do not offer their services for free. Simple fact is you get what you pay for and open source project have a give and take but ethics isn't one of them.

Hey, Figma and Adobe have terminated their merger contract so thank god figma wont become owned by adobe

Yeah and some use gimp instead of Photoshop... But why.

How did get Penpot get a for being free? are you scared to give a 10? loool Good video though bro

You only showed the tool for like 2 seconds

The world will ditch designers in a few years.

Penpot is a joke right now compared to figma.

bla bla bla bla keep it short man 💀

Real designers weren’t ever using Figma

You cant seriously be saying that FIgma is getting expensive for freelance designers at $14 per month FOR YOUR MAIN TOOL. If you can't afford that then honestly you should look for another job, you wont even be able to eat