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Open source alternatives to Figma

Figma is a hosted interface design tool used for screens, components, and prototypes.

Published by Figma. The projects below are sorted by GitHub stars. Star counts and last commit dates are read from the public GitHub API. The line under each name is generated from the category, the licence, and whether the project can be self-hosted. Fetched . 3 of 4 have an OSI-approved SPDX licence, a commit in the last 12 months, and a repository GitHub has not archived.

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  1. 1Excalidraw

    excalidraw/excalidraw

    Design and whiteboards. Licence: MIT. Self-hosted: yes.

    Licence
    MIT
    GitHub stars
    133,894
    Last commit

    Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.

    Repository on GitHubProject site

    Also listed as an alternative to Miro.

  2. 2Penpot

    penpot/penpot

    Design and whiteboards. Licence: MPL-2.0. Self-hosted: yes.

    Licence
    MPL-2.0
    GitHub stars
    61,085
    Last commit

    Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.

    Repository on GitHubProject site

  3. 3Tldraw

    tldraw/tldraw

    Design and whiteboards. Licence: Source-available (tldraw license). Self-hosted: yes.

    Licence
    Source-available (tldraw license)
    GitHub stars
    50,927
    Last commit

    Does not count toward the open source minimum: Source-available (tldraw license).

    Repository on GitHubProject site

    Also listed as an alternative to Miro.

  4. 4draw.io

    jgraph/drawio

    Design and whiteboards. Licence: Apache-2.0. Self-hosted: yes.

    Licence
    Apache-2.0
    GitHub stars
    8,769
    Last commit

    Counts as open source: OSI-approved licence, commit within 12 months, and the repository is not archived.

    Repository on GitHubProject site

    Also listed as an alternative to Miro.

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