For product and UI teams that want collaborative design without vendor lock-in. Penpot covers UI, prototyping, and design systems with CSS Grid/Flex-minded layouts, tokens, and inspect that maps to real web standards—plus optional self-hosting. AI is bring-your-own: connect agents and LLMs through Penpot MCP for design↔code workflows, not a closed one-click image generator. Cloud Professional is free for small teams; storage, history, and governance scale on Unlimited, Enterprise, or Private Server. Prefer Figma when your stack depends on its plugin ecosystem, or Framer when the job is shipping a hosted marketing site.
You need a team UI tool for wireframes, prototypes, and design systems—and care about open formats, CSS-native layout mental models, self-host options, or plugging your own AI agents into the canvas.
Design and prototype in Penpot → share libraries/tokens → inspect for CSS-true handoff. Add MCP when you want agents to read/write the file. Stay on Cloud Professional for small teams; Unlimited (~$7/user, capped monthly) for space and history; Enterprise or Private Server for governance and dedicated hosting. Self-host when compliance needs your infra.
