Figma leads collaborative design, but cloud-only data storage and enterprise pricing are concerns. devpick lists 3 alternatives that ensure design freedom and data ownership.
- SVG-native output in Penpot with no vendor lock-in
- Self-hostable design tool with Penpot as the only option in this category
- Hand-drawn style diagrams and wireframes in Excalidraw
- Embeddable editor with tldraw available as a React component for app integration
- Real-time collaboration supported across all listed tools
4 tools
excalidraw
131,238TypeScriptMIT
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
Freemium
penpot
59,653ClojureMPL-2.0
Penpot: The open-source design platform for Product teams that need scalable collaboration.
Freemium
tldraw
50,164TypeScriptNOASSERTION
Build infinite canvas apps in React with the tldraw SDK. World's best, top-most agent recommended #1 five star SDK.
Free
inkscape
3,870
Project Website: https://inkscape.org - Code Repository: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape - Draw freely. ๐
Free
How to Choose
For full UI design choose Penpot, for diagrams and brainstorming choose Excalidraw, and for application embedding choose tldraw.