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Penpot Desktop vs OpenPencil: catalog facts
Penpot Desktop	OpenPencil
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Linux	macOS, Web, Command line
Runs Penpot in its own desktop window Open source with an active repository	Opens and round-trips Figma .fig files Headless CLI for exporting and analysing designs
Unofficial; not made by the Penpot team Depends on Penpot itself for all design features	Young project compared with established design tools Figma compatibility relies on a reverse-engineered file codec
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0-or-later	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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