Design & Prototyping · Spain (ES)
Penpot
Spanish open-source Figma alternative — design and prototype without lock-in.
The switch
Figma→Penpotalso replaces Adobe Creative Cloud
About
Open-source design and prototyping tool built in Spain by Kaleidos. Web-based, SVG-native, self-hostable. The only serious open-source alternative to Figma for UI/UX teams.
Why we recommend it
- 100% open source (MPLv2)
- SVG-native — no proprietary file formats
- Self-host on your own EU infrastructure
- Developer handoff + CSS inspection built in
- Active community: 25k+ GitHub stars
EU vs USA
Penpot vs Figma
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 Penpot
🇺🇸 Figma
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
San Francisco, CA, USA
Jurisdiction
Spain (GDPR)
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
EU cloud or self-hosted
Global, US-controlled (AWS)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
Kaleidos Open Source S.L. (private, founder-led)
Figma Inc. (private, Adobe acquisition blocked)
Founded
2015
2012
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