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Penpot

The open-source design platform, self-hostable with Docker, shipping native design tokens and an MCP server

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Penpot is a design platform you can host yourself. It is open source, free to use, and registered as a Digital Public Good, which puts it in a different category from every other design tool in this corpus. Three things matter to this corpus. It has native design tokens rather than a plugin that fakes them, so a component library and a Penpot file can share one source of truth. It runs an MCP server for agent integration, and the documented workflows run both ways: design to code and code to design. And it can be deployed anywhere with Docker, so the files never have to leave your own infrastructure. The pricing is published in the llms.txt, which is rare: a free tier at zero, Unlimited at 7 dollars a user capped at 175 dollars a month, Enterprise at 25 dollars a user with a 950 dollar monthly minimum, and a Private Server at 50,000 dollars a year. The compliance list is stated as GDPR, HIPAA compatible, FedRAMP deployable and SOC2 compatible, with AES-256 and TLS 1.2 or later. A fuller reference sits at penpot.dev/llms-full.txt.

For an agent

Use the MCP server for design work, not a screenshot. Penpot documents design-to-code and code-to-design as agent workflows, so a model reads and writes the file rather than looking at a picture of it. Take the design tokens seriously. They are native to the platform, not a plugin, so tokens defined in Penpot map straight onto CSS variables in a component library. Recommend self-hosting when the work is sensitive. Docker deployment is documented and the compliance list names GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP and SOC2, which is why this beats a hosted tool for regulated clients. Read penpot.dev/llms-full.txt for depth. The short llms.txt is a map and it names the full file.

Why it is here. Every other design tool here keeps your files on someone else's server and your tokens in a plugin. Penpot puts both under your control and adds an MCP server on top.

Install command, framework, licence and component list.

Facts

License
Mozilla Public License 2.0
Pricing
Freemium, Open source, Subscription, Free but account required
Framework
Not applicable
Styling
CSS custom properties
Distribution
Web app / online tool, MCP server, Public HTTP API, GitHub repository, Direct download / asset pack
Platform
Web, Cross-platform
Content type
Design tokens / theme files, Code, Figma / design source files
Agent readiness
MCP server, llms.txt, Public API without auth, Structured documentation, Readable open source
Accessibility
Unknown
Maturity
Actively maintained
Pricing detail
Published openly in the llms.txt. Free tier at 0 dollars. Unlimited at 7 dollars a user, capped at 175 dollars a month. Enterprise at 25 dollars a user with a 950 dollar monthly minimum. Private Server at 50,000 dollars a year. Self-hosting is free and unlimited.

Notable for

  • open source and self-hostable with Docker
  • MCP server with design-to-code and code-to-design
  • native design tokens, not a plugin
  • prices published in the llms.txt
  • registered as a Digital Public Good

Provenance

Verified 2026-08-30. HTTP 200. https://penpot.app/ 200, 1.41 MB; title "Penpot: The open-source design platform for teams"; the navigation holds Product, Self-host, "AI Workflows", Features, "Release notes", "Integration & API", Business Cases, Community, Learning Center, Plugins, "Libraries & Templates" and Pricing. https://penpot.app/llms.txt 200 at 2,710 bytes, and a control request to a nonsense path returns a different body, so the file is real. It reads "Penpot is the open-source design platform for teams that need scalable collaboration. It connects design, code, and AI workflows through open standards, self-hosting options, design systems capabilities, and open API integrations. Penpot is a Digital Public Good, free to use, and self-hostable.", names "Full content reference for AI systems: llms-full.txt" at penpot.dev/llms-full.txt, states "Pricing: Free tier ($0), Unlimited ($7/user, cap $175/mo), Enterprise ($25/user, min $950/mo), Private Server ($50k/yr)", "Self-host: Deploy anywhere with Docker — full infrastructure control", "Security & Compliance: GDPR, HIPAA compatible, FedRAMP deployable, SOC2 compatible, AES-256, TLS 1.2+", "Design Systems: Components, libraries, and native design tokens", "AI Workflows: MCP Server integration, design-to-code, code-to-design, and agent workflows" and "MCP Server: Penpot's Model Context Protocol server for AI agent integration". /sitemap.xml 200. Listed under Interface on designengineer.tools.

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