Penpot is the first Open Source design and prototyping platform for product teams.
Our mission is to provide an open source & open standards platform to bring collaboration between designers and developers to the next level.
Penpot wants to be the ally designers need in their demand to achieve unprecedented scalability and creativity. We want to build designer and developer communities that can collaborate effortlessly so they can focus on bringing their unique creative contributions to the world.
The Team
We have all the nice and queer hobbies you would expect from people that enjoy curiosity but, above all, we love free & open source software and pursue the right match between technology and its impact on society. We operate on trust and generosity and we make sure to listen to other people’s perspectives.
We are based in Europe with a truly global and inclusive aspiration. Hence the name Penpot, something so universal and accessible and yet easily customizable and personal.
The Penpot team is a team within Kaleidos, the technology company we created in 2011 and that we decided to transform in 2021 to fully focus on our open source products. The other product of Kaleidos is the award-winning and credited Taiga, an agile/lean project management tool. You should expect cross-pollination and interbreeding between both teams and products.
Who is behind Penpot?
First and foremost, we belong to a broader open source design community. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Our feeling is of absolute gratitude.
Second, Kaleidos employees and co-founders are what really makes this journey so special. Penpot is not a pet project, it's the opportunity of a lifetime, and we all know it.
Third, our angels (in no particular order) Andy Fitzsimon, Grace Francisco, Rafael Garrido, Vicente Olivenza, Pedro Castillo, Dave Crossland and Eric Wittman.
Last, but not least, we have the unbelievable support from open source VCs Decibel Partners and Athos Capital, that understand why Penpot needs to be open source for ever.