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OpenPencil

OpenPencilDesign editor with Figma-file support, AI tools, and real-time collaboration.MIT
Field notes / 368OpenPencil
I / Function

Design editor with Figma-file support, AI tools, and real-time collaboration.

OpenPencil is a visual design editor available as desktop applications and a browser app. It opens Figma and Pencil files and provides components, variants, automatic layout and grid layout for interface design. Developers can inspect and export designs through a command-line tool, while optional AI chat and peer-to-peer collaboration support additional editing workflows.

OpenPencil official documentation · Reviewed 2026-10-28

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Awesome Open* · Field recordOpenPencilOP-9E264209 · Folio 368Domain: Creative & Media
  1. 01 / Feature noteDesign file editing

    The editor opens .fig and .pen files and supports components, variants and layout controls.

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  2. 02 / Feature noteCommand-line inspection

    CLI commands inspect, query, export and lint design documents.

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II / Repository record

GitHub stars

9,594

Detected license

MIT

Repository created

2026-02-27

Repository push

2026-11-03

III / Observations & evidence

GitHub stars

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Hacker News stories

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OpenSSF Scorecard

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Unavailable

No result returned.

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IV / Release record

GitHub release

v0.16.0

Published 2026-10-14

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Available

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V / Where it runs

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VI / Reviewed alternativesFigma

Visual interface design and editing. The official README's Why section explicitly names Figma before positioning OpenPencil as the alternative and links to current compatibility gaps. This applies only to open-pencil/open-pencil, not the unrelated ZSeven-W project with the same name. Checked 2026-10-05