OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: MPL-2.0 ★ 34.1k GitHub Stars

Replace Figma with Self-Hosted Penpot

The open-source web-based design & prototyping tool built on native SVG and CSS Grid/Flexbox standards Stop paying Professional ($15/editor/mo + Dev Mode seats) ($150/mo for a 10-person team) and run Penpot on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$1,746 / yr

vs Figma standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

1536 MB RAM

2.0 vCPU • Migration: Easy

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Figma (Professional ($15/editor/mo + Dev Mode seats)) vs Penpot on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	Figma Cost	Penpot VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$15.00/mo ($180/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$126 / year
5 Seats	$75.00/mo ($900/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$846 / year
10 Seats	$150.00/mo ($1,800/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$1,746 / year
25 Seats	$375.00/mo ($4,500/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$4,446 / year
50 Seats	$750.00/mo ($9,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$8,946 / year
100 Seats	$1,500.00/mo ($18,000/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$17,946 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

Open in Multi-Tool Builder →

# Production Docker Compose: Penpot (Replaces Figma)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  penpot:
    image: penpotapp/frontend:latest
    container_name: stack-penpot
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI=https://design.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "PENPOT_FLAGS=enable-registration enable-login-with-password"
    volumes:
      - penpot_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: stack-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  penpot_data:
  postgres_data:
  redis_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Penpot
penpot.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy penpot:9001
}

Why Teams Switch to Penpot

✓Native CSS Grid & Flexbox layout engine
✓Free inspect mode for unlimited developers
✓Open SVG standard files—no proprietary lock-in

GitHub Repository penpot/penpot

Official Website penpot.app

Docker Image penpotapp/frontend:latest

Database Needed PostgreSQL 16 + Redis

1-Click Cloud VPS Hosting

Deploy Penpot in 60 Seconds

Sized automatically for Penpot (1536MB container RAM + OS overhead).

Hetzner Cloud (CX22)

Includes €20 Free Cloud Credit

$4.50/mo →

DigitalOcean Droplet

Includes $200 60-Day Free Credit

$24.00/mo →

Railway.app Managed Container

Zero server maintenance

$5.00/mo →

PRODUCTION BOILERPLATE ZIP

Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups