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Penpot vs TheDevCards

Open-source design and prototyping platform, no physical cards

Which to pick

Pick Penpot if you want…

  • Open-source full-stack design platform
  • Open source design and prototyping
  • A free plan to start with (Professional)
  • Open-source code (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license)

Pick TheDevCards if you want…

  • Custom code-themed playing cards

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What it is
Penpot:Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform for collaborative UI, design systems, and AI-enhanced workflows.
TheDevCards:Tech-themed playing cards that display code snippets and can be customized with IDE colors, binary messages and personal branding.
Best for
Penpot:Open-source full-stack design platform
TheDevCards:Custom code-themed playing cards
Who it’s for
Penpot:Designers, developers, and AI agents needing scalable, code-friendly design collaboration.
TheDevCards:Developers and designers who enjoy reading and sharing code
Pricing
Penpot:Freemium
TheDevCards:Paid
Plans
Penpot:Professional $0 per user per month · Unlimited $7 per editor per month · Enterprise $25 per member per month · Private Server $50k per year
TheDevCards:—
Open source
Penpot:Yes, 60,699 GitHub stars
TheDevCards:—
Works with
Penpot:CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON, design tokens, AI agents
TheDevCards:—

Penpot features

  • Responsive UI Design. Create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and CSS Grid/Flex layouts.
  • Design Systems. Manage components, design tokens, and shared libraries at scale.
  • Code Inspection. Export and inspect CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON and Penpot’s open file format.
  • AI Workflows. Integrate any LLM or AI tool directly into design-to-code and code-to-design pipelines.
  • Self-host & Cloud. Choose between Penpot’s hosted cloud or self-hosted deployment.
  • Unlimited Collaboration. Unlimited teams, projects and file creation across plans.

TheDevCards features

  • Design customization. Choose IDE colors, binary messages and semantic versioning for each card.
  • Unique website per deck. Each custom deck gets its own unique website.
  • Code-shaped suits. Suits are designed with geometric shapes like rhombus, circles and triangle.
  • Personalized cards. Add your name and custom message; cards ship in 7 days.
  • Community access. Join a community of 1,000+ developers and designers.
  • Black & white edition. Available in classic black and white styles.

Penpot vs TheDevCards FAQ

Is Penpot or TheDevCards free?+

Penpot has a free plan (Professional); paid plans start at $25/month per user (Enterprise). TheDevCards is paid.

Is Penpot or TheDevCards open source?+

Penpot is open source (penpot/penpot on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for TheDevCards.

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TheDevCards

2 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Mar 19, 2024

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