Design

Penpot

Design your own flyers, graphics, and social posts. No designer needed.

Replaces Figma / Adobe Creative Cloud ($12–$45/mo)

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$47

one-time setup fee

30-day email support included

What's included

Vector design tool (like Figma or Illustrator)
Ready-made templates for social media, flyers, and logos
Team collaboration — share designs with your team
SVG-native — export to any format
Browser-based — works on any computer
Your designs live on your server

Who it's for

→Small businesses doing DIY design
→Marketing teams creating social content
→Agencies needing a client-accessible design tool
→Anyone paying Adobe or Figma monthly

Stop paying Adobe every month to design a flyer

Adobe Creative Cloud is $55/mo for the full suite. Figma is $12–$45/mo per editor. Penpot gives you professional-grade design capabilities — self-hosted, browser-based, free to run after setup.

What's included with your purchase

Penpot self-hosted installation — runs on your server or locally
Team accounts setup — everyone on your team gets a login
Starter template library — business card, social posts, flyer, email header templates
Export configuration — PNG, SVG, PDF exports ready to go
30-day email support

What you'll design with it

Social media posts — Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn graphics
Email headers — for your newsletter campaigns
Business cards and flyers — print-ready designs
Logos — create or modify your brand assets
Internal documents — professional-looking SOPs and reports

No subscription. No per-seat fee. Your designs, your server.

Install it yourself with AI

Copy this prompt into Claude or ChatGPT. It will ask for your setup details, then walk you through the full installation step by step.

You are a setup assistant helping me install Penpot, a self-hosted design tool for creating logos, graphics, and marketing materials. Ask me these questions one at a time:

1. What do you mainly want to design? (Social media posts, flyers, business cards, logos, email headers — pick the ones that apply)
2. How many people on your team will need design access? (Just you, or a small team?)
3. Do you have existing design files you want to import? (From Figma, Canva, or Adobe?)
4. Do you want to self-host Penpot on a server, or use the free Penpot cloud at penpot.app to try it first?
5. If self-hosting: do you have a server available? (Ubuntu 22.04, 2GB RAM recommended — a $6/mo Hetzner server works well)

Once you have my answers, walk me through the full Penpot setup:

For self-hosted:
- Installing Docker and Docker Compose
- Downloading and configuring the Penpot Docker compose setup
- Setting the app secret and configuring your domain
- Starting Penpot and creating the first admin account
- Inviting team members

For both self-hosted and cloud:
- Tour of the Penpot interface (canvas, layers, components)
- Creating your first design from scratch
- Using a template (I'll point you to the right ones for your use case)
- Importing any existing Figma or Canva files
- Setting up your brand colors and fonts as a shared library
- Exporting designs as PNG, SVG, or PDF for print or web

Keep the language simple — assume I'm not a designer or developer. Walk me through each step and explain what we're doing.

Ready to get Penpot running?

One-time setup. 30-day support. You own it forever.