Excalidraw is an open-source collaborative whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn style diagrams, wireframes, and flowcharts with real-time sharing.
131.1k stars15.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
3 self-hosted Balsamiq alternatives
Cloud-based wireframing tool for creating low-fidelity UI mockups and interactive prototypes. Provides sketch-style components, page linking, collaboration, and export features to iterate on web and mobile interface designs.
Alternatives to Balsamiq
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Penpot is an open-source UI design and prototyping platform with real-time collaboration, design systems support, and developer-friendly inspect mode with CSS/SVG/HTML output.
59.6k stars4k forksMPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
Browser and desktop diagram editor for flowcharts, UML, wireframes and network diagrams with cloud storage integrations and offline apps.
7.9k stars1.2k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing Balsamiq actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 3 of 3 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, MPL-2.0, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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