I’m using Penpot for the first time with 2.0! I only have a few hours in it thus far, but it looks great. It’s really exciting to see some free and open source software that prioritizes design and aims to provide an alternative to the proprietary and greedy Figma. Being able to self host is underrated.
My primary piece of feedback is that Penpot needs to improve app performance. There may be some “quick fixes”, like reducing the amount of clicking. But what is most noticeable is the really poor zooming and panning performance – sometimes, it takes a few seconds for those actions to register (notably, the trackpad two-finger pinch is completely unusable). At its best, it never seems to zoom at the buttery 120fps my Mac is capable of. As soon as Penpot feels as responsive as Figma, I’ll be all in.
