Odd Behavior All the Time

[LauraKalbag]

@Bob_Burch

3. The rendering is okay, but it struggles a lot too. Maybe self hosting and throwing a bunch of resources at it fixes that.

Have you tried the WebGL rendering? You can enable it from inside your file from the main menu → Preferences → Enable WebGL Rendering (beta)

That should improve the rendering significantly! If you want to read more about the new renderer:

What's next for the Penpot WebGL renderer

[cover] With Penpot 2.16, we shipped WebGL rendering (beta): an optional, faster canvas for demanding files. For years we relied on the browser’s SVG-based rendering path; it served us well, but on large, complex files the performance is no longer enough. We shared why we needed to move on back in 2024, and this beta is the first public slice of that work. The early feedback is encouraging. Heavy boards feel smoother to pan and zoom. Teams running large design systems are trying it on real fi…

The other odd behaviours you discover do sound like bugs.