Design and diagrams
Stencil alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
PenpotOpen-source collaborative design and prototyping platform.Open on GitHub ↗PhotoPrismSelf-hosted photo organization and search.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- cloud collaboration and mobile apps
- direct publishing reliability as platform APIs change
- pixel-perfect professional tooling
- large template and asset libraries
- color-management edge cases
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Stencil, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.