Pencil Project
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Pencil Project is an open-source desktop application for creating GUI prototypes, wireframes, and interface mockups. It supports multiple desktop platforms and includes stencils and templates for designing user interfaces.
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Overview
6 featuresPurpose: Creating GUI prototypes and interface mockups without paying for proprietary design software.
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Audience: UI/UX designers, product teams, and developers
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Functions: Unknown
Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: indicated (inferred, not tested)
Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: GPL-2.0 · platforms: WEB · deployment: browser, macos, windows, linux, self_hosted
Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.
Record sources: pencil.evolus.vn · github.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.
Pencil Project is an UI/UX & prototyping project. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on creating GUI prototypes and interface mockups without paying for proprietary design software. Inferred · not functionally tested: Pencil Project is an open-source project aimed at UI/UX designers, product teams, and developers. Basis unknown · not verified: Pencil Project is open source under the GPL-2.0 license. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for the web, macOS, Windows, and Linux, and it can be self-hosted.
Evolus builds and maintains Pencil Project, and it first shipped in 2014. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 9.9k stars. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 6 catalogued features are GUI prototyping, wireframing, and mockup creation.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested
- GUI prototyping
- Wireframing
- Mockup creation
- Stencils
- Templates
- Multi-platform support
Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested
Built with & integrations
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Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about Pencil Project
- What does Pencil Project do?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Pencil Project focuses on creating GUI prototypes and interface mockups without paying for proprietary design software. It is catalogued under UI/UX & prototyping on PulseGate.
- Who should use Pencil Project?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Pencil Project is an open-source project built for UI/UX designers, product teams, and developers.
- Does Pencil Project have a free plan?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Pencil Project is open source under the GPL-2.0 license and free to use.
- What platforms does Pencil Project run on?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Pencil Project runs on the web, macOS, Windows, and Linux. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is Pencil Project still active?
- Unverified. Pencil Project has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- Who develops Pencil Project?
- Pencil Project is developed by Evolus, based in Vietnam.
- How long has Pencil Project been around?
- Pencil Project first shipped in 2014.
- Is Pencil Project open source?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Pencil Project is open source under the GPL-2.0 license, developed on GitHub.
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