FigCraft

FigCraft is a free, open source interface design and prototyping app from the ArtCraft team, built to work like Figma. You design screens with frames, auto layout and components, wire them into prototypes and hand them to developers. Unlike Figma, your files are plain files on your own disk. It runs on Mac, Windows, Linux and in a web browser.

What it can do

• Figma's building blocks. Frames, auto layout, components and variants, vector networks, styles and variables.
• Prototypes. Connections, transitions, back actions and flows you can click through.
• Dev Mode. Ready-for-dev status, annotations and React code where component properties become props.
• Your files, your disk. Designs are .figcraft files on your computer. No account and no tracking; nothing leaves unless you share it.
• Imports. SVG, PNG, JPG, WebP and PDF in and out, and Figma .fig files open on a best-effort basis.
• Works with AI assistants. A command-line tool and MCP server let an assistant build screens and components.

Part of the Crafting Apps

FigCraft is one of the Crafting Apps, a family of free, open source creative and office apps from ArtCraft, each a clean-room rebuild of a well-known paid app written from scratch in Rust. The best known is PhotoCraft, a Photoshop-style photo editor. They share the same approach: familiar menus and shortcuts, fast native apps on every major system, a version that runs in your browser, and commands an AI assistant can drive.

FigCraft, Penpot or Figma?

All three design interfaces. The difference is where your files live, how mature they are, and what they cost.

FigCraftThis page

Best forFigma users who want a free, local, open source alternative to try

Copies Figma's tools and keeps files on your computer. The newest Crafting App, started in October 2026.

How mature

Alpha (2026)

Open source

Yes (MIT or Apache 2.0)

Cost

Free

Penpot

Best forOpen source design in the browser, with a team

A mature open source design tool built on web standards, with real-time collaboration. Use it online or host it yourself.

How mature

Mature

Open source

Yes (MPL 2.0)

Cost

Free; paid hosting

Figma

Best forDesign teams today

The industry standard for interface design, with best-in-class collaboration and AI features. Closed source, cloud-based and paid per editor.

How mature

Industry standard

Open source

No

Cost

Free plan; paid per editor

A quick way to choose: designing with a team and want open source today? Use Penpot. Working in a company design team? Figma is the standard. Want a free app that feels like Figma and keeps your files on your own computer? Try FigCraft.

How to get it

• Easiest: download it from the FigCraft page on getartcraft.com, or from the latest release on GitHub.
• Every system: installers for Mac (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows (including ARM), Linux (AppImage, Flatpak, .deb, .rpm) and FreeBSD.
• In a browser: a web version runs the whole app in a modern browser, and you can host it yourself.
• For scripts and AI assistants: the figcraft-cli tool runs the same commands without opening the app and includes an MCP server.

Good to know

• Alpha. FigCraft is in alpha. Its team estimates it's about 49% of the way to replacing Figma for real work. Figma files open only on a best-effort basis, and multiplayer editing is a first preview. These are the team's own estimates; nobody has tested them independently yet.
• Changing very fast. New versions arrive every few days, so expect bugs and update often.
• Built with AI help. The ArtCraft team uses AI coding agents heavily, which is how so much appeared so quickly. Test it on your own files before you rely on it.
• No Figma code. It's a clean-room rebuild, written from public file specifications and by observing how Figma behaves, not from Figma's code.
• Licence: MIT or Apache 2.0, your choice. Free to use, including at work. The ArtCraft and FigCraft names and logos have their own, stricter terms.