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Yes! Issues now have a compact view too.

Penpot Desktop 1.0 is live! 🎉 💾 Get your package/installer at github.com/author-more/... 🚨 It’s a major release. There are breaking changes. Make sure to check the changelog. 🙏 Thank you all for your ongoing support.

The time is near. Can't wait to hit the publish button.

Node.js 26.10 comes with built-in debounce and throttle utilities. Like it! Can't tell you how many times I implemented (copied from the previous project) these two. Debounce: nodejs.org/docs/latest/... Throttle: nodejs.org/docs/latest/... #nodejs

🆕 Customize MDN's browser compat tables! Press ⚙️ Settings on any compat table to choose which browsers and engines you see, and hide the ones you don't need. Your picks are saved in your browser. Try it 👇 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

Today we're launching ai-policy.dev! A collaboration of me, @danielroe.dev and @matteogabriele.npmx.social - this provides a few human curated AI contribution policies you can choose from. Our hope is that this will help you better define your stance and what kind of contributions you accept 🙏

In preview, the pull request list on @github.com has a “Compact display density” 🗜️ mode. It fits more rows of shorter panels. Is this option going to be available for the issue list too? Could we get that for the issue list?

We got there! Non-destructive settings was the last pre-1.0 feature, and it’s live with Penpot Desktop 0.25.0. It’s time to scope bugs, remove deprecated solutions, and release 1.0. Installers are at github.com/author-more/... with the community Flatpak in sync.

You can explicitly set a charging limit on macOS now, between 80 and 100%. Must be a 26.x addition. It was not possible a few months ago. System Settings > Battery, then click the circled “i” icon next to Charging. Good addition. Optimised Charging is a nice concept, but it’s slow to adapt.

Lodash installation was close. However, Node's util module has isDeepStrictEqual (check includes prototype and constructor, which can be skipped with Node >=24.9.0). Not today. nodejs.org/api/util.htm...

What great news, window state persistence landed in Electron. I was following its development after seeing the RFC for the window state API, and now Penpot Desktop will migrate to the built-in solution 🎉.

If you use a local #LLM for code predictions and it’s too verbose (generates ten lines of code when completing the one would do), try using the “base” variant of the model. “Base” is designed for “predict next token” and works better for text extension.

Penpot Desktop v0.24 is live. The release focuses on the local instance creator, enabling automatic Docker configuration updates when containers are created/updated, and porting the upstream @penpot.app Docker Compose config updates (e.g. the MCP server) to the app’s Docker configuration template.

Surprisingly, in the last few months, my go-to library for building components became… @lit.dev. For its well-balanced abstraction that makes web components not feel like a chore. You should try it if you bounced off web components in the past or dread working on a custom element.

You would think rolling 12 or higher with 2d8 can’t be that bad. It’s a little over a 23% chance. Painful if you are rolling a skill check.

Going down the rabbit hole of interactive conference badges and landed on the following setup: - 3-5" LCD + ESP32, - 2400mAh LiPo battery, - laser-cut PVC front, - 3D-printed back (battery holder, colour accent). Now need to make sure the display module has built-in charging - no battery swaps.

I was making an eBook, and the space of publishing software could really use some concept of reusable components. Currently, if you need to change the design (e.g. fancy quote, recipe structure), you are in for a journey through the entire eBook. Unless you use Paged.js, the web way, coding though.

I wrote this Open Source Contribution guide 2 years ago, thanks to @erioldoesdesign.bsky.social we updated it to include a section on how you can contribute as designer to Open Source. Eriol I appreciate your time and sharing your journey www.santoshyadav.dev/blog/contrib...

👉 penpot.app/blog/how-to-...

Penpot Desktop v0.22 is out. It’s a small release with: 📝 improved instance editing (more accessible UI structure, experience unified with local creator), 📇 standardised installer naming (also smaller, arch-specific Windows installers), 🏷️ improved Flathub meta info. github.com/author-more/...

Penpot Desktop now lets you open a file’s view mode in a new window and can auto-reload the view when the @penpot.app file changes. They are available as independent options and off by default, so make sure to check out the settings after the update to 0.21.0. Release: github.com/author-more/...

Penpot Desktop’s macOS builds are now signed and notarised. From v0.20.0, builds: 🔒 are recognised by Gatekeeper, ❌ don’t need quarantine bypass, ✅ and have auto-update. github.com/author-more/...

Local instance updating is live. In the local instance creator, you can now 📝 edit a local instance's settings and ⬆ upgrade it to the newest @penpot.app version. You can find details and get the version 0.19.0 from the release page: github.com/author-more/...

New release! Penpot 2.10 is here 🎉 ✨ Variants are now available! And also, Design Tokens get more typography options plus plenty of quality-of-life improvements Check what's new : community.penpot.app/t/penpot-2-1...

I have an idea for a content management system plugin for @penpot.app. Below is a video with a PoC: - 🧱 batch item creation from a data set, - ↔️ two-way editing, - 🏷️ layer name based content pairing - the project works without the plugin. Community discussion: community.penpot.app/t/penpot-cms...

I just ran the first test update of a local @penpot.app instance using Penpot Desktop. Everything went well, with one click to trigger @docker.com to pull new images and (re)create the containers. 🎉

How do you use view mode in @penpot.app? Here is a proof of concept of an auto-reload for the view window. Once the file changes are saved, Penpot Desktop would refresh the view for you.

You can now specify the @penpot.app version of the local instance to create. It defaults to the “latest”, but any valid Penpot Docker repository tag should work, with suggestions for ten of the most recent tags.

Tabs pinning, improved accessibility, and a stable Penpot embedding solution. I started work on the Penpot Desktop’s in-house tabs setup.

We're celebrating! We've just launched our brand new (and free!) Penpot Course, and we're kicking things off with the UI Design with Penpot Free Course! Check out the course and get all the details here: community.penpot.app/t/our-new-fr...

You can now download all your @penpot.app projects at once, with Penpot Desktop. Open the dashboard, click “Download all projects”, specify the path and the archive name, and wait for the download to complete. Get version 0.16 at github.com/author-more/...

A new feature for the Penpot Desktop is in the works. Can you spot the change in the @penpot.app UI?

You can now enable the native title bar for your Penpot Desktop window. It is a new option in the settings panel, set to “overlay” by default, and a change takes effect after a restart. Available in version 0.15 on its release page github.com/author-more/... and in the Flathub store.

Penpot Desktop can now set up a local @penpot.app instance for you. Launch creator, name your instance, click “Create”. ⚠️ It’s an experimental feature. 🪟 Windows is supported, but untested. 🛡️ Requires a non-sandbox environment. Download: github.com/author-more/... Docs: github.com/author-more/...

Next in Penpot Desktop: one more step towards a seamless offline experience. With a click of a magic wand, you will be able to set up a local @penpot.app instance. It requires @docker.com and will launch as an experimental feature.

A new, mysterious button showed up in the settings during the Penpot Desktop development. What could it be doing with @penpot.app?

Recently, I learnt that in VS Code, you can have inline Git blame info without needing any extensions. 1. Go to Settings. 2. Search for "Git blame". 3. Tick the box for "Git › Blame › Editor Decoration”. Or you can set "git.blame.editorDecoration.enabled" to `true` in the Settings JSON. Enjoy.

I went on a small bug fixing spree for Penpot Desktop this week. It means: - visual indicators for colourless tabs' states, - a persistent "new tab" button, - and more tab space in macOS's full-screen mode. Just one more issue with instances to sort out and the v0.12.1 update will be out to you.

New release Design Tokens are here and much more! Tokens Studio Have you been missing Design Tokens? Penpot is the first design tool to integrate native design tokens, developed in collaboration with Tokens Studio by Hyma. Tokens are small design decisions expressed as code to master complexity.

The new UI is live! Penpot Desktop v0.12 features a refreshed, unified look, improved color coding for instances, and a design that matches @penpot.app official style for a distraction-free working experience. Get it from the release page github.com/author-more/... or find it in the Flathub store.

The new tab design is almost ready. Some of the incoming changes are: - Colour coding is consistent across themes. - A tab's background colour is tinted with its instance's assigned colour. - The tab opening menu features colour coding.

The settings panel is complete. If you see anything you would like to improve, please share your thoughts. While larger changes will have to wait until the next iteration, I'm happy to address smaller issues or suggestions before the release. It's time to tackle the top bar now.

The new look for Penpot Desktop is in the works. It introduces dedicated palettes for both light and dark modes, each designed to match @penpot.app's official colours for the distraction-free working experience.

Support for multiple instances is live in Penpot Desktop. You can now open multiple @penpot.app instances simultaneously, each displayed in its own colour-coded tab. Penpot Desktop v0.11 is available at github.com/author-more/... and from the Flathub app store.

We are approaching a big milestone for the Penpot Desktop’s Q1 cycle! The multiple instances feature now has end-to-end UI support (tabs, opening, and management settings), for your ease of use and control. I’m focusing on QA and polishing to ensure it runs smoothly. Stay tuned for the release!

We're happy to announce our newest event series, Penpot Community Hours, begins 20 February 2025 at 15:00 UTC with @diacritica.bsky.social , Carolina Portugal and @myfunnyandy.bsky.social joining us! All the info! community.penpot.app/t/new-event-...

You will soon be able to use multiple instances at once in Penpot Desktop. Here is a prototype view with different instances open in their own, colour-coded tabs. The menu is part of the ‘+’ (add tab) button. On the side, a representation from the settings file, introduced in the last version.

Posts like this make joining our community totally worth it!!! community.penpot.app/t/penpot-des...

Move, sync, share, back-up. The file based settings are locked in for the next Penpot Desktop release. With the multi-instance support, coming soon, a file will keep instances details in your user directory.