Notices by Penpot :penpot: (penpot@fosstodon.org)

Penpot 2.17 is now available for self-hosting! 🎉
✨ Background Blur is here
⚡ Faster, more powerful WebGL rendering
🔌 MCP connection status and more
🎨 Design Tokens are now more visible and easier to use
🛠️ Bug fixes and community contributions

Learn how to install it:
https://penpot.app/self-host

Boosted Performance in Penpot: New Render Engine

We introduce you one of the latest platform improvements: WebGL Rendering (Beta), a faster canvas for demanding files that users can now enable from their settings💞

https://community.penpot.app/t/whats-next-for-the-penpot-webgl-renderer/10627

🔹 5 years building
🔹 1.5M users worldwide
🔹 44K+ GitHub stars
🔹 A team of 44 people + collaborators

Celebrating 5 Years of Penpot🎂

Five years ago, Penpot officially launched to the public. Today, we celebrate that milestone.

🥰 And a global community backing it, bringing key features, incredibly useful feedback, and mind-blowing initiatives.

Want full control over your design stack?💪

Learn how to self-host Penpot and run it on your own infrastructure!
Your rules, your data 🧩

👉 https://penpot.app/blog/how-to-self-host-penpot/

Today! Community Hours live🔴
✨Self-Host Deep Dive
🕒15:00 UTC

Self-hosting continually increase, so do the need for a deeper dive to answer burning questions on self-hosting Penpot and making things your own!

And yes, for us, one of the most important things is that your designs belong only to you 😉

https://community.penpot.app/t/penpot-community-hours-3-self-host-deep-dive/10088

That's why we encourage you to use self host https://penpot.app/self-host

If you’re someone who prefers reading, @myfunnyandy's post breaks down everything new in Penpot 2.11, including the major update: Typography composite token.🫴 https://community.penpot.app/t/penpot-2-11-brighter-than-gold/10055

We have the best team!!! 🥰

What a great Showcase by Elena Torró , Álvaro Tejero Cantero , Clara García Viñola and Andrés González

New blog post⚡️| Tutorial: 5 examples of component variants

We’re still enjoying the launch of Variants, and today we’re bringing you a tutorial!

You ask for it, we deliver 🙌

https://penpot.app/blog/tutorial-5-examples-of-component-variants/

Do you know that Penpot is the only design & prototype platform that is deployment agnostic.

You can use it or deploy it anywhere😍

https://penpot.app/self-host

Discover how to use token themes to support multiple brands, products, or dark/light modes. Themes can make your design system more flexible, scalable, and easy to manage.

All about design tokens! 👉 https://penpot.app/collaboration/design-tokens

Importing & Exporting Tokens (JSON)

Learn how to smoothly import and export tokens as JSON files in Penpot. And also, how Penpot manages invalid tokens and ensures easy collaboration between design and code.

Learn more: https://penpot.app/collaboration/design-tokens

In this quick but complete demo, Laura Kalbag, designer, developer and educator at Penpot, highlights the key benefits and main uses of Penpot’s design tokens😍

Learn more: https://penpot.app/collaboration/design-tokens

Do you want to see how our upcoming Design Tokens feature works?

https://community.penpot.app/t/sneak-peek-tokens-multidimensional-themes/8205

Have you already tried the new improvements in our latest release 2.5?

What's new?
🌈Multi-step gradients
🗣️Comment mentions
🚩Manage notifications
<>Copy/paste styles, CSS, and text

https://community.penpot.app/t/penpot-2-5-the-devil-is-in-the-details/7960

Did you know about this new feature? You can now import libraries and templates directly from Penpot!

What's your favorite library or template?

https://penpot.app/penpothub/libraries-templates

New Penpot blog post!

Accessible Design Checklist✅
Improve your design’s accessibility with this quick reference checklist and Penpot plugin.

https://penpot.app/blog/accessible-design-checklist/