evolus/pencil
The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 12 days ago, with 21 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a free, open-source tool for creating diagrams and GUI prototypes with a focus on ease of use and extensibility.
- Offers improved performance and scalability by leveraging Electron and a new zip-based file format for large documents.
- Use for designing wireframes and UI mockups in cross-platform desktop environments including Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Use for embedding custom fonts and managing complex multi-page documents structured in a tree-like model.
- Use for exporting designs to PDF and printing with enhanced options suitable for documentation and presentation purposes.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
GPL 2.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
About pencil
The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.
http://pencil.evolus.vnDaily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
794+2
Open issues
530-4
Compared with peers in Backend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropics/skills | 192.3K | +5.2K | 75 | — |
| zed-industries/zed | 94.7K | +2.3K | 75 | 6 days ago |
| google/skills | 23.8K | +2.0K | 75 | — |
| NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra | 99.4K | +1.8K | 75 | 19 days ago |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 20.8K | +1.7K | 75 | 7 days ago |
| evolus/pencil | 9.9K | — | 42 | 12 days ago |
| Category median | 94.7K | +2.0K | 75 | — |
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