Three days, one developer

Note 1 March 2026 Originally on X

Figma shipped a silent patch specifically to kill figma-use — my open-source tool that did what they wouldn't: an MCP server that creates and modifies designs, JSX export, design linting. Then they scrambled to catch up with their own MCP server.

So I spent the weekend recreating Figma from scratch.

OpenPencil: reads and writes .fig files, AI chat with full design tools, P2P collaboration with zero servers, ~7 MB app. No account, no subscription.

Three days, one developer, MIT license.

openpencil.dev OpenPencil A free, open-source design editor that reads and writes .fig files. Desktop and web.