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Are you saying its an electron app running web assembly?
by mtoddsmith 4y ago
Are you saying its an electron app running web assembly?
- lewisjoe 4y agoYes. I found it weird too. They put so much effort into making their app performant and then for the desktop app, wrapped it into an electron shell which is weird :) I guess except the designing canvas, all the UI controls are built over DOM/Javascript and they needed a quick way to take them all into desktop. But I did expect more from Figma :)
- lmiller1990 4y agoHaving access to the chrome dev tools during designing is very useful!
- dgb23 4y agoI think Figma being a browser web app is one of the core reasons why it’s outpacing alternatives both in terms of features and UX. It’s a remarkable feat.
- oever 4y agohttps://penpot.app/about.html https://penpot.app/about.html is an open source competitor to figma. I'm not a designer so I cannot speak to how good it is. It was built to scratch the itch of the company Kaleidos.