Pencil Project

RATING:

4.3

(21)

About Pencil Project

Pencil Project is an open-source GUI prototyping software designed to help businesses draw different types of user interfaces for popular desktop platforms. Key features include inter-page linking, diagram drawing support, clipart browsing, and document export wizard. Developers using Pencil Project can find cliparts by keywords and add them into drawings by a drag-and-drop operation. Cliparts are listed in vector format, which allows users to scale them to appropriate sizes according to individual requirements. The platform enables teams to link elements in a drawing to a specific page in the same document and define the UI flow when creating website or application mockups. Pencil Project supports exporting documents into popular formats, such Inkscape SVG, OpenOffic...

Pencil Project Pricing

The application is available for free of cost.

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Available

Pencil Project built-in shapes library
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Pencil Project Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

3.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Pencil Project

1 - 5 of 21 Reviews

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Abel

Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed February 2023

Pencil Project: The Best Free Wireframing and Prototyping Tool

Great! Pencil Project has help me to create wireframes and prototypes quickly and easily so as to meet tight schedules and deadline. Its been added to my designing toolkit because it's ease to use, customize, and its cross-platform support. I just love Pencil Project..thumbs up.

PROS

Awesome! Pencil Project is free and open source tool that is very easy to use, I enjoy the fact that I can customize templates, create my own templates and it supports lots of file format. It also runs across platforms different operating system platforms. It's versatility is great. I am in live with pencil project.

CONS

I notice it does not release updates regularly but all the same the community attend to any issues that comes up.

Reasons for switching to Pencil Project

It did not contain templates and I could not customize my own template.

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Max

Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed May 2019

Great, free way to generate quick UI mockups

If you need to get a quick UI design out, this is a good option. However, it has not been kept up to date since 2013 so the mockups are not up to date with the latest UI trends. You will not want to share your mockups with a customer, but can be used to spread ideas internally.

PROS

This product is free and available on many different operating systems (Mac, Windows, Linux). It has a short learning curve and is very easy to get up to speed with.

CONS

It does feel a bit dated now for iOS application mockups. The latest stencils/templates are from ~2013 so the iOS designs are dated. Also the Windows templates are old as well.

Reason for choosing Pencil Project

Pencil Project is free so was easier to get going with.

Anonymous

11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed January 2020

Free and works offline

Overall the experience is below average. Initially i started using it because it's a free tool but now there are many other online tools which are easy to use and have advanced features

PROS

The tool is free and you can download it on your system. Works without any internet connection so you don't have to worry about having an active internet connection at all time.

CONS

I know the tool is free and helps in getting the things done but it's no where close to the paid ones plus now there are many other free tools which has better features and are very easy to use. I only use this when I don't want a good looking detailed work and want to do the work offline.

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Eduardo

Verified reviewer

1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2018

Create flowcharts, mockups and interfaces quickly and easily

PROS

Pencil project is an Open Source software with multiplatform support It has an important library of shapes for the creation of models and interfaces, with the look and feel of the most popular systems and platforms such as Android, IOS and Windows. It has extensions to be worked from the web browser Mozilla Firefox allows linking between the sheets of a project to optimally simulate the browsing experience between the screens of the model

CONS

As graphical elements are inserted in the multiple sheets of the documents tends to put the software slower

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FC

Verified reviewer

Retail, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2019

One of the best mockup tools around

PROS

Not the most feature-rich or easiest mockup tool around, but boy does it make up for it by being open source. No free trials or elapsed subscriptions, no budget approvals, no limitations on the number of mockups or the people you can share it with. Just download, install and do mockups.

CONS

Could be easier to use and it should be able to hook up to a more extensive online shapes library. But honestly, if you need more then graduate to other apps. Just know that whatever you do in Pencil will always be accessible.