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Pencil Project vs Xfig

A side-by-side look at Pencil Project and Xfig. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Pencil Project

Pencil Project

Development

Pencil Project is a free and open source GUI prototyping and mockup tool. It allows users to create wireframes and prototypes for software interfaces and websites quickly and easily, without programming knowledge.

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Xfig

Xfig

Photos & Graphics

Xfig is an open-source vector graphics editor used to draw diagrams and figures. It supports objects like circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc. and can export to formats like PDF and PostScript. Common uses are drawing diagrams like flowcharts, UML diagrams, network maps, etc.

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