Design & Prototyping Tools in May 2026 cover a wide spread of work: website builders, vector editors, whiteboards, presentation generators, icon systems, 3D architectural tools, motion graphics, form builders, and visual development tools. ToolVitals compares the supplied tool records using health score, shipping score, GitHub stars, overall ToolVitals score, and status so readers can quickly separate active, high-scoring projects from tools that may need closer review.

The ranking is sorted by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used as the secondary popularity signal when scores are tied. That means Framer ranks first with the only 97 score, while Penpot, tldraw, Webstudio, and Presenton all score 94 and are ordered by GitHub stars within that tied group.

Rankings

Rank Tool Health Shipping GitHub Stars Score Status
1 Framer 100 100 31579 97 🟢 Excellent
2 Penpot 97 89 47267 94 🟢 Excellent
3 tldraw 94 100 46821 94 🟢 Excellent
4 Webstudio 92 100 8518 94 🟢 Excellent
5 Presenton 97 100 4874 94 🟢 Excellent
6 Terrazzo 83 100 393 91 🟢 Excellent
7 simple-icons 95 100 25039 90 🟢 Excellent
8 Pascal 91 88 15194 90 🟢 Excellent
9 Open Pencil 91 100 4645 90 🟢 Excellent
10 OpenPencil 85 100 2512 90 🟢 Excellent
11 Ashim 97 100 1241 90 🟢 Excellent
12 Wayscriber 86 88 540 87 🟢 Excellent
13 ChaiBuilder SDK 76 100 443 87 🟢 Excellent
14 Figma 90 77 1484 83 🟢 Excellent
15 OpenCut 87 72 48710 80 🟢 Excellent
16 Tixl 84 72 4906 79 🟢 Good
17 Infinipaint 82 72 340 78 🟢 Good
18 Excalidraw 89 56 122531 74 🟢 Good
19 Next AI Draw.io 86 55 28483 72 🟢 Good
20 Slint 85 55 22492 72 🟢 Good
21 Drawnix 84 56 13770 71 🟢 Good
22 Silex 72 62 2764 68 🟢 Good
23 Cliply 69 62 209 66 🟢 Good
24 HeyForm 64 62 8705 63 🟢 Good
25 EasySchematic 71 47 72 60 🟢 Good
26 Awatif 76 30 152 55 🟡 Fair
27 Repath Studio 74 30 158 54 🟡 Fair
28 Plasmic 79 0 6765 43 🟡 Fair
29 Graphite 76 0 25462 42 🟡 Fair
30 Iconify 73 0 6084 40 🟡 Fair
31 Screenlite 70 0 349 38 🔴 Needs Attention
32 powder 67 0 92 37 🔴 Needs Attention
33 sakura 61 0 4370 34 🔴 Needs Attention
34 app-store-screenshots 61 0 4350 34 🔴 Needs Attention
35 Trace 61 0 0 34 🔴 Needs Attention
36 Onlook 55 0 25699 30 🔴 Needs Attention
37 Neoflow 55 0 247 30 🔴 Needs Attention
38 Modulz 52 0 18845 29 🔴 Needs Attention
39 PrettyBlocks 52 0 93 29 🔴 Needs Attention
40 Superdesign 48 0 6384 26 🔴 Needs Attention
41 21st.dev 39 0 5223 21 🔴 Needs Attention
42 vite-vue3-lowcode 39 0 3407 21 🔴 Needs Attention
43 Poster Design 36 0 4702 20 🔴 Needs Attention
44 Mobirise 33 0 965 18 🔴 Needs Attention
45 Meshy 33 0 413 18 🔴 Needs Attention
46 EasyLogic Studio 29 0 499 16 🔴 Needs Attention
47 Sign Net 26 0 31 14 🔴 Needs Attention
48 Dooringx 16 0 2386 9 🔴 Needs Attention

Top 3 Highlights

Framer leads the list with a 97 ToolVitals score, backed by perfect 100 health and 100 shipping scores. Its 31,579 GitHub stars are not the highest in the category, but the ranking prioritizes ToolVitals score, so Framer’s stronger combined health and shipping profile puts it ahead of larger-starred projects.

Penpot ranks second with a 94 ToolVitals score, 97 health score, 89 shipping score, and 47,267 GitHub stars. Among the tools tied at 94, it has the largest GitHub star count, which is why it sits ahead of tldraw, Webstudio, and Presenton.

tldraw ranks third with a 94 ToolVitals score and a perfect 100 shipping score. Its 46,821 GitHub stars are nearly level with Penpot’s 47,267, making it one of the strongest popularity signals in the top group while still trailing Penpot on the secondary tie-breaker.

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