Release
Penpot 2.19 adds configurable shortcuts and per-side strokes, and changes self-hosting
Penpot 2.19.0 brings custom keyboard shortcuts, a better path editor and design-token library sync. Self-hosters must now deploy the Admin Console service.
Penpot, the open source design and prototyping platform, released version 2.19.0 on 9 November. It is a feature release with two breaking changes for people who run their own instance.
New for designers
- Configurable keyboard shortcuts. Shortcuts can now be reassigned, searched by key combination, and exported.
- A better path editor, with improved path operations and editing.
- Stroke widths per side. Top, right, bottom and left strokes can now be set individually.
- Design tokens across files. Tokens can live in internal libraries and stay in sync between files.
Breaking changes for self-hosted instances
The Admin Console is now enabled by default and the old enable-admin-console flag is gone. Self-hosted deployments must run the penpot-admin-console service and set PENPOT_ADMIN_CONSOLE_URI for the frontend.
Penpot also moves all file payloads into a single file_data store and deletes orphaned revision rows. Small and medium instances migrate automatically on boot. The release notes advise operators of very large instances to run the migration separately, because it will not fit in the startup transaction.
Fixes
The release fixes a long list of bugs, among them copying text to the clipboard on Windows, and a case where the disable-registration flag did not stop new accounts being created from shared prototype pages.
