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Our web app Balsamiq Cloud and our integrations all come with a FREE trial period. You can also download Wireframes for Desktop for FREE. The application is fully functional for 30 days, but you'll need a license in order to save your work after the evaluation period is over.
We open source parts of our code and tools, usually with MIT licensing.
A single Desktop license went from $79 to $89 (full pricing info). Desktop licenses are still tied to you and not a particular machine, you're free to use the app on any machines you own and use. Balsamiq Mockups 3 also comes with free minor-version updates, so you'll be able to update to 3.1, 3.2, 3.3...for free.
Conclusion. Balsamiq offers the most basic functions of a feature-rich wireframing tool to ensure it performs well with little to no learning curve. The app is good and easy to use. It is great for creating quick design sketches and low-fidelity mockups.
The best available Open source mock up tool is Pencil. Its available as firefox plugin as well as stand alone.
Another solution, which I personally use is Inkscape, an open source SVG Editor. It is NOT a mock up designer, but we can use it for designing mock ups, using freely available stencil kit, like Yahoo Stencil Kit.
Mockingbird is free during beta
Firefox's pencil add-on is free forever
Take a look at Maqetta. It runs as a html5 app in your browser, so you can deploy it on your server to easily share your work with others, or you can simply start it locally and point your browser to localhost on port 50000.
On their homepage, you can test maqetta online (after registering), or download a package that contains everything needed to run it locally.
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WireframeSketcher is not open-source but it's free for open-source developers. WireframeSketcher helps you quickly create wireframes, mockups and prototypes for desktop, web and mobile applications. It comes both as a standalone version and as a plug-in for Eclipse IDEs. It has some distinctive features like storyboards, components, linking and vector PDF export. Among supported IDEs are are Aptana, Flash Builder, Zend Studio and Rational Application Developer.
(source: wireframesketcher.com)
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