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Sketch
Company blog · sketch.com/blogdesignprogramming
Sketch is the company blog at sketch.com, writing about design and programming. Since 2019, 44 different Hacker News readers have linked it 58 times, most often “Sketch – The Digital Design Toolkit”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 1 of 31 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Sketch's site mainly as a Mac design app, citing its licensing and pricing, browser viewing and handoff features, and docs. Few comments judge the writing itself.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- One commenter calls Sketch's docs good and points to the docs pages as an example of end-user documentation.1
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 31 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Sketch puts the focus back on you and your work. Made by designers, for designers.
Most-linked posts?
- Sketch – The Digital Design Toolkit12 people · 14 mentions · first linked 2020-04-01
- Sketch – Part of your world: Why we’re proud to build a truly native Mac app3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-10-26
- Sketch: In 2021 and Beyond3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-05-11
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-08-23
- From Figma to Sketch2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-09-15
- What’s Next for Sketch?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-23
- Sketch – From one to one million: how we grew Sketch2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-08
- /pricing/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-21
What Hacker News says?
> After checking out Sketch, I don't believe they offer a one-time payment option any longer You still can get it, but only after contacting support: "We can still offer Mac-only licenses as new purchases to people who, for legal or security reasons, cannot use cloud-based products. However, they only offer access to the Mac app, and don’t get all the other benefits of a subscription. Get in touch with us if you’re…
Comment linking /docs/subscriptions/
on “Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B”Submitted Sketch: Proud to Build a Truly Native Mac App as a story · 368 points
HN discussion> if I can't run it to look at their work and actively comment/collaborate with them, it's not a useful workflow. But you can do that though: https://www.sketch.com/docs/browsing-web-documents/
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on “Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B”Submitted Sketch – Part of your world: Why we’re proud to build a truly native Mac app as a story · 33 points
HN discussionhttps://www.sketch.com/docs/subscriptions/benefits/ Looks like viewing in a browser is already available?
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on “Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B”Submitted On Native Apps as a story · 32 points
HN discussionSketch might be what you’re looking for: https://www.sketch.com
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on “Apple acquires Pixelmator”Submitted Sketch: License Is Changing as a story · 9 points
HN discussionYeah trying to switch from VSCode to Nova was the opposite experience for me. For a while, I had that same nostalgia... everything looked great... but then, nothing really worked, the plugins were all kind of bad (half of my work is Golang, which Nova does not support), and VSCode allows you to have the same stuff on all three major platforms. I realized the Mac software from your studios looked great, and yeah had…
Comment linking /blog/2020/10/26/part-of-your-world-why-we-re-proud-to-build-a-truly-native-mac-app/
on “Apps Getting Worse”Submitted Sketch and AI as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAlso Sketch [1]. Everyone abandoned it when Figma became the pOpUlAr tool, but I still use it every day, nearly 15 years later and it's continued to improve. [1] https://sketch.com
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on “Figma files for proposed IPO”Submitted Sketch: In 2021 and Beyond as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSketch | Senior Go Backend Developer | Remote | Fulltime Sketch is a design platform with an award-winning native Mac app and browser-based collaboration tools. Over a million people use our product to create their best work. And right now, we’re looking for a Backend Developer to join us. Apply here: https://www.sketch.com/careers/go-backend-developer-onboardi...
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)”Submitted Sketch – From one to one million: how we grew Sketch as a story · 4 points
HN discussionAh, thank you! It looks like Agenda[0] does use that model. Here's a blog post with details[1] in which they mention that Sketch[2] also uses the same business model (with some minor variations). tl;dr: you buy the app and 1 year of updates. You keep what you pay for. I wonder if it would be viable for an app like photoshop to have a feature marketplace. You start with a very basic version of the app and you buy the…
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on “Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad”Submitted From Figma to Sketch as a story · 3 points
HN discussionInterestingly, no one asked me what software I used when I created diagrams in the vector graphics app sketch[0], but once I started using ascii diagrams using monodraw[1], everyone wanted to know what I was using. I find the aesthetic extremely "precious;" that's why I do it. Affectations are memorable. 0: https://www.sketch.com/ 1: https://monodraw.helftone.com/
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on “The worst tool for the job”Submitted How Sketch is using their MCP server as a story · 2 points
HN discussionDefinitely depends on the platform. On Linux it's probably great, but on macOS at least, I've yet to see a GTK app that doesn't feel super clunky. GTK breaks lots of expectations about how things should behave on macOS (shortcuts, standard menus, buttons, etc). Gimp or Inkscape are good examples. On the other hand those are examples of what a "native" app is expected to look like: https://www.sketch.com https://paw.…
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on “Rust GUI ecosystem overview”Submitted Oh no, I need to design a tinted iOS 18 app icon as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSketch ( https://www.sketch.com/ ) they have brought back stand alone license without subscription hell. Handbrake - Video conversion Eagle ( https://eagle.cool/ ) collecte and organize all design//visual inspiration at one place(this is also my default screengrab app) Monodraw - Flowchart, ASCII, Visual thinking app
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on “Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?”Submitted Sketch vs Figma as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMy twitter feed has some remote Elixir jobs popping up from time to time. I just saw this 10min ago: https://www.sketch.com/jobs/backend-developer/ . I don't think it's more difficult to get an Elixir job than, lets say Rust one.
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on “Elixir RAM and the Template of Doom”Submitted Sketch: remote working from day one (2021) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou can, actually. See "Mac-only license" in their pricing [0]. Just as before, you get one year of updates. True, when Sketch started switching to a subscription model, they've buried the link to renew the license very deep so it was really hard to find, but I guess they've came back to their senses and it is now available right on the pricing page. [0]: https://www.sketch.com/pricing/
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on “Making Figma better for developers with Dev Mode”Submitted Sketch: In 2021 and Beyond as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMac is required for designing, which in pratice most designers are using in the vast majority of organizations, so it's not really an issue. For feedback and handoff the web tool is free and works in any OS that has a browser. https://www.sketch.com/handoff/
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on “Figma removed `window.figma` on view-only pages today”Submitted The new Sketch icon: How we redesigned a classic for Big Sur as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI appreciate your feedback! Thank you for sharing moqups. I haven't seen this tool before. There are a lot of tools that do similar things. I think of the categories as: *Design creation* • Figma https://www.figma.com/ • Sketch https://www.sketch.com/ • uizard https://uizard.io/ • Penpot https://penpot.app/ • UXPin https://www.uxpin.com/ *Asset creation* • Canva https://www.canva.com/ • Crello https://crello.com/ •…
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on “Launch HN: NextUX (YC S19) – Web UX editor and feedback tool for product teams”Submitted Sketch – The Digital Design Toolkit as a story · 2 points
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