Here are some key features of "Balsamiq Mockups":

Focus on Content and Functionality
• Low-Fi Sketch Wireframes. Sketchy, low-fidelity wireframes let you focus design conversations on functionality.

• UI Components and Icons. 75 built-in user interface components and 187 icons, plus a whole lot of community-generated components.

• Click-Through Prototypes. Linking lets you generate click-through prototypes for demos and usability testing.

• Export to PNG or PDF. Share or present mockups with embedded links using PDF export, or use a 3rd party tool to export to code.

Never Waste a Minute

• Quick Add for Speed. Lets you build wireframes using your keyboard.

• Drag-and-Drop for Simplicity. Interfaces with drag and drop components--anyone can use it.

• Re-usable Symbol Libraries. Create templates, masters, and re-usable component libraries.

• Keyboard Shortcuts. Use keyboard shortcuts to keep moving quickly.

• Import and Export. Seamless integration with all versions of Mockups, for when you're back online.

• Works Offline. Work on the plane or in a coffeeshop without an Internet connection.

• Mac, Windows, and Linux. Fully cross-platform.


Unleash Your Creativity!

• Balsamiq Mockups is a rapid wireframing tool that helps you Work Faster & Smarter. It reproduces the experience of sketching on a whiteboard, but using a computer.

• Making mockups is fast. You'll generate more ideas, so you can throw out the bad ones and discover the best solutions.

Quick Add

• Build a user interface at the speed of thought.

User Interface Library
• Tons of UI elements. Just drag and drop!


Get Honest Feedback
• Improve your designs by getting immediate and meaningful feedback. Sketch-style wireframes help focus the conversation on content and interaction, not minute details (those can come later).


Sketch-Style Controls
• They look like sketches on purpose! It encourages brainstorming.


Clean Wireframes Option
• Need to present your work? Switch to the clean wireframe skin!

Iterate Sooner & Painlessly
• Since Mockups requires little investment in time and effort, you'll revise your designs more often and refine them sooner. That leaves more time for discussion and writing code. It's the perfect tool for lean, agile teams.

Version Control
• Most of our versions have revision history, and our web app even has branching!


User-Test Early!
• Print out your prototypes or run online user tests, before writing code!

Collaborate Smoothly
• Mockups is the perfect “in-between tool” for Product Managers, Developers and Designers. We designed it for smooth collaboration from the ground up.

Adapts to the way YOU work
• We have versions that run on the Desktop, as a Web app, or as a Plugin to your wiki or bug tracker.

3rd Party Extensions
• Access extra controls, custom icons, tools to export to HTML or code, and more!