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Life & fun · November 10, 2011

myBalsamiq, the web app version of Balsamiq Mockups

Balsamiq is the fast, low-fidelity wireframing tool for lean product teams. Sketch, test, and refine UI ideas effortlessly. Try it free today!

myBalsamiq, the web app version of Balsamiq Mockups launched on November 10, 2011 with 16 votes, #53 of 264 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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myBalsamiq is a web-based wireframing tool designed for product teams to sketch, test, and refine user interface ideas quickly. It combines wireframing, prototyping, and decision-making in a single platform, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tools. Users can drag from a component library or use AI to describe screens and generate low-fidelity, editable wireframes in seconds. The tool emphasizes intentionally rough designs to encourage discussion about ideas rather than pixel-perfect details, and allows teams to create clickable prototypes for user testing without significant effort.

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Most teams stitch together a whiteboard, a doc, a design tool, and a prototyping app. Balsamiq is all four steps in one place, fast enough to keep up with the conversation. Drag from the component library or describe a screen to Balsamiq AI. You get an editable, intentionally low‑fi wireframe in seconds, so the team debates the idea, not the pixels. Select your screens and generate a clickable prototype in about a minute. Real enough to test with users, rough enough to change your mind without throwing away code. Drop in a screenshot, a hand‑drawn sketch, or a sentence. Balsamiq AI drafts the wireframe and edits on command, so you skip the blank board and start reacting to something real.…from balsamiq.com

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