Comparing the tool shared here to PenPot[1] might be more fair.

[1]: http://penpot.app/

> Simple tasks now require navigating through multiple menus

I'm curious which simple tasks you're referring to?

> I’ve had Figma slow down or crash because of poorly maintained plugins

Why not uninstall those plugins? Is no plugin support really the best solution to this problem? Was there not a reason that you originally installed those plugins?