Open Design

The open-source, local, agent-driven design platform

Why Open Design?

  • In April 2026, Claude Design proved an LLM can truly design — real artifacts, not words about design
  • Yet it is closed-source, paid, and cloud-only, locked to a single model
  • No agent choice, no self-hosting, no BYOK
  • Open Design sets that capability free — open, local, and agent-driven

What Can You Make?

Prototype
  • Mobile flows
  • Web apps
  • High fidelity
  • Real code
  • Sandbox preview
Live Artifact
  • Dashboards
  • Live briefs
  • Interactive
  • Data-driven
  • Shareable
Slides
  • Creative decks
  • Reports
  • Pitch decks
  • Keyboard nav
  • Web-native
Image
  • Posters
  • Illustrations
  • Mockups
  • Brand assets
  • Social cards
Video
  • HyperFrames
  • HTML to MP4
  • Product demos
  • Marketing shorts
  • Cinematic clips

From Idea to Delivery

1

Pick a Starting Point

One sentence, a template, or a plugin

2

Set the Visual Direction

Palette, type, and spacing flow into generation

3

Generate the Artifact

Real runnable files, previewed and edited in a sandbox

4

Ship It, or Film It

Hand off to engineering, or render a video with HyperFrames

5

Memory Compounds

Every choice becomes context for the next run

Plugins by Type (demo data)

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Prototypes
Slides
Posters
Dashboards
Video
Reports

What Makes It Different

A

Desktop-Native

Design happens on the desktop. Local files, Figma exports, and code repos are directly readable; agents get full terminal power.

B

Plug In Agents, Don't Rebuild Them

Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor on your machine are already powerful. Open Design wires them into a complete design workflow.

C

It Learns Your Taste

Every choice becomes design systems, preferences, and memory, so the next generation lands closer to what you want.

D

Open by Default

Apache-2.0 licensed, with 129 design systems built in. Fork it, self-host it, use it commercially — all allowed.

“

File-system semantics plus git-diffable design artifacts — design is finally under version control.

- An indie developer

21+ Agents, Zero Config

Claude Code
Auto-detected on PATH
Codex CLI
Zero configuration
Cursor Agent
Full terminal power
Gemini CLI
BYOK endpoints

How It Works

1
Describe
Tell the agent your goal in one sentence, or start from a template or plugin
→
2
Generate
The agent reads full context and produces real runnable files in a sandbox
→
3
Ship
Hand off to engineering, or turn it into a marketing video with HyperFrames
GitHub Stars 60K+

Frontier AI design, back on every creator's desk

Open · Local · Agent-native
Download Open Design — macOS & Windows
Star on GitHub — github.com/nexu-io/open-design
Join the community — discord.gg/mHAjSMV6gz
Follow along — x.com/nexudotio
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