Local-first design workspace for AI agents: BYOK, 150+ design systems, native macOS and Windows desktop app.
Open Design is an open source alternative to Claude Design and Figma. Local-first design workspace for AI agents: BYOK, 150+ design systems, native macOS and Windows desktop app. Apache-2.0 licensed, 74.2k GitHub stars, hosted version available, no terminal required to start, and last released 2026-07-02.
Should you switch?
Vibe-coders and AI-native designers who want a BYOK design workspace that their coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) can drive directly via skills and design systems.
You need real-time collaborative canvas editing with teammates (no multiplayer yet) or browser-only access without a local daemon or Docker instance running.
BYOK model costs are separate from the app; the optional Open Design Cloud service adds token-billed hosting costs on top of your own API keys.
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Community proof
"I've been trying OpenDesign (https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design) using GPT5.5 which seemed promising, but so far the results have nowhere near the same level of polish or consistency as Claude Design from what I can tell."
"As someone who's explored Open Design recently, I think that's about as close as we're going to get for now unfortunately. I agree it't not really on the same level as Claude Design."
"I tried combining it with existing UI libraries instead of fully generated design That usually improves polish a lot"
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Can you do it today?
See QUICKSTART.md: 3 commands to get started with a coding agent CLI.
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