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Open-source · Local · Agent-driven · Nº 01

Open Design.

The open-source, local, agent-driven design platform. From idea to prototypes, web pages, slides, and HTML video — the full product-design workflow, on your own machine.

Apache-2.0 · Runs Locally · BYOK · No Sign-up github.com/nexu-io/open-design
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Why Open Design exists.

In April 2026, Claude Design proved an LLM can truly design. But it is closed-source, paid, and cloud-only. Open Design sets that capability free.

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01.1

What it is.

Frontier AI design, back on every creator's desk.

Open Design is the open-source, local, agent-driven design platform. It runs on your machine. Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor are already powerful — Open Design wires them into a complete design workflow that produces real runnable files: prototypes, web pages, slides, and HTML video.

  • Desktop-native — local files, Figma exports, and code repos directly readable; agents get full terminal power.
  • Plug in agents, don't rebuild them — the CLIs on your machine drive the whole workflow.
  • It learns your taste — every choice becomes design systems, preferences, and memory.
Apache-2.0 Local-first BYOK
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01.2

How it works.

From idea to delivery in 5 steps.

Describe your goal in one sentence, or start from a template or plugin. Once a visual direction is set, palette, type, and spacing flow into generation automatically. The agent reads full context and produces real runnable files, previewed and edited in a sandbox.

Ship it, or film it — hand off to engineering, or turn it into a marketing video with HyperFrames. Memory compounds: every choice becomes context for the next run.

  • Pick a starting point → set the visual direction → generate the artifact.
  • Ship it, or film it — engineering handoff or HyperFrames video.
  • Memory compounds — every run lands closer to what you want.
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01.3

By the numbers.

60K+
GitHub Stars
open source under Apache-2.0.
217+
Plugins
prototypes, slides, posters, dashboards.
129
Design systems
import from GitHub, Figma, or local.
21
Coding agents
auto-detected on your $PATH; zero config.

Open Design · Apache-2.0 · 300+ contributors · github.com/nexu-io/open-design

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What can you make with it.

Prototypes, live artifacts, slides, images, HTML-to-MP4 marketing shorts, and cinematic generative footage.

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File-system semantics plus git-diffable design artifacts — design is finally under version control.
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Indie developer Open Design community

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Open · Local · Agent-native

Frontier AI design, back on every creator's desk.

Download Open Design for macOS or Windows, or star the repo on GitHub. github.com/nexu-io/open-design · discord.gg/mHAjSMV6gz · x.com/nexudotio

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Open Design.

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