An open-source, local-first, agent-native alternative to Claude Design that lets users generate design artifacts using their own coding agent CLIs and bring-your-own-key endpoints without lock-in.
Project overview
The project enables users to generate design artifacts using their own coding agent CLIs and bring-your-own-key endpoints without lock-in.
Project type
AI Agent · AI Coding
Use cases
Coding & Development
Deployment
Refer to project documentation
License
Apache-2.0
Best for
Developers and enterprise teams seeking an open-source, local-first alternative to cloud-only design tools who want to use their own coding agents and API keys.
Creators who need to generate web, desktop, and mobile HTML prototypes or presentation decks from text briefs and brand contracts.
Key capabilities
Ships as skills, a CLI, and an MCP server allowing mainstream coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.) to act as the design engine once connected.
Generates single-page web, desktop, and mobile HTML prototypes rendered in a sandboxed iframe that read from the active DESIGN.md system.
Supports running the Open Design workspace as a containerized web service via docker compose.
Infrastructure for browsing, installing, and distributing workflow plugins to extend generation on demand.
Limitations and risks
The system orchestrates design generation via coding agent CLIs and bring-your-own-key endpoints; remote inference APIs or paid coding-agent CLIs are required for generation.
There is no direct documentation establishing an end-to-end local-only data boundary, GPU requirements, or telemetry practices.
Getting started
Download the desktop app or clone the repository. If using Docker, run docker compose up -d. Finally, type a brief in the entry view.