# buildermethods/design-os

The missing design process between your product idea and your codebase.

Repository: https://github.com/buildermethods/design-os
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/design-os
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-11T00:53:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 57, longevity 18
- inputs: {"age_days": 260, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 204, "gap_med": 53, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1845, forks 341 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:43.387134+00:00)

## What it is
Design OS is a product planning and design tool that guides you through defining your product vision, modeling data, and designing UI before writing code. It exports a complete handoff package that coding agents can use to implement the product accurately.

## Use cases
- plan a product before coding with AI
- design a UI and export production-ready components
- create a design system with colors and typography
- generate a spec handoff for a coding agent
- model data shape for a new app
- avoid generic-looking AI-generated UIs

## When to choose
- you use AI coding agents and want a structured design process first
- you need a source-of-truth spec for what to build
- you want to design UI and data models before implementation

## When to avoid
- you want a fully automated code generator with no design input
- you need a runtime UI component library rather than a design tool
- you prefer jumping straight into code without planning

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, templating, documentation, developer-tools, data-visualization
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: design-system, product-planning, ai-assisted-design, spec-driven-development, handoff, ui-design, design-process, web-server, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- buildermethods/design-os (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:43.387134+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:17:54.624395+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/buildermethods/design-os (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:43.387134+00:00, sha be5abcb38e6f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.