# nexu-io/open-design

🎨 Best DeepSeek Harness Design Plugin. The open-source Claude Design alternative. 🖥️ Local-first desktop app. 🖼️ Your coding agent becomes the design engine: prototypes, landing pages, dashboards, slides, images & video — real files, HTML/PDF/PPTX/MP4 export. 🤖 Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / DeepSeek Harness / OpenCode & 20+ CLIs via BYOK.

Repository: https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/open-design
Homepage: https://open-design.ai
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai-design, byok, coding-agents, design-systems, local-first, claude-design, hermes-agent, agent-skills, desktop-app, figma-alternative, prototyping, ui-generator, vibe-coding, claude-code-for-design, codex-design, cursor-design, deepseek-harness, dsh-plugin, dsh, deepseek
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:41:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 9
- inputs: {"age_days": 127, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 2.0, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 91793, forks 10565 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:23.344702+00:00)

## What it is
OpenDesign is an open-source, local-first desktop application that turns coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and DeepSeek Harness into a design engine for prototypes, landing pages, dashboards, slides, images, and video. It is BYOK, Apache-2.0 licensed, and exports real files (HTML/PDF/PPTX/MP4) governed by portable design systems.

## Use cases
- generate landing pages from a one-line brief using my coding agent
- create slide decks and presentations with AI
- build interactive prototypes without Figma
- keep all marketing visuals on-brand with a shared design system
- generate dashboards from prompts locally
- use Claude Code or Codex as a design engine
- export designs to HTML, PDF, PPTX, or MP4 files

## When to choose
- you want an open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Design or Figma AI workflows
- you already run coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI) and want them to produce design artifacts
- you need data to stay on-device with BYOK and file-based outputs you own

## When to avoid
- you need collaborative, hand-drawn vector editing like traditional Figma or Sketch
- you cannot install Node.js 24 and run a local daemon, or prefer a fully hosted zero-setup tool
- you require pixel-perfect print or professional design production pipelines

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, ui-components, templating, image-processing, video-processing, llm-inference, prompt-engineering, developer-tools
- domain: artificial-intelligence, web-design, frontend, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: ai-design, byok, local-first, claude-design-alternative, prototyping, design-systems, vibe-coding, coding-agents, figma-alternative, ui-generator, slides, desktop-app, agent-skills, ai-agents, desktop, macos, linux, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- nexu-io/open-design (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.344702+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 2026-08-29T16:13:50.602077+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.344702+00:00, sha 9208b71f3699)
  - homepage: https://open-design.ai (fetched 2026-08-28T17:35:51.850658+00:00, sha 6175fd7bbc6e)
  - site_page: https://open-design.ai/quickstart/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:35:51.861319+00:00, sha 919d205e7e6d)
  - site_page: https://open-design.ai/about/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:35:51.863056+00:00, sha f2a1c383ec43)
  - site_page: https://open-design.ai/pricing/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:35:51.859285+00:00, sha deea7eba66cd)
  - site_page: https://open-design.ai/faq/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:35:51.865303+00:00, sha 155677013efa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.