# open-pencil/open-pencil

AI-native design editor. Open-source Figma alternative.

Repository: https://github.com/open-pencil/open-pencil
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/open-pencil
Homepage: https://openpencil.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, collaboration, design-editor, figma-alternative, open-source, skia, tauri, vue, webgpu
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:54:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 13
- inputs: {"age_days": 187, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 32}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8003, forks 774 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:11.452404+00:00)

## What it is
OpenPencil is an open-source, AI-native design editor that opens and writes native Figma (.fig) files, with built-in AI chat that can create and modify designs via 90+ tools. It ships as a ~7 MB Tauri desktop app, a browser PWA, a headless CLI for inspecting/converting design files, an MCP server, and a headless Vue SDK for building custom editors.

## Use cases
- open and edit figma files without a figma account
- generate ui designs from a text prompt with ai
- inspect and lint figma design files from the command line
- extract design tokens from figma files for ci
- export designs to jsx and tailwind code
- collaborate on designs in real time without a server
- build a custom embedded design editor with a vue sdk
- convert image layers to editable vectors

## When to choose
- you need a free, local, open-source Figma alternative that reads .fig files natively
- you want AI-assisted design generation with your own LLM provider keys
- you need to programmatically inspect, lint, or convert design files in CI
- you want P2P real-time collaboration with no accounts or servers
- you're building a custom or embedded editing surface on a headless editor core

## When to avoid
- you need full parity with Figma's plugin ecosystem, prototyping, or team features
- you require a battle-tested, stable tool for production design teams - the project is in active development with rough edges
- you need server-side design asset management or enterprise SSO
- you depend on non-Figma design file formats like Sketch or XD

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, gui, cli, image-processing, llm-inference, mcp, agent-framework, sdk, plugin-system, web-scraping, developer-tools, animation, ui-components, websocket, wasm, templating, data-visualization, file-system, parser, workflow-automation
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, developer-tools, artificial-intelligence, cross-platform, desktop-applications, graphics
- platform: windows, browser, cross-platform, cli, editor-plugin, wasm, bun, rust
- tags: figma-alternative, design-editor, figma-files, design-tokens, design-to-code, vector-editor, real-time-collaboration, p2p-collaboration, webgpu, skia, vue-sdk, headless-editor, ai-design, mcp-server, kiwi-codec, auto-layout, css-grid, image-vectorization, tailwind-export, pwa, ai-agents, automation, macos, linux, desktop, tauri, web-server, gpu, nodejs, vue, typescript

## Member repositories
- open-pencil/open-pencil (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:11.452404+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 2026-08-29T17:32:31.990535+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/open-pencil/open-pencil (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:11.452404+00:00, sha b0a2092c6e0f)
  - homepage: https://openpencil.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:42.452628+00:00, sha a44f56ed859e)
  - site_page: https://openpencil.dev/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:42.467285+00:00, sha 5653aa2f5a7d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.