Open Design
Local-first, open-source Claude Design alternative. A native desktop design app.
🔥 Open Design 0.10.0 is here: the all-in-one Agentic design workspace. The whole craft now lives in one window — go from a vague idea to discovering references, gathering material, editing interactively, queuing comments, polishing motion, and handing off to an editor or a Code Agent — without leaving the app. With parallel sessions, it stops feeling like one assistant and starts feeling like a local design team working for you. Download 0.10.0 · Join the discussion > > ⚡ Open Design AMR (Agentic Model Router) — the official model service. One recharge to use GPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek inside Open Design: 20+ flagship models, zero config, billed by real token usage. Try AMR > > 🏅 The Open Design Fellow program is now open. If you also believe design should be open — become an Open Design Fellow, shape the product alongside the core team, and help more people take part in defining the future of design. Details → [
MAINTAINERS.md](MAINTAINERS.md) and Discord.
🎨 The local-first, open-source [Claude Design][cd] alternative. 🖥️ Native desktop app for macOS and Windows. ⚡ 100+ skills · ✨ 150 brand-grade DESIGN.md systems · 📦 261 ready-to-use plugins. 🖼️ Generates web · desktop · mobile prototypes, live dashboards / artifacts, decks, **ima
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Keeping files on device sidesteps a whole category of privacy worries, which I appreciate more every year. I would still like clarity on what, if anything, leaves the machine when the AI features run. The desktop build installed cleanly and asked for nothing it did not need.
Local first is the right instinct for a design tool, and it means my work is not hostage to someone else's uptime. The native app felt responsive and the panels are legible. I would like stronger keyboard navigation across the canvas, but the foundations are thoughtful.
An open alternative in this space is overdue and the craft here is better than I expected. The tool panels have a calm rhythm and the canvas stays smooth under a busy file. A few more snapping affordances and it would feel complete.