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open-design

by nexu-io

OpenDesign is a local-first workspace where you give an AI coding agent a brief and it produces prototypes, websites, slide decks, images and motion graphics. Teams can share the results, give feedback and refine them in the same project.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

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Stars
104.3k
Licence
Apache-2.0
Runs on
Your computer
Setup
Moderate
Language
TypeScript
Age
182 days

What you can do with it

  • Turn a written brief into an interactive prototype or website that follows your design system
  • Create slide decks, images and exportable MP4 motion graphics with an AI agent
  • Share projects with teammates for feedback and let the agent refine the work

Make money with it

A freelancer could offer fast prototype, landing page or pitch deck design to clients, using the agent to produce first drafts and then polishing them by hand.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

  • Produce landing pages, pitch decks and product mock-ups in-house instead of paying an agency or designer for first drafts
  • Keep brand assets and design systems in one place so client or marketing materials stay consistent

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

There is a desktop download, and it connects to coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex through the `od` command-line tool and MCP; the README excerpt gives no full install steps.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • Needs a coding agent or your own AI API keys (BYOK), which usually cost money
  • The README promotes paid hosted plans and credits alongside the open-source app
  • Most of the README is a feature tour, so setup details and limits are unclear from the excerpt

Who's talking about it

Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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