open-design: what it is, how to install & alternatives

by nexu-io · Codex Skill · ★ 101.1k

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About open-design

Open Design The open-source alternative to [Claude Design][cd]. Local-first, web-deployable, BYOK at every layer — your existing coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Qwen, GitHub Copilot CLI) becomes the design engine, driven by 19 composable Skills and 71 brand-grade Design Systems. English · 简体中文 Why this exists Anthropic's [Claude Design][cd] (released 2026-04-17, Opus 4.7) showed what happens when an LLM stops writing prose and starts shipping design artifacts. It went viral — and stayed closed-source, paid-only, cloud-only, locked to Ant

How to install open-design

git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design.git

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 60/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

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Quick Facts

Stars101,107
Forks11,641
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryCodex Skill
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score59.943849693038/100
Open Issues1159
Last Updated2026-10-14
Created2026-04-28
Platformsbrowser, claude-code, codex, node
Est. Tokens~23k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with open-design for enhanced workflows:

  • styleseed — semantic(0.49)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (76%)
  • awesome-claude-design — semantic(0.51)+complementary+shared_fw(anthropic)+rare_topics+similar_pop+shared_platform (70%)
  • typeui.sh — semantic(0.41)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (69%)
  • typeui — semantic(0.56)+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (68%)
  • design-systems-mcp — semantic(0.43)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (64%)

open-design alternative? Top 6 similar tools

Looking for a open-design alternative? If you're comparing open-design with other codex skill tools, these 6 projects are the closest alternatives on Agent Skills Hub — ranked by topic overlap, star count, and community traction.

  • archify by tt-a1i · ⭐ 83.4k

    Turn any idea, plan, or codebase into a beautiful interactive diagram. An agent skill for Claude Code, Codex,

  • cherry-studio by CherryHQ · ⭐ 52.6k

    AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLM

  • rea by morluto · ⭐ 229.3k

    Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.

  • cc-switch by farion1231 · ⭐ 144.2k

    A cross-platform desktop All-in-One assistant for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Grok Build & Hermes

  • awesome-claude-code by hesreallyhim · ⭐ 55.7k

    A hand-picked collection of the finest of resources for the most awesome of agents, Claude Code, the undispute

  • agents by wshobson · ⭐ 40.4k

    Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Google Anti

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is open-design?

open-design is The 1st Collaborative AI Design Agent Workspace. Local-first and open source. Create prototypes, websites, apps, dashboards, presentations, images, and videos with your team and AI agents. Share work,. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 101.1k GitHub stars.

What programming language is open-design written in?

open-design is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as agent-skills, ai-design, byok.

How do I install or use open-design?

The README on GitHub (github.com/nexu-io/open-design) gives: git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design.git. Usage details are in the same README.

What license does open-design use?

open-design is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to open-design?

The top alternatives to open-design on Agent Skills Hub include archify, cherry-studio, rea. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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