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 / DeepSee
Open Design is an MCP server that transforms coding agents into design engines, enabling local generation of web prototypes, mobile interfaces, presentation decks, images, and videos with real file exports (HTML, PDF, PPTX, MP4). It provides a local-first desktop application and MCP integration for 25+ coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, DeepSeek Harness, and GitHub Copilot. Projects are guided by brand-grade DESIGN.md design systems, 100+ functional skills, and composable rendering templates—all running on your laptop with bring-your-own-key model support.
Key Features
Use Cases
- 01Generate brand-consistent landing pages, dashboards, and mobile app prototypes directly from coding agents
- 02Create multi-slide presentation decks with magazine layouts, Swiss International themes, and export to PPTX or PDF
- 03Build live KPI dashboards and decision-room artifacts with editable tweaks panels for product and ops meetings
- 04Produce marketing visuals and motion graphics using HyperFrames templates for SaaS promos, TikTok videos, and data visualizations
- 05Refactor existing Git repositories to match a DESIGN.md brand specification using agent-driven workflows
- 06Prototype mobile interfaces with device previews and hand off code to React, Next.js, or Vue for production
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open-design — FAQ
What is the Open Design MCP server?+
Open Design is an MCP server and local-first desktop app that enables coding agents to generate design artifacts—web prototypes, mobile apps, decks, images, and videos—with real file exports and brand-grade design systems. It's an open-source alternative to Claude Design that works with 25+ coding agents.
How do I install Open Design for my coding agent?+
Run 'od mcp install <agent>' where <agent> is claude, codex, cursor, copilot, or another supported client. For hosted setup, use 'curl -fsSL https://open-design.ai/install.sh | sh -s <agent>'. Desktop app users can copy the integration snippet from Settings → MCP server.
Which coding agents and AI clients does Open Design support?+
Open Design supports Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, DeepSeek Harness (native runtime), Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenClaw, Antigravity, Cline, Kimi, Hermes, Raven, and 15+ other coding agents via MCP. It also offers BYOK proxy support for any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Do I need API keys to use Open Design?+
Open Design is model-agnostic and requires you to bring your own API keys (BYOK) for OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, or compatible endpoints. You can also use local models via Ollama, LM Studio, or vLLM with no external API.
Is Open Design free and open source?+
Yes, Open Design is licensed under Apache 2.0 and fully open source. The desktop app and MCP server are free to use with your own API keys; there are no subscription fees, though an optional Open Design Cloud service offers hosted model access.
What file formats can Open Design export?+
Open Design exports web prototypes and dashboards as HTML, decks as HTML/PDF/PPTX/Markdown/ZIP, documents as PDF, images as standard image formats, and HyperFrames motion graphics as MP4 video files.
How do I install open-design?+
Open the source repository on GitHub and follow its README. open-design is a mcp server — MCP Agents Market links you directly to the official repo.
Is open-design free?+
open-design is an open-source project hosted on GitHub. Check the repository for its license and any usage requirements.