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OpenDesign

OpenDesignCreative & MediaCollaborative design workspace powered by coding agents.Apache-2.0
Field notes / 189OpenDesign
  • Also known as: OD
I / Function

Collaborative design workspace powered by coding agents.

OpenDesign is a design workspace where coding agents turn briefs into prototypes and other visual artifacts, using selected design systems and project files. Teams can preview results, share feedback and refine the same project. It offers desktop and self-hosted deployments alongside a cloud service, and connects through agent CLIs, model APIs and MCP for access to local design assets.

OpenDesign official README · Reviewed 2026-10-29

A scored design sheet raises its own colored outlines into an angular prototype.
Awesome Open* · Field recordOpenDesignOP-D8FF876D · Folio 189Domain: Creative & Media
  1. 01 / Feature noteDesign-system application

    Combine a project brief with design-system instructions, tokens and assets when generating a prototype.

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  2. 02 / Feature noteLive project access

    Let MCP-compatible agents read current local project files, including CSS tokens, JSX components and entry HTML.

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II / Repository record

GitHub stars

105,806

Detected license

Apache-2.0

Repository created

2026-04-28

Repository push

2026-11-04

III / Observations & evidence

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IV / Release record

GitHub release

open-design-v0.27.0

Published 2026-11-04

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V / Where it runs
Desktop applicationLocal browser interfaceCommand line
Downloadable binary / archiveBuild from sourceContainer
macOS / Windows / Linux
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Run Install Documented platforms

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Run modes
  • Desktop application

    The recommended path is the desktop app, which the README says needs no Node, pnpm, or clone.

    OpenDesign README

  • Local browser interface

    Docker Compose serves the app at http://127.0.0.1:7456. The source dev server prints its own URL.

    OpenDesign README

  • Command line

    The od command installs OpenDesign into a coding agent. A hosted install.sh wraps od mcp install.

    OpenDesign README

Install methods
  • Downloadable binary / archive

    macOS Apple Silicon and Intel, and Windows x64, from open-design.ai or GitHub Releases.

    OpenDesign README

  • Build from source

    git clone, corepack enable, pnpm install, and pnpm tools-dev run web.

    OpenDesign README

  • Container

    From deploy/, docker compose up -d after writing OD_API_TOKEN into .env.

    OpenDesign README

Documented platforms
  • macOS / Windows / Linux

    Desktop builds are documented for macOS and Windows. The README says no official Linux desktop artifact is published and points Linux users to the source path.

    OpenDesign README

Resource and setup notes
  • Minimum: Node.js ~24 and pnpm 10.33.x.

    Applies to the documented source path, not to the desktop downloads.

    OpenDesign README