open-designOpen-source local-first alternative to Claude Design with 31 design skills (web prototypes, SaaS landing pages, dashboards, mobile onboarding, gamified apps, email, social carousels, poster design, motion frames, sprite animation) and 71 brand-grade design systems. Runs as a daemon plus web UI or desktop app.
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name: open-design description: | Open-source local-first alternative to Claude Design with 31 design skills (web prototypes, SaaS landing pages, dashboards, mobile onboarding, gamified apps, email, social carousels, poster design, motion frames, sprite animation) and 71 brand-grade design systems. Runs as a daemon plus web UI or desktop app. triggers:
Catalogue stub — full platform: nexu-io/open-design
Local Node.js/pnpm environment required (no cloud account needed). open-design runs fully locally as a daemon process with a browser-based web UI, or as a downloadable desktop app.
| Method | Command / Link |
|---|---|
| Desktop app (recommended) | Download from open-design.ai |
| Self-hosted (web UI) | git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design && pnpm install && pnpm tools-dev run web |
| Daemon only | pnpm tools-dev run daemon after clone + install |
npm install -g pnpm, then Node.js from nodejs.org.http://localhost:PORT (shown on start).A local-first open-source platform that ships 31 design skills covering the full product design spectrum: web prototypes, SaaS landing pages, dashboards, mobile onboarding flows, gamified app UIs, email templates, social carousels, poster design, motion frames, and sprite animation. Also includes 71 brand-grade design system definitions that can be applied across any skill. Designed as a self-hosted alternative to Claude Design with no vendor lock-in.