Install open-design with Homebrew Cask

Project links

• Homepage
• Repository
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

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Project history

OpenDesign emerged as a local-first, open-source design workspace built around installed coding-agent CLIs. Its first public release combined agent detection and dispatch, curated design systems, reusable skills, and sandboxed artifact previews.

The project broadened into an extensible design platform with desktop and container distribution, a plugin marketplace, portable Agent Skill-compatible packages, media workflows, design-system authoring, and multiple routes for local or bring-your-own-key inference.

Adoption history

OpenDesign launched with adapters for a broad set of coding-agent CLIs rather than binding its workflow to one model vendor. It subsequently added packaged desktop releases, container deployment, plugins, design-system catalogs, and MCP integration.

The official changelog records rapid contributor and feature growth after the first public release, including a larger agent bench and a built-in sign-in-based model service in 0.9.0.

How it is used

Install the desktop application for an automatically configured workspace, run the stack from source or Docker, or expose OpenDesign to another agent through its MCP integration.

Choose an available coding agent, design system, and skill or plugin; provide a brief; review the streamed artifact; then retain the generated source or export it to formats such as PDF, PPTX, or MP4.

Why package nerds care

OpenDesign treats design practice as packageable developer infrastructure: Agent Skills, design-system bundles, plugins, templates, and MCP services are stored as inspectable files and registries rather than being confined to a hosted editor.

It is notable for composing existing local coding agents with reusable design knowledge, producing ordinary project artifacts such as HTML, CSS, PDF, PPTX, and MP4 that can continue through standard source-control workflows.

Timeline

• 2026-05-01: OpenDesign 0.1.0 became the first public release.
• 2026-05-07: Version 0.5.0 added first-class live dashboards, inspect-mode editing, and further agent integration.
• 2026-05-29: Version 0.9.0 added the built-in OpenDesign AMR service and substantially expanded onboarding, plugins, and agent support.

Related projects

• Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Qwen, Copilot CLI, and other agent runtimes can act as execution backends.
• The project adopts the Agent Skills `SKILL.md` convention and adds `open-design.json` metadata for its plugin ecosystem.
• Figma and Pencil migration workflows connect external design sources to code-oriented outputs.

Sources

• https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design#readme
• https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/blob/main/QUICKSTART.md
• https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/blob/main/apps/daemon/src/app-config.ts