Overview
Open Design is an open-source design skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode, published by nexu-io. Its author describes it as: “🎨 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…”. The project has 83k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design ~/.claude/skills/open-design`.
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Installation
Add Open Design to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design ~/.claude/skills/open-designReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — named in the skill.md
- Codex — named in the skill.md
- Cursor — named in the skill.md
- Gemini CLI — named in the skill.md
- OpenCode — named in the skill.md
License
Open Design is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nexu-io/open-design, an established project with 82,673 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Open Design do?
- 🎨 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 / Gemini / OpenCode / Qwen & 20+ CLIs via BYOK.
- How do I install Open Design?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design ~/.claude/skills/open-design in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design before installing.
- Is Open Design free to use?
- Yes. Open Design is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does Open Design work with?
- Open Design lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does Open Design come from?
- Open Design ships inside nexu-io/open-design, a repository that contains 61 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 82,673 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.