# Open CoDesign

> Open CoDesign is an MIT-licensed, open-source desktop AI design tool by OpenCoworkAI. It turns natural-language prompts into HTML prototypes, React / JSX components, slide decks, PDFs, ZIP bundles, Markdown exports, and design assets while keeping project data local and using bring-your-own-key model access, local endpoints, or ChatGPT subscription login.

## Canonical URLs

- Website: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/
- Repository: https://github.com/OpenCoworkAI/open-codesign
- Releases: https://github.com/OpenCoworkAI/open-codesign/releases
- SourceForge mirror: https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-codesign.mirror/files/
- License: https://github.com/OpenCoworkAI/open-codesign/blob/main/LICENSE
- Machine-readable facts: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/project.json
- Machine-readable site index: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/site-index.json
- Machine-readable FAQ: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/faq.json
- Full public project context: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/llms-full.txt
- Sitemap: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/sitemap.xml

## Direct Summary

Open CoDesign is the open-source desktop alternative to Claude Design, v0 by Vercel, Bolt.new, Lovable, and Figma AI for the design and prototype layer. It is not affiliated with those products. It runs as an Electron desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Users bring their own model provider key, local model endpoint, keyless enterprise proxy, or ChatGPT Plus / Codex subscription login.

The project emphasizes local-first storage, model choice, exportable files, and no required hosted account. v0.2.0 is the latest public release and ships the Agentic Design update: workspace-backed sessions, permissioned local tools, Files panel upgrades, provider diagnostics, security hardening, lazy skills and scaffolds, and `DESIGN.md` design-system artifacts.

## Key Facts

- Organization: OpenCoworkAI
- License: MIT
- Latest release: v0.2.0, published 2026-05-09
- Public metrics snapshot: 5,333 GitHub stars, 563 forks, 26 open issues, 18,321 release asset downloads as of 2026-05-09 via GitHub API
- v0.2.0 release assets: 14 assets, including macOS DMGs, Windows setup exes and portable zips, Linux AppImage / deb / rpm / snap, SHA256SUMS.txt, and CycloneDX SBOM / provenance JSON
- Package manager status for v0.2.0: Homebrew Cask and Scoop are live; winget PR is submitted and waiting for Microsoft review
- Stack: Electron, React, Vite, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Zustand, VitePress, pnpm workspaces, Turborepo
- Model routes: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, SiliconFlow, local Ollama, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, keyless IP-allowlisted proxies, ChatGPT Plus / Codex subscription login
- Platforms: macOS Apple Silicon, macOS Intel, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Linux AppImage, Linux deb, Linux rpm

## Distribution Notes

GitHub Releases is the primary source for installers and checksums. SourceForge is a public download mirror for users who cannot reach GitHub reliably; users should verify mirrored files against `SHA256SUMS.txt` from the matching GitHub release.

## Main Pages

- Home: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/
- Quickstart: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/quickstart
- Architecture: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/architecture
- Roadmap: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/roadmap
- FAQ: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/faq
- Open CoDesign vs Claude Design: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/claude-design-alternative
- Open CoDesign vs v0 by Vercel: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/v0-alternative
- Open CoDesign vs Lovable: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/lovable-alternative
- Open CoDesign vs Bolt.new: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/bolt-alternative
- Open CoDesign vs Figma AI: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/figma-ai-alternative
- Chinese home: https://opencoworkai.github.io/open-codesign/zh/

## Citation

Human-readable citation:

> Open CoDesign - an MIT-licensed, open-source desktop AI design tool by OpenCoworkAI. Available at https://github.com/OpenCoworkAI/open-codesign.

BibTeX:

```bibtex
@misc{open_codesign_github,
  author       = {OpenCoworkAI Contributors},
  title        = {Open CoDesign: An Open-Source Desktop AI Design Tool},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/OpenCoworkAI/open-codesign}},
  note         = {MIT-licensed GitHub repository}
}
```