Open Design

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 License 2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design ~/.claude/skills/open-design`.

Installation

Add Open Design to your agent with:

git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design ~/.claude/skills/open-design

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

When to use it

Reach for Open Design when you want design help from Claude Code without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Clear Apache License 2.0 license — safe to read and adapt
• Established project with 82,673 GitHub stars
• Declares compatibility with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, opencode
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

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