Best Open Source Design Tools Tools

Open source design tools tools, ranked by score and analyzed honestly. Part of our Self-Hosted & Apps coverage.

Ranked by score. Updated weekly.

1

Excalidraw

86

Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn diagrams

126,223 โ˜…TypeScriptpermissive
2

open-design

86

๐ŸŽจ Local-first, open-source alternative to Anthropic's Claude Design. โšก 19 Skills ยท โœจ 71 brand-grade Design Systems ยท ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ sandboxed preview ยท ๐Ÿ“ฆ HTML/PDF/PPTX export. ๐Ÿค– Runs on Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / Gemini CLI / OpenCode / Qwen / Copilot / Hermes / Kimi CLI.

71,293 โ˜…TypeScriptpermissive
3

Penpot

81

Open source design and prototyping platform

53,764 โ˜…Clojureweak-copyleft
4

open-codesign

79

Open-source Claude Design alternative. One-click import your Claude Code / Codex API key. Prompt โ†’ prototype / slides / PDF. Multi-model (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Kimi, GLM, Ollama). BYOK, local-first, MIT.

6,980 โ˜…TypeScriptpermissive
5

Kami

77

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš’ Good content deserves good paper.

9,190 โ˜…HTMLpermissive
6

tldraw

71

SDK for creating whiteboards and canvas experiences

48,319 โ˜…TypeScriptsource-available
7

design-extract

69

CLI tool that reverse-engineers websites to extract complete design systems

3,363 โ˜…JavaScriptpermissive
8

infinite-canvas

63

้ขๅ‘AIๅˆ›ไฝœ็š„ๅผ€ๆบๆ— ้™็”ปๅธƒๅทฅไฝœๅฐ๏ผŒ้›†ๆˆ AI ็”Ÿๅ›พใ€ๅ‚่€ƒๅ›พ็ผ–่พ‘ใ€็”ปๅธƒ็ผ–ๆŽ’ใ€ๅฏน่ฏๅŠฉๆ‰‹ใ€ๆ็คบ่ฏๅบ“ๅ’Œ็ด ๆ็ฎก็†็ญ‰ๅŠŸ่ƒฝใ€‚

2,255 โ˜…TypeScriptstrong-copyleft
9

Glaxnimate

35

Simple open-source vector animation editor that exports Lottie, SVG, and video.

26 โ˜…C++copyleft

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