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Open Design

Local-first workspace where your coding agent builds prototypes, decks and videos from a brief and DESIGN.md

  • score 64
  • 101k stars
  • 592 stars/day since creation
  • pushed
  • open-design-v0.25.0 on
  • Apache-2.0

Run from source

git clone https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design.git
cd open-design
corepack enable && pnpm install
pnpm tools-dev run web

Copied from the project's docs at github.com/nexu-io/open-design

Why you'd want it

Open Design starts from a brief and uses a coding agent already on your PATH, or OpenDesign Cloud, to create a prototype that follows your design system. The README reports 151 design-system packages built around a DESIGN.md file, plus 100+ functional skills and a plugin catalog. Outputs include web and mobile prototypes, slide decks that export to HTML, PDF, PPTX, ZIP or Markdown, generated images, and HyperFrames motion graphics exported to MP4. It also ships a stdio MCP server, so an agent in another repo can read files from your local Open Design projects after an od mcp install step.

Best for

  • Turning a brief into a prototype with your coding agent
  • Applying a DESIGN.md brand spec to generated pages
  • Decks and motion graphics from one project

Use it when

You already use a coding agent such as Claude Code or Codex and want it to produce on-brand prototypes, decks or media from a brief, with a local daemon and a desktop app around it.

Skip it if

It does not ship an agent, so you need a coding-agent CLI on your PATH, a BYOK API key, or OpenDesign Cloud, which is a separate hosted service. The daemon spawns those agent CLIs and the BYOK proxy takes provider API keys; scrubbed safety and reliability telemetry is always on (analytics and session replay are consent-gated), HyperFrames renders through headless Chrome, and the README also offers a curl-pipe-shell install.sh route that runs a remote script. The roadmap still lists unfinished items such as the AI-emitted tweaks panel and Figma or Pencil migration plugins (alpha), there is no prebuilt Linux desktop release, and on macOS a bare od command can resolve to the system octal-dump utility.

Editor's note

The README recommends the desktop app (macOS and Windows, from open-design.ai or GitHub Releases) and also lists Docker, od mcp install <agent> and a curl-pipe-shell install.sh. Run from source needs Node ~24 and pnpm 10.33.x per the README.

Related tools

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  1. Rank 16

    OfficeCLI

    Devtool

    CLI that lets agents create, read and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files without Office installed

    • score 51
    • 32.1k stars
    • 149 stars/day since creation
    • pushed
    • v1.0.157 on
    • Apache-2.0

    Install with Homebrew

    brew install officecli
    Use it when, skip it if, stats for OfficeCLI

    Why you'd want it

    OfficeCLI is a single binary that creates, reads and modifies .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files from the command line, with no Office installation needed. Every command supports --json output and elements are addressed by paths such as /slide[1]/shape[2], so an agent does not have to handle OOXML namespaces. It can render documents to HTML or PNG so an agent can look at its output and fix layout, and it evaluates Excel formulas on write. It also ships template merge for {{key}} placeholders, a dump command that turns a document into replayable batch JSON, and a built-in MCP server.

    Best for

    • Agent-generated decks, reports and spreadsheets
    • Batch edits and template fill in CI
    • Extracting document content to JSON

    Use it when

    You want an agent to produce or edit Word, Excel or PowerPoint files from a shell or over MCP, including in headless or Docker environments with no Office install.

    Skip it if

    You are wary of piping a script into your shell; the README's one-line installer is curl into bash, and a package manager or manual download is also listed. The install step also writes a skill file into every agent config it detects, checks for updates in the background by default, and view screenshot pipes rendered HTML through a headless browser while watch starts a local HTTP server. The README's claims of being the first and best, its fidelity claims and its comparison table are the project's own and were not checked here, so test your own documents first. The raw XML commands can rewrite document parts directly.

    Stats

    New and rising score
    51 of 100
    Stars per day, since repo creation
    149
    Release
    v1.0.157,
    License
    Apache-2.0
    Pricing
    Open source
    Works with
    Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, VS Code, macOS, Linux, Windows
    Forks
    2,185
    Open issues
    95
    GitHub checked

    Full stat block for OfficeCLI

  2. Rank 45

    Repomix

    Devtool

    Packs a repository into one AI-friendly file in XML, Markdown, JSON or plain text

    • score 25
    • 28.9k stars
    • 35 stars/day since creation
    • pushed
    • v1.18.1 on
    • MIT

    Run with npx

    npx repomix@latest
    Use it when, skip it if, stats for Repomix

    Why you'd want it

    Repomix reads a local or remote repository, respects .gitignore and .repomixignore, uses Secretlint to leave out files that match known credential formats, and writes one file with a summary, directory structure and file contents, plus token counts per file. The --compress option uses Tree-sitter to keep key code elements with fewer tokens, and large outputs can be split into parts. It also runs as an MCP server (repomix --mcp) and can generate Claude Agent Skills from a codebase.

    Best for

    • Feeding a whole codebase to a chat model
    • Checking token counts before sending context
    • Packing a remote GitHub repo for reference

    Use it when

    You want to hand an LLM a full or filtered snapshot of a repository in one file, or let an agent pack repos through MCP.

    Skip it if

    Your coding agent already reads files in your workspace and you have no need for a single packed file. By default the MCP server can read any path the host user can, so use --sandbox with untrusted clients.

    Stats

    New and rising score
    25 of 100
    Stars per day, since repo creation
    35
    Release
    v1.18.1,
    License
    MIT
    Pricing
    Open source
    Works with
    Any MCP client, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Docker, Web
    Forks
    1,612
    Open issues
    154
    GitHub checked

    Full stat block for Repomix

  3. Rank 2

    ManimGX

    Devtool

    Renders Manim CE-style math and 3D animation videos from Python scenes your agent writes

    • score 72
    • 1.5k stars
    • 145 stars/day since creation
    • pushed
    • v0.1.1 on
    • MIT

    Install with pip

    pip install manimgx
    Use it when, skip it if, stats for ManimGX

    Why you'd want it

    ManimGX lets an agent write Python against Manim Community Edition's API while a Rust and wgpu engine renders the MP4. It handles 2D and 3D together, with LaTeX or Typst text and math that need no LaTeX installation. The manimgx inspect command gives the agent storyboards and 2D layout checks to review its own output. The README also lists speech synced to animations with self.say() and an npm package that runs scenes in the browser through Pyodide and WebGPU. The README reports a 90.6x speedup over ManimCE on its own five-scene benchmark on an Apple M4 Pro.

    Best for

    • Agent-made explainer videos
    • Math and 3D visualizations
    • Embedding animations in web pages

    Use it when

    You want an agent to turn a topic into a rendered math or 3D animation video, or you have Manim CE scenes you want to render faster.

    Skip it if

    You need a mature tool: the repo is days old, at v0.1.1, with two contributors. It needs Python 3.13+, and the README says native wheels include x264 and are GPL-3.0-or-later as a whole, so check that before redistributing. The prompt install has your agent follow a remote llms.txt and run setup commands, so read it first. The benchmark numbers are the README's own claims.

    Stats

    New and rising score
    72 of 100
    Stars per day, since repo creation
    145
    Release
    v0.1.1,
    License
    MIT
    Pricing
    Open source
    Works with
    Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, macOS, Linux, Windows, Web
    Forks
    110
    Open issues
    9
    GitHub checked

    Full stat block for ManimGX

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# list the MCP servers in the catalog
curl -s https://agenttooldrop.com/tools.json \
  | jq -r '.tools[] | select(.category=="mcp-server") | .slug'