Open source design projects

Every project in the registry tagged design, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 21 combined stars ★ 337K refresh nightly
01 Penpot ★ 62K

Open-source UI design and prototyping for product teams

last push20 hours ago languageClojure licenseMPL-2.0
02 Tldraw ★ 51K

Free instant whiteboard with real-time collaboration

last push3 days ago languageTypeScript license—
03 Chatwoot ★ 39K

Omnichannel customer support with a built-in AI assistant

last push3 days ago languageRuby license—
04 Nextcloud ★ 37K

Secure cloud collaboration platform for organizations

last push18 hours ago languagePHP licenseAGPL-3.0
05 Graphite ★ 28K

Procedural vector editor that runs in your browser, no signup needed

last push17 hours ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
06 Onlook ★ 27K

Visual React editor with real-time code updates

last push12 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
07 Screenity ★ 19K

Free, private screen recording for Chrome

last push8 days ago languageJavaScript licenseGPL-3.0
08 mojs ★ 19K

The motion graphics toolbelt for the web

last push3 months ago languageCoffeeScript licenseMIT
09 material-design-for-bootstrap ★ 9.2K

Important! A new UI Kit version for Bootstrap 5 is available. Access the latest free version via the link below.

last push7 months ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
10 WebStudio ★ 9.1K

Visual web development with code-level control

last push22 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
11 rawgraphs-app ★ 9.1K

A web interface to create custom vector-based visualizations on top of RAWGraphs core

last push25 days ago languageJavaScript licenseApache-2.0
12 Plasmic ★ 7.1K

Visual app builder that integrates with your existing codebase

last push22 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
13 pts ★ 5.4K

A library for visualization and creative-coding

last push6 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
14 tailwindcss-motion ★ 3.3K

tailwindcss-motion is a Tailwind CSS Plugin made at RomboHQ. It’s a simple, yet powerful, animation library with a simple syntax.

last push9 months ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
15 Silex ★ 3.0K

Free, open-source visual website builder for designers

last push3 days ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
16 img2css ★ 2.5K

Convert any image to pure CSS. Recreates images using only box-shadows.

last push3 days ago languageJavaScript licenseBSD-3-Clause
17 webgradients ★ 2.5K

180 free CSS3, Figma, Sketch & PSD gradients — plus a JSON dataset for design tools, generators, and AI agents.

last push3 months ago languageCSS licenseMIT
18 visual-center ★ 1.4K

Tool to better align logos in the center of a container.

last push3 days ago languageJavaScript licenseBSD-3-Clause
19 idraw ★ 1.1K

A simple JavaScript framework for Drawing on the web.(一个面向Web绘图的JavaScript框架)

last push7 months ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
20 figma-use ★ 614

Control Figma from the command line. Full read/write access for AI agents — create shapes, text, components, set styles, export images. 100+ commands.

last push4 months ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
21 cohesive-colors ★ 538

Tool that help you to create more cohesive color schemes. Add a tint to your existing colors.

last push3 days ago languageTypeScript licenseBSD-3-Clause

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source design projects are there?

This registry tracks 21 projects tagged design, with 336,895 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Penpot at 61,969 stars.

Are these design projects free to use?

Yes — 19 of the 21 carry an explicit open-source licence across 6 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which design project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these design projects still maintained?

15 of the 21 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.