Project comparison

A2A vs open-design

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

A2A

Agent2Agent (A2A) is an open protocol enabling communication and interoperability between opaque agentic applications.

Best matched with other agent tools.

25.0K

Stars

+1.2K

Weekly

72/100

Health

open-design

🎨 Best DeepSeek Harness Design Plugin. 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 export. 🤖 Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / DeepSeek Harness / OpenCode & 20+ CLIs via BYOK.

Best matched with other agent tools.

99.4K

Stars

+43.2K

Weekly

95/100

Health

Quick Take

Adoption

open-design has the larger GitHub footprint with 99.4K stars.

Momentum

open-design is currently growing faster at +43.2K stars this week.

Maintenance

open-design has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 95/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

Signal	A2A	open-design
Evidence status	Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:17 UTC	Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars	25.0K	99.4K
Weekly growth	+1.2K	+43.2K
Health score	Healthy72/100	Strong95/100
Contributors	153	390
Commits per week	2.5	229.0
Open issues	214	628
Language	Shell	TypeScript
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Last commit	2026-07-21 19:50 UTC	2026-10-04 02:08 UTC
Last release	v1.0.1	open-design-v0.16.0

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