Project comparison

Codewhale vs open-design

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

Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome.

Best matched with other agent tools.

40.9K

Stars

Weekly

77/100

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.

94.6K

Stars

+43.2K

Weekly

95/100

Health

Quick Take

Adoption

open-design has the larger GitHub footprint with 94.6K 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	Codewhale	open-design
Evidence status	Basic listing· 10h ago	Recently verified· 10h ago
GitHub stars	40.9K	94.6K
Weekly growth	0	+43.2K
Health score	Healthy77/100

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