Project comparison

Codex Slides vs open-design

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

🎨 Open-source AI slide studio inside Codex: image-native decks, every slide a full visual canvas. ⚡ 10+ high-quality slides in ~4–5 minutes — Fast mode renders every page in parallel. 🔍 Watch the whole chain live: research → outline → style → render → edit → present → export PDF/PPTX. 🖥️ Browser-first · zero API keys · durable projects.

Best matched with other agent tools.

597

Stars

Weekly

36/100

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	Codex Slides	open-design
Evidence status	Needs recheck· 2026-09-07 09:36 UTC	Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars	597	99.4K
Weekly growth	0	+43.2K
Health score	Caution36/100	Strong95/100
Contributors	2	390
Commits per week	4.6	229.0
Open issues	1	628
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Last commit	2026-07-21 08:59 UTC	2026-10-04 02:08 UTC
Last release	v0.2.1	open-design-v0.16.0

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