Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
🎨 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 / Gemini / OpenCode / Qwen & 20+ CLIs via BYOK.
Best matched with other agent tools.
hermes-agent has the larger GitHub footprint with 218.9K stars.
hermes-agent is currently growing faster at +74.1K stars this week.
open-design has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 100/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | open-design | hermes-agent |
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| Evidence status | Recently verified· 1d ago | Recently verified· 1d ago |
| GitHub stars | 80.7K | 218.9K |
| Weekly growth | +43.2K | +74.1K |
| Health score | Strong100/100 |
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| Contributors | 390 | 2.2K |
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| Commits per week | 229.0 | 876.8 |
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| Open issues | 628 | 24.6K |
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| Language | TypeScript | Python |
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| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
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| Last commit | 1d ago | 1d ago |
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| Last release | open-design-v0.16.0 | v2026.7.20 |
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