Open Design Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Open Design hosting gives your team a private, self-hosted AI design workspace for prototypes, decks and live artifacts on your own domain. Deploy Open Design and xCloud runs the pinned Open Design 0.24.1 image as a single container, generates a 64-character access token, mounts a persistent volume for projects, uploads and the SQLite database, and publishes the workspace over HTTPS in minutes — every page and API call requires the token.

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What is Open Design?

Open Design is an open-source design workspace, positioned upstream as an open-source alternative to Claude Design. You describe what you need in a conversation and it generates prototypes for web, desktop and mobile, decks, documents, images and HyperFrames motion graphics as real HTML and CSS, with a live preview beside the chat. Brand rules live in DESIGN.md design systems, and finished artifacts export to HTML, PDF, PPTX or MP4. Run as a self-hosted Open Design, it replaces a hosted design tool such as Figma for that workflow, under Apache-2.0.

On xCloud it is Open Design 0.24.1 from the upstream ghcr.io/nexu-io/od image, pinned by digest, as a single container with a SQLite database on the open_design_data volume. xCloud generates one access token that gates every page and API call. The image bundles no coding-agent CLIs or models, so you bring your own model keys.

From Sign-Up to a Live Design Workspace In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Open Design normally means a container, an access token, a data volume, a reverse proxy, a domain and a certificate before the first prototype. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Open Design from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Open Design image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no separate database, mount the open_design_data volume, generate the access token, lock the allowed browser origin to your domain, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Sign In And Connect A Model
Save the token from your installation credentials, open your HTTPS Open Design URL and sign in with the username open-design and the token as the password. Then connect a model through BYOK (any OpenAI-compatible endpoint) and create your first project.

Everything Open Design Does, On Your Own Server

Open Design runs here as a private web workspace on your own domain, with its projects and database on a volume you control.

Prototypes, Decks And More
Generate web, desktop and mobile prototypes, decks, documents, images and HyperFrames motion graphics, all inside one project Studio.
Live Preview Beside The Chat
The conversation, generated files and a live preview of the rendered result stay together in the Studio, so you can iterate in place.
Export To HTML, PDF, PPTX, MP4
Finished work is real HTML and CSS that exports to HTML, PDF, PPTX or MP4 instead of staying locked in a canvas.
DESIGN.md Design Systems
Keep brand consistency with DESIGN.md design systems, reusable skills and plugins that the agent reads when it creates.
Bring Your Own Model
Connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with your own key (BYOK). The xCloud image does not bundle coding-agent CLIs or models.
Token-Protected Access
Browsers sign in with HTTP Basic Auth and API clients send the same token as a Bearer header; in QA, unauthenticated and wrong-credential requests through the public domain all returned 401.

Everything You Need To Run Your Design Workspace 24/7

Managed hosting for Open Design, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Open Design 0.24.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
64-character access token generated for you
Browser origin locked to your HTTPS domain
Free SSL certificate
Persistent volume for projects and database
Server backups and snapshots
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Open Design

Prototype interfaces from a brief
Turn a written brief into a web, desktop or mobile prototype and refine it in the same project while watching the rendered result.
Produce decks and documents
Create multi-slide presentations and multi-page documents, then export them to PPTX or PDF when they are ready to share.
Keep a team on-brand
Capture a brand's visual language in a DESIGN.md design system so everything the workspace generates follows the same rules.
Design with your own model keys
Use any OpenAI-compatible endpoint you already pay for, so model access and spend stay under your control rather than a vendor's.
Keep client work private
Run the workspace on your own domain where every page and API call needs the token, so projects and uploads stay on your server.

Open Design Screenshots

A web prototype previewed inside the Open Design Studio next to the project conversation

A multi-slide deck with slide thumbnails previewed in the Open Design Studio

Open Design vs Alternatives

Claude Design: Open Design is an open-source alternative to Claude Design, according to upstream, which you run yourself on your own server with your own model keys.
Figma: As an Open Design alternative to Figma, it generates prototypes and decks as real HTML and CSS through a conversation and exports them to HTML, PDF, PPTX or MP4.
Penpot: Penpot has its own OneClick page. In an Open Design vs Penpot comparison, Open Design is agent-driven: it produces prototypes, decks and motion graphics from a brief, using your own model keys.
Open Design desktop app: Upstream also ships a local-first desktop app for macOS and Windows. The hosted install is reachable from any browser by your team behind one access token.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Open Design hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for larger projects, exports and concurrent agent runs.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Open Design itself is licensed by its maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Design Workspace?

Open Design on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can you self-host Open Design with Docker?

Yes. Upstream publishes the ghcr.io/nexu-io/od image, and this template is Open Design Docker hosting without the setup: the 0.24.1 image pinned by digest, one open_design_data volume, a generated token and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Open Design need?

The manifest asks for 384 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk; QA measured about 103 to 135 MiB idle. Larger projects, exports and concurrent agent runs may need more, so the 6 GB plan leaves real headroom.

How do I sign in to Open Design?

Use open-design as the username and the generated token from your installation credentials as the password. The same token works as a Bearer token (Authorization: Bearer <token>) for API clients, so treat it like a password.

Does Open Design include AI models?

No. The image bundles no models and no coding-agent CLIs such as Claude Code or Codex. Connect your own model through BYOK with an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or a separately supported runtime, for the agent features.

Is Open Design an alternative to Claude Design?

Upstream positions it that way: an open-source Claude Design alternative that you run yourself. Here it runs on your Cloud VPS behind one access token, with your own model keys, rather than inside a hosted product.

What can Open Design export?

Finished work exports to HTML, PDF, PPTX or MP4. Prototypes, decks, documents, images and HyperFrames motion graphics are generated as real HTML and CSS first, so the export starts from artifacts you can preview in the Studio.

Is my Open Design workspace private?

Yes. Every page and API call requires the generated token, and anonymous requests are rejected. In QA, unauthenticated, wrong-credential and spoofed-forwarding requests through the public domain all returned 401. There are no separate user accounts.

Is Open Design open source?

Yes. Open Design is published under Apache-2.0, so the software carries no fee. You pay for the Cloud VPS that runs it, an Open Design cloud of your own, plus whatever your model provider charges.

How do I back up Open Design?

Back up the open_design_data volume, which holds the SQLite database, projects and uploads, together with the site's Environment values, especially OD_API_TOKEN. Nothing schedules the copy, so run it yourself, keep an off-server copy and test a restore.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Open Design?

The install stays on its pinned 0.24.1 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up open_design_data and the token first and read the upstream release notes. Nothing upgrades automatically, and a redeploy keeps your projects.

What happens if I change the token or domain?

OD_API_TOKEN and the allowed browser origin are applied when the service starts. After changing either in the Environment editor, Save and Redeploy; the new token then applies to both browser sign-in and API calls, and every browser must sign in again.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.