open-design/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project are documented here.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

0.3.0 - 2026-05-03

A fast follow-up to 0.2.0 focused on richer design workflows, packaged-agent reliability, export/deploy flows, and broader internationalization. 39 merged PRs from 25 contributors.

Added

Web / UI

• Pet companion with Codex hatch-pet integration. (#296)
• Brand design-system cards, thumbnails, and DESIGN.md side-by-side preview. (#289)
• Per-tool renderer registry for generative UI. (#282)
• Task completion sound and browser notification. (#359)

Agents & daemon

• Persist code-agent startup state. (#255)
• Mistral Vibe CLI agent adapter. (#354)
• Devin for Terminal support. (#301)
• OD_BIND_HOST and --host for interface binding. (#328)

Skills & exports

• Taste-skill-derived web prototype and HTML PPT examples. (#358)
• pptx-html-fidelity-audit skill wired into export prompts. (#307)
• Broader PPTX fidelity script coverage beyond CJK. (#308)
• Native desktop Save As dialog for .pptx downloads. (#330)
• Export as Markdown from the share menu. (#345)

Deployment

• /api/projects/:id/deploy/preflight for pre-upload inspection. (#320)

Internationalization

• Arabic (ar) UI locale with RTL layout. (#316)
• French (fr) UI locale. (#376)

Fixed

Agents, packaged runtime & Windows

• Include nvm / fnm / mise agent CLI bins in packaged PATH. (#364)
• Detect Codex and Gemini CLIs from user toolchain paths. (#346)
• Upgrade better-sqlite3 for Node 24 Windows prebuilt support. (#357)
• Lead Copilot spawn with -p - so prompt-via-stdin is consumed. (#351)
• Drop literal - argv from Codex spawn so prompts deliver via stdin pipe alone. (#342)
• Wrap cmd.exe shim invocations to survive /s /c quote stripping. (#339)

Web UI & files

• Download as .zip now returns the actual project tree. (#341)
• Keep Design Files view active after deleting a file. (#329)
• Scroll workspace tabs in place instead of the window. (#363)
• Treat inlined script content as literal in FileViewer. (#343)
• Use response-order matching for bulk upload aggregation. (#323)
• Serve .jsx / .tsx with JS-family MIME types so browser loaders accept them. (#340)
• Fix macOS entry view drag region. (#373)

Daemon & deployment

• Increase project upload limit from 20MB to 200MB. (#319)
• Bundle and rewrite assets referenced from inline <style> blocks and style="" attributes. (#314)

Internationalization

• Update locale coverage after main merge. (#251)
• Add missing designFiles.showMore keys to ar, hu, ko, pl, and tr. (#335)

Documentation

• Japanese documentation update. (#309)
• README contributors wall refresh. (#360)
• Spelling fixes in CLI comments, spec, and video prompt docs. (#300)

0.2.0 - 2026-05-02

A feature-heavy follow-up to 0.1.0 — dark mode, xAI Grok Imagine media generation, headless deploy mode, OpenClaude fallback, four new locales, and a much richer skill / design-system / prompt-template catalog. 45 merged PRs from 27 contributors.

Added

Web / UI

• Dark mode with system / light / dark toggle. (#259)
• Visible conversation timestamps. (#120)
• React artifact output support. (#121)
• Preview comment attachments. (#284)

Agents & daemon

• Auto-detect OpenClaude as a fallback for Claude Code. (#263)
• Standardize agent communication via stdin and remove Windows-specific shims. (#258)

Media generation

• xAI Grok Imagine integration covering image, video, and native audio. (#276)

Skills, design systems & prompt templates

• kami editorial paper design system with deck starter. (#226)
• html-ppt skill (lewislulu/html-ppt-skill) with 15 per-template Examples cards. (#193)
• design-brief skill with structured I-Lang input format. (#184)
• Brand-agnostic craft references and Refero-derived lint rules. (#225)
• 11 HyperFrames video prompt templates and media generation README section. (#227)
• Three Kingdoms ARPG Seedance 2.0 video templates (3). (#212)
• Three Kingdoms ARPG gameplay screenshot templates (3). (#207)
• Otaku-dance choreography breakdown infographic template. (#209)
• Anime fighting game screenshot template. (#208)

Deployment & tooling

• --prod flag and OD_HOST for headless server deployment in tools-dev. (#222)
• GitHub CI workflow. (#271)
• Daemon kindFor / mimeFor file classifier tests. (#269)

Internationalization

• Hungarian (hu) UI locale. (#288)
• Polish (pl) UI locale. (#273)
• Korean (ko) UI locale. (#253)
• Turkish (tr) UI locale. (#233)

Changed

• Image / video projects now pick from prompt templates (not design systems). (#192)
• Optimize Electron release artifact size. (#249)

Fixed

Daemon

• Restore startServer Promise contract — return url / { url, server }. (#268)
• Emit tool_use from tool_execution_start in pi-rpc. (#186)
• Clamp Codex reasoning effort to model-supported values. (#223)
• Deliver Claude Code prompt via stdin to avoid spawn E2BIG / ENAMETOOLONG. (#143)
• Include package.json in tarball so packaged app reports correct version. (#260)
• Treat .py files as previewable code in Design Files. (#261)
• OD_DAEMON_URL uses port 0 instead of actual allocated port (now reports the real port). (#240)
• Quote agent bin path when spawning with shell:true on Windows. (#232)
• Make max_tokens configurable. (#78)

Web UI

• Suppress hydration warning on <body>. (#248)
• Fix language dropdown overflow in Settings modal. (#281, #287)
• Add scroll to Settings language menu when it overflows view. (#247)
• Preserve deck preview pagination per file. (#119)
• Fix deck preview pagination controls. (#112)

Cross-platform

• Use junction instead of dir symlink on Windows in tools-dev. (#231)

Internationalization

• Replace hardcoded Claude with 助手 in zh-TW assistant role copy. (#262)

Documentation

• Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) README. (#194)

Internal

• Auto-generated metrics SVG updates. (#228, #241)
• Fix metrics workflow protected branch updates. (#219)

0.1.0 - 2026-05-01

First public release of Open Design — a local-first, open-source alternative to Anthropic's Claude Design. It detects your installed code-agent CLI, runs design skills against curated design systems, and streams artifacts into a sandboxed in-app preview.

Added

Agent runtimes & providers

• Multi-agent runtime detection and dispatch: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Qwen, GitHub Copilot CLI, Hermes, Kimi CLI, Pi, and Kiro. (#28, #71, #117, #185)
• Per-CLI model picker for local agents. (#14)
• OpenAI-compatible provider support and Anthropic-compatible stream proxy for non-native providers. (#80, #180)
• App version awareness shared across daemon and web. (#204)

Skills, design systems & prompt templates

• 72 brand-grade design systems and 31 composable skills, including Xiaohongshu and Replit Deck (8 themes). (#24, #74)
• 57 DESIGN.md specs imported from awesome-design-skills. (#92)
• Dance storyboard and ancient-China MMO HUD prompt templates. (#187)

Artifacts & preview

• Artifact platform foundation with sandboxed in-app preview. (#68)
• First-class SVG and Markdown artifact renderers / viewer. (#73, #177)
• HTML preview support for relative-asset references. (#156)
• Document preview support for uploaded files and multi-file design uploads. (#31, #63)
• Claude Design .zip import. (#46)
• Image / video / audio media surfaces with unified od media generate dispatcher. (#12)

Packaging & deployment

• Mac arm64 packaged runtime with signed/notarized DMG + update ZIP and beta release flow. (#170)
• Windows x64 NSIS installer (unsigned beta) and release assets. (#191)
• Vercel self-deploy flow with vercel.json configuration. (#167, #169)

Internationalization

• UI locales: zh-CN, zh-TW, en, ja, de, es-ES, ru, fa, pt-BR. (#79, #80, #155, #159, #182, #190, #197)
• Improved language switcher UI. (#107)

Developer experience & tools

• tools-dev / tools-pack workspace tooling for development and packaging, with native addon diagnostics and improved web startup flow. (#127, #128, #153)
• dev:all auto-switches to a free port when defaults are busy. (#9)
• UI end-to-end automation suite and reporting under apps/e2e. (#64, #102)
• Frontend toolchain migrated from Vite to Next.js 16 App Router. (#66)
• Project code migrated to TypeScript with shared contracts. (#118)
• Refreshed desktop integration control plane. (#123)
• Star-us prompt to surface GitHub repo. (#5)

Fixed

Stability & reliability

• Chat runs survive web reconnects. (#146)
• Daemon project-root resolution when launched from src via tsx. (#162)
• SSE keepalive behind nginx. (#111)
• Standalone pnpm binary supported in postinstall; install toolchain pinned. (#35, #151)
• Surface unfinished todo runs in chat. (#76)

Cross-platform / Windows

• Spawn agents via resolved absolute path on Windows. (#13)
• Deliver prompts via stdin for non-Claude agents to avoid spawn ENAMETOOLONG. (#15)
• Mitigate Windows ENAMETOOLONG and fix daemon crash on cleanup. (#75)
• Fix PROMPT_TEMP_FILE() call and Claude Code stdin delivery on Windows. (#97)
• Normalize web dev tsconfig paths on Windows for tools-dev. (#174)
• Support Claude Code CLI <1.0.86 (avoid --include-partial-messages, parse assistant wrapper text). (#34)

Daemon & providers

• CORS header on raw project file endpoint. (#140)
• Preserve non-ASCII filenames on multipart upload. (#166)
• Stop passing literal dash to cursor-agent. (#160)
• Non-interactive permissions for agent CLIs in web UI. (#26)
• Codex plugin disable env. (#133)
• Codex assistant agent labels. (#70)

Web UI

• Welcome dialog: stop overwriting user's agent pick on Save. (#4)
• Allow Claude Code to read skill seeds and design-system specs. (#7)
• Question form checkbox selection limits enforced. (#81)
• SettingsDialog content overflow + scrolling, refactored layout and modal styling. (#83, #88)
• Duplicate H. heading in discovery.ts (→ I.). (#87)
• guizang-ppt: sync host slide counter on transform-paginated decks. (#19)
• Toolbar button text wrapping prevented for CJK languages. (#178)
• PreviewModal exits fullscreen on first Esc. (#168)
• Dev indicator moved to bottom-right corner. (#108)
• Design Files: align upload picker with dropzone, neutral agent copy, remove unsupported Figma copy. (#199, #200, #201)
• Web locale registry test includes Japanese. (#202)

Documentation

• README refresh with stats, agents, skills, and metrics workflow. (#173)
• Korean (한국어) and Japanese README and docs translations. (#105, #183)
• TRANSLATIONS.md i18n contribution guide. (#196)
• Refresh environment setup guidance. (#104)
• Xiaohongshu design-system docs review feedback. (#54)

Internal

• Initial project structure, project rename "Open Claude Design" → "Open Design", naming optimization. (#1, #2)
• Initial AGENTS.md and OpenCode agent instructions. (#114)
• Beta release workflow placeholder. (#36)
• Git commit co-author policy. (#131)