v0.6.0 — Workbench overhaul, Electron + Claude Opus
First public release of Open Design Studio.
What is this?
A local-first AI design workbench. Bind any folder; AI drafts real HTML/CSS into a sandboxed .design/ subdirectory, side-by-side multi-variant canvas, inspect & edit in code. Open source · Powered by Claude / GPT.
See the README for the full pitch.
Downloads
| File | For |
|---|---|
Open-Design-Studio-0.6.0-arm64.dmg |
Apple Silicon Macs (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4) |
Open-Design-Studio-0.6.0-x64.dmg |
Intel Macs |
First-time launch (important)
This release is ad-hoc signed (no Apple Developer cert). macOS Gatekeeper will refuse to open the app on first launch with "Open Design Studio is damaged and can't be opened" or similar.
Workaround (one-time):
```bash
xattr -cr /Applications/Open\ Design\ Studio.app
```
Or right-click the app → Open → confirm → it'll then launch normally on future opens.
Highlights since the codebase split (v6.x)
- 🎨 Multi-variant Figma-style canvas with pan + cursor-anchored zoom (Cmd+wheel / trackpad pinch / space-drag)
- 🧠 Real coding tools:
read_file(with line numbers),search_files(grep+glob),apply_patch(multi-file atomic),todo_write - 💾 API keys in OS keychain (macOS Keychain / Linux libsecret / Win DPAPI)
- 📁 Bind local folder → AI writes to disk; VSCode edits auto-sync into chat
- 🔀 Auto-elide old / large tool results saves ~$1/turn on Opus 4
- ⌘K Command palette for fuzzy file/chat/command jump
Known limitations
- macOS only for now; Windows / Linux dmg/AppImage forthcoming
- Not codesigned (cf. workaround above)
- DevTools no longer auto-opens; press ⌘⌥I when needed
- The
.design/examples folder ships our own UI redesign as dogfood evidence — your projects start with an empty.design/
Configure
Bottom-left ⚙ Settings → paste your Anthropic / OpenAI API key (saved to OS keychain). Recommended: Claude Opus 4.x via Anthropic API or a compatible gateway. Output budget is 128k tokens by default.
What's next
- shell-tool execution
- LSP-aware source reading
- MCP server support
- Windows / Linux builds
See `PLAN_ELECTRON.md` in the repo.