open-design Is Compounding at ~936 Stars/Day to 81,426 — 151 Brand-Grade Design Systems Behind a Portable DESIGN.md Contract

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nexu-io/open-design has accumulated 81,426 stars in 87 days (~936/day), positioning itself as the open-source Claude Design alternative and turning any coding agent into the design engine. It ships 151 brand-grade design systems anchored on a portable DESIGN.md contract, 100+ functional skills, 277 official plugins, and support for 25+ agent CLIs, exporting real files (HTML/PDF/PPTX/MP4). v0.13.0 adds 'Stay in Flow' — session resumption across agent turns and direct screenshot-backed PPTX/PDF export; the DESIGN.md contract is the piece worth stealing, since it makes design intent portable across harnesses the same way AGENTS.md made instructions portable.