OpenPencil

Open-source, AI-native design editor. Figma alternative built from scratch with full .fig file compatibility.

Status: Active development. Not ready for production use.

Features

• Figma .fig file import — open native Figma files directly
• Figma clipboard — copy/paste between OpenPencil and Figma
• Vector networks — complex boolean shapes and open paths, like Figma
• Auto-layout — constraint-based layout matching Figma behavior
• Components & instances — with live sync, overrides, component sets
• Pen tool — bezier curves with tangent handles
• Inline text editing — multi-line text with system fonts
• Image export — PNG, JPG, WEBP at any scale
• Headless CLI — inspect, search, and render .fig files without a GUI
• Undo/redo — all operations are undoable
• Snap guides — edge and center snapping
• Color picker — HSV, hue/alpha sliders, hex input, gradients
• ~5 MB install, works fully offline — no account, no server, no internet required

Tech Stack

Layer	Tech
UI	Vue 3, VueUse, Reka UI
Styling	Tailwind CSS 4
Rendering	Skia (CanvasKit WASM)
Layout	Yoga WASM
File format	Kiwi binary (vendored) + Zstd + ZIP
Color	culori
Desktop	Tauri v2
CLI	citty, agentfmt
Testing	Playwright (visual regression), bun:test (unit)
Tooling	Vite 7, oxlint, oxfmt, typescript-go

Getting Started

bun install
bun run dev

CLI

Headless .fig file operations — no GUI needed:

bun open-pencil info design.fig         # Document stats, node types, fonts
bun open-pencil tree design.fig         # Visual node tree
bun open-pencil find design.fig --type TEXT  # Search by name or type
bun open-pencil export design.fig       # Render to PNG
bun open-pencil export design.fig -f jpg -s 2 -q 90  # JPG at 2x

All commands support --json for machine-readable output.

Scripts

Command	Description
bun run dev	Dev server at http://localhost:1420
bun run build	Production build
bun run check	Lint + typecheck
bun run test	E2E visual regression
bun run test:update	Regenerate screenshot baselines
bun run test:unit	Unit tests
bun run tauri dev	Desktop app (requires Rust)

Desktop App

Requires Rust, the Tauri CLI, and platform-specific prerequisites (Tauri v2 guide).

cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2"
bun run tauri dev                      # Dev mode with hot reload
bun run tauri build                    # Production build
bun run tauri build --target universal-apple-darwin  # macOS universal

Cross-compilation to other platforms requires their respective toolchains or CI (e.g. GitHub Actions).

Project Structure

packages/
  core/           @open-pencil/core — engine (scene graph, renderer, layout, codec)
  cli/            @open-pencil/cli — headless CLI (info, tree, find, export)
src/
  components/     Vue SFCs (canvas, panels, toolbar, color picker)
  composables/    Canvas input, keyboard shortcuts, rendering
  stores/         Editor state (Vue reactivity)
  engine/         Re-export shims from @open-pencil/core
  kiwi/           Re-export shims from @open-pencil/core
  types.ts        Shared types
  constants.ts    App-specific constants + re-exports from core
desktop/          Tauri v2 (Rust + config)
tests/
  e2e/            Playwright visual regression
  engine/         Unit tests

License

MIT