Open sourceThe visual layer for Claude Code

A Figma-style canvas.
Driven by Claude Code.

Every route of your running app, side by side. No drag-drop — Claude Code edits in your terminal, the canvas shows it live.

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Free and open source. For macOS 14 and later.

Official Mac download: 0.6.2 (10). The source includes later changes.

Any AI Agent

Claude Code, Cursor, Conductor — drive the canvas with MCP

Your agent drives the canvas from your editor. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Conductor — use MCP to add pages and capture screenshots from your terminal. Capabilities vary by app and bridge version.

Multi-Viewport

Desktop, tablet, mobile — side-by-side

Render the same screen across every viewport at once. Catch the responsive break the AI missed before you ship.

Design Canvas showing desktop, tablet, and mobile viewports side-by-side

I built Design Canvas because I wanted a Figma-like infinite canvas for the apps I'm building. One view to visually iterate, compare every screen, and design and code faster with AI — without leaving my editor.

Charlie Ellington

Design Engineer · Built Design Canvas

Agent Control

Your AI agent controls the canvas.

Claude Code, Cursor, Conductor — any MCP-compatible agent drives the canvas through MCP. List pages, add routes and capture screenshots.

~/design-canvas

Example MCP workflow

$ npx design-canvas-mcp

> Tell Claude: "Add /settings and /billing to the canvas"

✔ list_routes        → 12 routes available
✔ add_route          → /settings at (1200, 400)
✔ add_route          → /billing  at (1600, 400)
✔ capture_canvas     → screenshot saved

Capabilities depend on your app and MCP versions. Check the repository for current source support; the Mac download may differ.

How it works

See the canvas update as your agent changes the code

Build your app

With any tools — Cursor, Claude Code, Bolt, your IDE.

Run it locally

Start your dev server. Any framework, any port.

Open Design Canvas

Every page appears as a frame on one infinite canvas.

Your AI agent controls the canvasvia MCP

Add routes, capture screenshots, compare viewports — all from Claude Code or Cursor.

Or do it all directly in the app.

FAQ

Questions we hear a lot

Is this Claude Design by Anthropic?
No. Design Canvas is an independent Mac app. It works alongside Claude Code via the public MCP spec — no formal partnership with Anthropic.
How do I configure MCP?
One command: npx design-canvas-mcp. DC auto-adds itself to your Claude Code config.
Mac only?
The native app requires macOS 14 or later. You can browse the source on any platform.

Ready to see your app?

Point Design Canvas at your dev server. Every page appears, live, on an infinite canvas.