Tidy Design

Tidy Design is an open-source design canvas that lets teams and AI agents collaborate on designing and editing user interfaces.

Tidy is an open-source product canvas for designers, engineers, and AI agents. It unites design and engineering work inside a single shared workspace under the Apache 2.0 license. People can work directly on interfaces while connected AI agents read, create, and edit designs through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Users can also capture webpages directly into the canvas. Tidy can be self-hosted and customized with external tools.

Tidy Design at a glance

Best for: Designer, Software engineer
Runs on: self-hosted, open source
Pricing: Free
Released: October 2026
Category: AI coding tool
Website: tidydesign.co

Key features

Design interfaces collaboratively in a unified workspace
Enable AI agents to read, create, and edit designs through MCP
Capture webpages directly into the canvas
Self-host under the Apache 2.0 open-source license
Extend the platform with custom tools

Use it for

Collaborating across design and engineering teams on interface layouts
Automating design creation and editing using AI agents via MCP
Capturing existing webpages to include on the design canvas
Deploying an open-source product canvas on private infrastructure

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