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24 alternatives to Open by Design

Open by Design is a life and fun platform launched in August 2021. It provides resources and tools centered around design principles and creative thinking. The product is intended for individuals interested in… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Open by Design launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Open Strategy▲381
The best tools to help you build your startup
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Design Principles▲920
An open source repository of design principles and methods
2017 · principles.design · its alternatives →
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Open Logos – Free logos for open source projects▲680
2018 · openlogos.org · its alternatives →
4
Open Design▲139
Dev toolkit to read, change & display data from design files
2021 · avocode.com · its alternatives →
5
Design Hunt▲424
Best products, apps, and inspirations for creatives.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
UI Design Daily▲334
1073 open-source UI designs, updated daily
2020 · uidesigndaily.com · its alternatives →
7
Free and open-source illustrations for your projects▲572
Build your own amazing illustrations.
2022 · iradesign.io · its alternatives →
8
One Year Of Design 2017▲301
A showcase of the best designs 2017 ✨
2017 · klart.io · its alternatives →
9
UIDesignDaily – soft launch with 600 open-source designs▲204
A large database of 100% free UI components and design source files available in formats popular in the industry.
2020 · uidesigndaily.com · its alternatives →
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Layers▲1,198
A home for designers
2024 · layers.to · its alternatives →
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Opendesk▲295
Hosting digital furniture designs that can be made anywhere
2017 · opendesk.cc · its alternatives →
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Open Design SDK▲139
Read and display data from designs, using code
2021 · opendesign.dev · its alternatives →
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launching.today▲528
A place to launch and share your project
2024 · its alternatives →
14
Play▲415
The first native iOS design tool
2022 · its alternatives →
15
Inside Design by InVision▲295
Meet InsideDesign, the new InVision blog
2018 · miro.com · its alternatives →
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Freehand 2.0, from InVision▲365
A whole new way to collaborate creatively from InVision
2017 · miro.com · its alternatives →
17
Design for Startup▲475
Everything about design for startups
2015 · designforstartup.net · its alternatives →
18
InVision Studio Platform▲437
An early look at our new App Store, Asset Library, Open API
2018 · miro.com · its alternatives →
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Once UI 1.5▲302
When I started my career and built my first design system, I was beyond excited. It took a lot of iterations, learning and 6 months of work to launch it internally. In the next job, I did it again, then at the following job, again… And no matter which company I worked for, 80% of the design system was the same. I’ve decided to work full-time on the design system I’ve always wanted, and today I’m launching and open-sourcing it. You can use it to build Next.js apps faster, and I’ve designed it in a way that it’s hard to go wrong with it: you can choose any settings, and you’ll end up with a…
Dec 2025 · once-ui.com · its alternatives →
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Design DB▲221
A hand-curated database of the best freebies for designers.
2018 · its alternatives →
21
DesignBase▲244
Curated free design resources in one place
2018 · felixjoy.co · its alternatives →
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Dwell▲267
A social network for the design-obsessed
2016 · dwell.com · its alternatives →
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An open-source collaborative whiteboard▲185
2018 · wbo.openode.io · its alternatives →
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Boards by InVision▲268
Design collaboration reimagined
2015 · miro.com · its alternatives →

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