Hi Product Hunt! I'm Kir, and I've been building desigma: a free, open-source design tool that runs natively on Windows, macOS and Linux.
I wanted a design tool I actually own. No account, no seats, no subscription, files on my own disk, and source code I can read and change. So desigma is written in pure Rust, with its own renderer, and it works offline.
What's in it today:
• Frames, auto layout, components with variants and properties, variables with modes
• Prototyping with Smart Animate, plus a Motion timeline with keyframes, springs and 41 presets (export to GIF/WebM)
• Whiteboards (stickies, connectors, timer and voting) and slide decks, in the same app
• Dev mode with CSS, Tailwind, React, SwiftUI and Compose, and an MCP server so AI agents can edit the open file
• It opens .fig files and REST JSON exports
New this week: live collaboration. Click Share, send the link, and everyone edits the same file in real time with cursors and Follow. It's peer-to-peer and encrypted, so there's still no account and no server. If you want a file online all the time, you can run desigma-server on a VPS.
It's an early alpha, so expect rough edges. Builds aren't code-signed yet, so your OS will warn you on first launch (the install guide explains the one click).
I'd love to hear what you'd need to switch for a real project, and what breaks. I'll be here all day answering.
Hi Kir, this is the one I am looking for! I will see if I can switch the design part from figma to this completely. I will ask the agent to try
Can desigma open or import .fig files from Figma, or is it a fresh start for existing projects? Also curious how you handle fonts across Windows, macOS and Linux.
Being able to open an existing .fig file is a useful starting point. I'd test a real component library first, because rebuilding that would be a big part of switching.
About desigma on Product Hunt
“Free Figma alternative made on Rust”
desigma launched on Product Hunt on October 26th, 2026 and earned 96 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #11 on the daily leaderboard. Free Figma alternative made on Rust. Contribute to deepfounder-ai/desigma development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Kir Leshkevich
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Kir, and I've been building desigma: a free, open-source design tool that runs natively on Windows, macOS and Linux.
I wanted a design tool I actually own. No account, no seats, no subscription, files on my own disk, and source code I can read and change. So desigma is written in pure Rust, with its own renderer, and it works offline.
What's in it today:
• Frames, auto layout, components with variants and properties, variables with modes
• Prototyping with Smart Animate, plus a Motion timeline with keyframes, springs and 41 presets (export to GIF/WebM)
• Whiteboards (stickies, connectors, timer and voting) and slide decks, in the same app
• Dev mode with CSS, Tailwind, React, SwiftUI and Compose, and an MCP server so AI agents can edit the open file
• It opens .fig files and REST JSON exports
New this week: live collaboration. Click Share, send the link, and everyone edits the same file in real time with cursors and Follow. It's peer-to-peer and encrypted, so there's still no account and no server. If you want a file online all the time, you can run desigma-server on a VPS.
It's an early alpha, so expect rough edges. Builds aren't code-signed yet, so your OS will warn you on first launch (the install guide explains the one click).
I'd love to hear what you'd need to switch for a real project, and what breaks. I'll be here all day answering.
github.com/deepfounder-ai/desigma
(desigma is not affiliated with Figma, Inc.)