Next Level Open Source

FigCraft

Photo & design · 27 Oct 2026

FigCraft is a free, open-source app for interface design and prototyping, with frames, auto layout, components, vector networks and prototypes. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, and the project calls it early alpha.

WebsiteInstall guide

Picture and logo: FigCraft (getartcraft.com)

Is it right for you?

People who want to design app or website screens and clickable prototypes on their own computer without a subscription, and are happy to use an early-alpha project.

Replaces some features, but not everything.

Look elsewhere if you need:

  • You need a stable, finished tool: the project labels FigCraft early alpha.

What you can do with it

  • Build layouts that adjust themselves with auto layout (rules for padding, gaps and sizing), constraints and layout grids.
  • Reuse parts of a design with components, variants, styles and variables, including light and dark modes.
  • Draw with vector tools: pen and pencil, a shape builder, editable booleans and variable-width strokes.
  • Make clickable prototypes with transitions, then hand off with a Dev Mode that shows measurements and generated CSS, HTML, React, SwiftUI and Compose code.
  • Edit one file together in real time by sharing an invite link, hosted from the app or from a server of your own.
  • Drive the app from other programs over a command line, a JSON control channel and an MCP server (a standard way for AI tools to use an app).

Running cost

Running
Where it runs

Nothing to pay for this place itself.

Usage
API usage and online services

No API or online services are recorded. That may mean none are needed, or that we have not checked.

Price estimation

$0.00/month

About $0.00 a month on average, in USD. Over 1 year (12 months) that is $0.

Upfront, paid once
$0
Fixed monthly costs
$0 / month
Usage-based (API) costs
none recorded

Software licence: The project says FigCraft is free and open source, with no account or subscription.

What this assumes

Typical use. Your own computer: The software runs on a computer you already own.

    • You already own the computer, so its price is not counted.
    • Electricity is not counted: it depends on your computer and where you live.

    An estimate built from these assumptions, not a quote.

    Getting started

    Choose how much technical work suits you. Easy takes you to the project’s own ready-made option; the other levels show what you need first and a prompt you can give an AI coding agent.

    Ways to install it

    Running
    ArtCraft Launcher
    Where
    Your own computer
    API usage
    None needed

    Download the ArtCraft Launcher, a small app that installs FigCraft for you, picks the right version for your computer and keeps it updated.