# AI design tools

> Explore AI tools for design, research, visual creation and development.

Canonical page: https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools

## Public tool directory

- [Figma](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/figma.md): Collaborative UI design with components, variables and agent-assisted canvas editing.
- [Figma Make](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/figma-make.md): Create interactive apps from prompts and design references; edit code, preview and publish. Access depends on seats and credits.
- [FigJam](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/figjam.md): Collaborative whiteboard for workshops, diagrams, and AI-assisted brainstorming.
- [Framer](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/framer.md): Visual website design, CMS and hosted publishing. Framer does not offer full-site HTML export for self-hosting; plan a different delivery route when source export is required.
- [Sketch](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/sketch.md): Mac-first UI/UX design and prototyping app with mature component workflows.
- [MasterGo](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/mastergo.md): Collaborative UI design and prototyping platform with strong China-market adoption.
- [Antigravity](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/antigravity.md): Google agentic development environment spanning editor, terminal and browser workflows.
- [ChatGPT](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/chatgpt.md): OpenAI’s assistant for writing, research, coding, and multimodal tasks, available on web, mobile, and desktop.
- [Claude](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/claude.md): Anthropic’s assistant, strong for long documents, structured writing, and careful analysis.
- [Gemini](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/google-gemini.md): Google’s multimodal model family and Gemini chat experience, with developer access via Gemini API, AI Studio, and cloud products.
- [Perplexity](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/perplexity.md): Answer engine that combines live web retrieval with numbered citations—suited to verification-heavy Q&A.
- [Grok](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/grok.md): xAI assistant with live web search, citations, and tight X integration; free tiers and paid plans differ by limits.
- [DeepSeek](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/deepseek.md): Open-weight model family with strong reasoning/coding capabilities and hosted options.
- [Doubao](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/doubao.md): ByteDance consumer AI assistant for Chinese-language chat, writing, and daily tasks; models are also available via Volcano Engine APIs for developers.
- [Kimi](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/kimi.md): Moonshot AI assistant for long-context chat, documents, and multimodal tasks; web/mobile apps plus a separate Open Platform for API access.
- [Midjourney](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/midjourney.md): Explore concepts, moodboards and visual styles with reference images, web editing and image-to-video animation. Useful for establishing an art direction before testing motion; review subject details and shot continuity.
- [Runway](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/runway.md): Create and edit video with generative tools and a conversational agent, arranging clips on a timeline. Useful for storyboards and motion exploration; content beyond the selected model’s duration generates in separate clips, requiring continuity checks.
- [GPT Image](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/dall-e.md): OpenAI image generation and editing with GPT Image; DALL·E 2/3 APIs retired on 2026-05-12.
- [Stable Diffusion](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/stable-diffusion.md): Image-model ecosystem with local and hosted workflows; licenses vary by model and use.
- [Ideogram](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/ideogram.md): Create text-led posters, covers and social graphics. Layerize Text extracts editable text layers for changing copy, fonts and size; the beta may miss curved or decorative lettering, so proofread the result.
- [Nano Banana](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/nano-banana.md): Gemini image generation and editing with Nano Banana 2, 2 Lite and Pro variants.
- [Pika](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/pika.md): Generate short videos and explore effects: guide transitions with first and last images in Pikaframes, or replace video objects with Pikaswaps. Useful for social concepts; duration and output specifications depend on the feature and model.
- [Claude Code](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/claude-code.md): Anthropic coding agent for project edits and tool use across terminal, IDE, desktop and browser.
- [Cursor](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/cursor.md): AI editor with project-aware agents for multi-file edits and tool execution.
- [VS Code](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/vscode.md): Mainstream code editor and extension platform used as the base environment for many AI coding workflows.
- [Codex](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/codex.md): OpenAI coding agent for desktop, CLI, IDE and cloud workflows, with skills and integrations.
- [GitHub Copilot](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/github-copilot.md): Coding assistance plus cloud-agent tasks and pull requests that require review and tests.
- [Devin Desktop](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/windsurf.md): Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf: Cognition’s IDE with local and cloud coding-agent management.
- [Lovable](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/lovable.md): Build apps with prompts and export or two-way sync project code through GitHub. Deployment and data services still need configuration; built-in security scans do not replace a full application review.
- [Replit](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/replit.md): Cloud development and publishing with AI agents. Publishing creates an app snapshot separate from the editor; republish changes and use a database or storage service for persistent data instead of deployment files.
- [Bolt](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/bolt-new.md): Browser app builder for JavaScript frontends, Node.js backends and Expo mobile projects. Desktop Chromium works best; Python and PHP backends are not supported in its native project environment.
- [v0](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/v0.md): Generate interfaces and full-stack apps, with Next.js as the default, database/API integrations and Vercel publishing. Build incrementally and verify production configuration and real interactions separately from previews.
- [Notion](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/notion.md): Workspace for documents, knowledge, projects and permission-aware AI-agent workflows.
- [Obsidian](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/obsidian.md): Local-first Markdown notes and personal knowledge base with links, graph view, and plugins.
- [Gemini Notebook](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/notebookllm.md): Formerly NotebookLM, renamed Gemini Notebook in July 2026. Research and synthesize source material with Gemini notebook integration. Shared notebooks and chat context follow different rules; verify cited passages before reusing conclusions.
- [Google AI Studio](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/google-ai-studio.md): Build and test Gemini prompts/APIs with tooling for developers.
- [Anthropic SDK](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/anthropic-sdk.md): Open-source SDKs (MIT) to integrate Claude; API usage is billed per token separately.
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/vercel-ai-sdk.md): TypeScript toolkit for building AI apps with unified provider APIs.
- [LangChain](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/langchain.md): Framework for building LLM apps and agents with integrations and tooling.
- [Ollama](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/ollama.md): Run and manage models locally or use Ollama cloud models. Useful for local prototypes and model trials; choose local models and disable cloud features when offline operation is required.
- [Open WebUI](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/open-webui.md): Self-hosted AI chat and knowledge interface for local runtimes or external model APIs. Useful as a shared model interface; local-only operation depends on its connections, and rebranding is subject to license conditions.
- [Llama](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/llama.md): Meta open-weight model family used across local, cloud, and hosted deployments (see llama.com for releases and Llama API).
- [Mistral](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/mistral.md): Open-weight model family and hosted APIs from Mistral AI.
- [Qwen](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/qwen.md): Qwen model family with downloadable weights and hosted APIs; licenses and costs vary by model and provider.
- [Gemma](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/gemma.md): Google open-weight model family for local and hosted workflows under model-specific terms.
- [Phi](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/phi.md): Microsoft small-language-model family for local and hosted experiments; check each model’s requirements and license.
- [Uizard](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/uizard.md): Editable mockups and prototypes from prompts or images; entire projects cannot be exported as HTML/JavaScript apps.
- [Lucidspark](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/lucidspark.md): Enterprise whiteboard for brainstorming, mapping, and workshop facilitation in cross-functional teams.
- [Miro AI](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/miro-ai.md): Enterprise whiteboard with AI sidekicks and flows. Common in large-org collaboration.
- [Copilot](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/microsoft-copilot.md): Microsoft AI assistant across Windows, Microsoft 365 apps, Edge, and web—focused on everyday productivity and work scenarios.
- [Adobe Firefly](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/adobe-firefly.md): Creative generation and editing with Adobe and partner models; terms differ by model.
- [ComfyUI](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/comfyui.md): Node-based workflows for image, video and other generative tasks, with multiple models and an API. Useful for reusable pipelines and parameter control; local runs need suitable hardware, and models and extensions have their own terms.
- [Luma Dream Machine](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/luma-dream-machine.md): Generate video from text or images, or transform existing footage with Ray3 Modify and character references. Explore different looks and styles, checking motion and character consistency; verify model and feature availability separately for API integration.
- [Kling AI](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/kling-ai.md): AI video generation for exploring motion and visual sequences.
- [Veo](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/google-veo.md): Veo: Google DeepMind generative video (e.g. Veo 3.x) reachable through Gemini apps, Flow, and the Gemini API.
- [Seedance](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/seedance.md): ByteDance Seedance AI video: text/image to video with strong motion and audio sync; distributed via CapCut, Dreamina, and related ByteDance surfaces.
- [Descript](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/descript.md): Edit video and podcast like editing text. Perfect for creator pipeline and content ops.
- [OpusClip](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/opusclip.md): Long video to shorts in one click. Optimized for TikTok, Reels, Shorts.
- [Meshy](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/meshy.md): Create 3D models from text or images, with texturing, remeshing and rigging. Useful for concept assets; the rigging API targets standard bipeds with clearly defined limbs, so inspect the model structure first.
- [Hyper3D Rodin](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/hyper3d-rodin.md): AI 3D generation plus model-edit workflows for localized edits and production handoff.
- [Tripo](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/tripo.md): Generate, segment, retopologize, texture, rig and export 3D models. Useful for developing concepts into editable assets; check geometry budgets, materials, scale and deformation in the target game or web environment.
- [Kaedim](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/kaedim.md): Combines AI generation with professional artists for 3D asset delivery. Suited to teams needing style matching, revisions and ongoing production; agree on asset specifications, revision scope and handoff requirements.
- [Hunyuan3D](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/hunyuan3d.md): Open 3D model family focused on high-fidelity asset generation and self-hosted workflows.
- [Otter](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/otter.md): Meeting transcription and summary assistant for notes, follow-ups, and searchable records.
- [Aider](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/aider.md): Apache-2.0 terminal AI pair programmer; you pay your own LLM API keys—no Aider subscription.
- [Cline](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/cline.md): Open-source autonomous coding agent in VS Code: edits files, runs commands, and uses browser/MCP with per-step approval.
- [LlamaIndex](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/llamaindex.md): RAG and data ingestion framework. Data connectors, query engines, and retrieval.
- [LiteLLM](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/litellm.md): Unified API for many LLM providers. Routing, logging, and cost tracking.
- [OpenRouter](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/openrouter.md): Multi-model API gateway with pay-per-use and routing. Great for demos and multi-model tests.
- [Hugging Face Inference Endpoints](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/huggingface-inference.md): Deploy models as managed inference endpoints with configurable hardware and scaling. Useful for applications needing a dedicated model service; validate quality, access, latency and running costs before launch.
- [Replicate](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/replicate.md): Run models via API or deploy your own. Popular for AI demos and production.
- [Canva](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/canva.md): Template-first design platform for slides, social posts, and marketing visuals with AI-assisted creation.
- [Stitch](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/stitch.md): Google Labs UI canvas with real-time Stitch Agent iteration and sharing workflows.
- [Figma Slides](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/figma-slides.md): Presentation creation and presenting tool inside the Figma workflow.
- [Gamma](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/gamma.md): AI-native presentations, sites, and docs with fast prompt-to-deck generation; optional developer API.
- [Beautiful.ai](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/beautiful-ai.md): AI presentation software focused on professional slide consistency.
- [Pitch](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/pitch.md): Team presentation platform with AI deck generation and collaboration.
- [Figma Sites](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/figma-sites.md): Design, prototype, and publish websites directly from the Figma workflow.
- [OpenClaw](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/openclaw.md): MIT-licensed personal AI assistant you run yourself, with bridges to chat apps (WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, etc.) and optional coding-agent handoffs.
- [Apple MLX](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/apple-mlx.md): Apple silicon-first machine learning framework for local model inference and tuning.
- [Figma Weave](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/figma-weave.md): Combine generative models and image-editing steps on a node canvas. Useful for reusable brand styles, asset variations and batch production; validate a small sample before expanding across formats.
- [Google Flow](https://aixdesign.kens-toolbox.com/en/tools/google-flow.md): Create videos from text, references and start/end frames, then edit clips and assemble scenes. Useful for storyboards and visual storytelling; check model capabilities, credit costs and regional account access before generating.

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