# Design Dna (Design systems)

> Design Dna is a free, open-source design system. Turn reference UIs (images, screenshots, URLs) into quantified Design DNA JSON—tokens, qualitative style, visual effects—then generate matching UI from your content. It has 1,909 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

English | 中文 | 日本語 | 한국어 | Español | 繁體中文 An agent skill for extracting, structuring, and applying visual design identity as machine-readable "Design DNA" across three dimensions: design tokens, qualitative style, and visual effects.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/zanwei/design-dna |
| Built with | not detected |
| Live demo | none listed |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 1,909 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Official | no |
| Category | Design systems |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Aug 28, 2026 |

## Get started

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit zanwei/design-dna my-ui
cd my-ui
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zanwei/design-dna.git my-ui
```

Commercial use depends on the MIT license. Sources: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template, https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit

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