Paper

Figma

The dominant collaborative design platform, now a complete creation ecosystem. Config 2025 launched Draw (vector illustration), Sites (web publishing), Make (AI prototyping with Claude), and Buzz (branded asset production). As of March 2026, Figma enforces AI credit limits across all plans — 500 credits/month on free (150/day cap), scaling to 4,200 on Enterprise — with pay-as-you-go billing coming in May. The MCP server now supports two-way workflows across Cursor, Warp, Factory, and Augment, with Code Connect UI updates adding multi-file component attachments and cross-framework code previews for Org and Enterprise plans.

Pencil

Pencil is a Figma-like design canvas that lives inside your IDE (Cursor, VS Code) and feeds pixel-exact vector coordinates and design tokens to AI agents via MCP — so instead of guessing from a screenshot, Claude Code or Cursor agents get exact values and write code that matches the design 1:1. It supports bidirectional sync (visual edits update the codebase), Figma import, parallel multi-screen generation, and Git-versioned design files. Requires Claude Code; currently free during early access.

Onlook

Open-source visual code editor for React — edit Next.js + Tailwind applications with a Figma-like interface that writes changes directly to your codebase in real time. Visual edits map to actual JSX via unique element identifiers; Figma imports convert to working components. Positions itself as 'Cursor for designers' with changes becoming PRs, not handoff specs. Apache 2.0, self-hostable.

Magic Path

MagicPath is an AI-powered design tool that generates full UI layouts and design directions from a text prompt on an infinite canvas — less a traditional editor, more a rapid ideation surface. Built by Pietro Schirano (ex-Uber, ex-Facebook), it imports from Figma, supports theme consistency across generations, and exports code for developer handoff. At $14/month it's aimed at early-stage concepting rather than polished production work.