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Onlook: The Cursor for Designers - AI-Powered Design Tool

Discover Onlook, a free AI tool that helps designers create websites, prototypes, and designs with real-time code generation using Next.js and TailwindCSS.

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Chaowalit Greepoke

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Onlook: The Cursor for Designers - AI-Powered Design Tool

Onlook is an amazing AI-powered tool for designers that helps create code and designs, similar to v0. It's a great free alternative to other AI design tools!

What is Onlook?

Onlook allows you to build websites, prototypes, and designs using AI on Next.js + TailwindCSS.

It provides real-time design with code generation and is completely open source. It's a perfect alternative to tools like Bolt.new, Lovable, v0, Replit Agent, Figma Make, and Webflow.

✨ Key Features

🎨 Integrated Design & Coding

  • Write React + TailwindCSS code while designing in the same interface
  • Switch between text editing, styling, adding padding, changing colors, and typography effortlessly
  • Works with existing React projects or start fresh

🔧 Precise Control

  • Fine-tune layouts, colors, text, and components with ease
  • No additional configuration needed
  • Design matches actual code output, bridging the gap between designers and developers

🚀 Easy Deployment

  • Deploy websites just like v0
  • Seamless integration with existing workflows

💰 Pricing

Free Tier

  • Style editor is free and open source forever
  • 5 free AI chats per day (50 per month)

Pro Plan

  • Increased chat limits
  • Additional premium features

Why Choose Onlook?

If you're using v0 or other AI tools for code generation but want to avoid hitting usage limits, Onlook is an excellent alternative.

I personally switch between v0 and Onlook when I reach my limits.

Perfect For

  • Designers who want to create functional prototypes
  • Developers looking for rapid prototyping
  • Teams needing to bridge design and development
  • Anyone wanting to build websites quickly with AI assistance

Getting Started

Visit the Onlook GitHub repository to get started: onlook-dev/onlook


If you're tired of design tools that don't translate well to code, or if you want a free alternative to premium AI design tools, Onlook is definitely worth checking out! 👍

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About Chaowalit Greepoke

Tech Generalist from Bangkok, Thailand with expertise in AI integration, full-stack development, and SEO optimization. I love sharing knowledge and helping developers build innovative solutions with modern technologies.

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