What is Grida?
Desktop app for designing visuals, generating images and building decks, with files kept locally.
Who is Grida best for?
Grida is best for designers and makers who want an AI-assisted design canvas that keeps their projects as local files.
Moving off Figma
It imports .fig files, Figma REST data, pasted Figma content and Figma Slides decks.
Decks from a prompt
The AI agent builds editable, vector-based presentation decks from a description.
Image generation with control
Image models from several providers run with model and output settings, on your own keys or Grida credit.
Forms on your own data
A form builder with logic and a headless submission API connects to Supabase tables in the same product.
How much does Grida cost?
Grida is free and open source under Apache 2.0 with every feature included; you pay only for Grida-hosted AI models through prepaid credit, or bring your own keys.
- Desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux
- Your own AI keys or Ollama models
- Canvas, slides, forms and database
- Tailored deployment and integrations
- Tailored support and rollout
- Tailored AI-credit terms
Grida-hosted agent and image models run on prepaid credit shared across an organisation, with manual top-ups from $10 to $500. Automatic reloads of AI credit are not offered on the Free plan. Full pricing on grida.co. We checked these prices on .
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Is Grida open source?
Yes. Grida's code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence, so you can read it, change it and run it yourself.
On GitHub
2,706stars
+35 (+1.3%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 5 years
- Latest release
- 9 Nov
- Licence
- Apache 2.0
- Self-hosted
- No
- Repository
- gridaco/grida
What are the best Grida alternatives?
Grida is an open source alternative to Figma. Penpot, OpenPencil and Quant-UX do the same job and are open source too.
FigmaFreeCollaborative interface design tool where teams and AI agents build with a shared design system.
PenpotOpen SourceInterface design and prototyping in the browser, with components, design tokens and CSS layouts.
OpenPencilOpen SourceDesign editor that opens Figma files, with an AI chat, a CLI and an MCP server for agents.
Quant-UXOpen SourceClickable prototypes with built-in user tests, heatmaps and A/B tests for UX researchers.
Questions about Grida
What is Grida?
Desktop app for designing visuals, generating images and building decks, with files kept locally.
Who is Grida for?
Grida is best for designers and makers who want an AI-assisted design canvas that keeps their projects as local files.
Is Grida free?
Yes. Grida has a free plan: desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is Grida open source?
Yes. Grida's code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence, so you can read it, change it and run it yourself.
What are the best Grida alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Figma, Penpot, OpenPencil and Quant-UX.
Where can I try Grida?
On its official website, grida.co.
Can Grida open Figma files?
Yes. Grida imports .fig files, data from Figma's REST API and pasted Figma content, and it can also import Figma Slides .deck files. Designs export as PNG, JPEG, WebP, PDF and SVG.
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