Open-source Figma MCP alternatives
Figma's official MCP server publishes its source, so you can read how it turns designs into code context, reads variables and components, and writes to the canvas before wiring it into an agent. The servers below publish their code too, which is the angle here: read the repo, pin a version, fork if you need to.
Most of these run locally and a couple are hosted, but all of them let you audit exactly which calls an agent can make. The list mixes a community Figma reader and another design tool with reference utilities and workspace servers for the notes and chat around a design.
The 8 best open-source alternatives
Closest like-for-like, with the source open: Framelink's community server feeds clean layout and styling context from any Figma file to a coding agent, the same design-to-code job from a repo you can read and pin.
Set up Framelink Figma MCP →Penpot is the open-source design tool here in two senses: the files are open and so is the server, which reads and manipulates designs with overview, inspect, export shapes, and plugin code execution.
Set up Penpot →Anthropic's reference Fetch server is open source and converts a URL into clean markdown, handy for reading a spec beside a design and simple enough to audit in one sitting.
Set up Fetch →Persisting design decisions across a session, the reference Memory server keeps a local knowledge graph of entities, relations, and observations, with code you can read to confirm what it stores.
Set up Memory →The reference Time server is open source and returns the current time and timezone conversions from the IANA database, a small auditable utility rather than a design tool.
Set up Time →When the design brief lives in docs, Notion's open-source server searches, reads, and writes across a workspace over OAuth, so you can read its repo before letting an agent edit pages.
Set up Notion →Design review often happens in chat, and the community Slack server reads history, DMs, and search without a workspace bot, with source open to inspect end to end.
Set up Slack →For turning design feedback into tracked work, Doist's open-source Todoist server creates, finds, updates, and completes tasks, projects, labels, and reminders, its repo readable before you connect it.
Set up Todoist →
How to choose
Since Figma's own server is open source, the open-source angle is about reading and pinning rather than escaping a closed vendor. Framelink is the nearest source-available match for reading Figma files, and Penpot is the open design tool that also edits. Fetch, Memory, and Time are auditable reference utilities, while Notion, Slack, and Todoist cover the docs, chat, and follow-up around a design. Read each repo before granting write access.
FAQ
- Is the Figma MCP server open source?
- Yes. Figma publishes the server's source, so you can read how it builds code context, reads variables and components, and writes to the canvas before connecting it. Every alternative on this page is open source as well, which lets you audit and pin each one.
- Which open-source server is closest to Figma for design work?
- Framelink's community Figma server, since both pull design context for a coding agent and Framelink's repo is open to read. If you want a different design tool entirely, Penpot is open source on both the files and the server, and it edits designs rather than only reading them.