Overview
Onlook is a visual code editor for selecting, arranging, and styling elements directly in a running Next.js + Tailwind app while keeping edits connected to source code. It adds AI generation, code editing, checkpoints, branching, and deployment workflows. The latest GitHub release checked for this repository is v0.2.32.
Features and best fit
Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:
Manipulate the rendered UI and map changes back to React code
Users can visually edit layout/styles, jump from rendered elements to their source location, and compare design and code side by side.
Sources: [2]
Use AI, branches, and checkpoints to explore design alternatives
Onlook can create/edit Next.js projects through AI chat and supports design branching, checkpoints, CLI commands, and deployment/share links.
Sources: [2]
For designers and frontend developers who want to work on the same real React codebase
It fits teams trying to reduce the handoff gap between design mockups and implemented Next.js/Tailwind UI.
Sources: [2]
Distinguish this open-source editor from Onlook's next hosted early-access product and current framework limits
The README describes this repository as the open-source editor that started Onlook, while the next hosted product is a separate early-access direction. Non-Next.js and non-Tailwind project support remains listed as future work. The repository is Apache-2.0.
Official sources
- [1]onlook-dev/onlook repository(2026-09-18)
- [2]Onlook README(2026-09-18)
- [3]Onlook LICENSE(2026-09-18)
- [4]Onlook v0.2.32 release(2026-09-18)
Supplemental curator note
The requested `onlook-dev/studio` URL now redirects to `onlook-dev/onlook`. The README describes this repository as the open-source visual editor that started Onlook, while the next hosted product is a separate early-access direction.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Get the source
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/onlook-dev/onlook.git - 2
Enter the repository
cd onlook - 3
Check the official steps
Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.
find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
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GitHub Topics
- react
- typescript
- tailwindcss
- nextjs
- low-code
- design
- frontend
- ui
- figma
- cursor
- ide
- cursor-ai
- Stars
- 26,759
- Forks
- 2,104
- Watchers
- 130
- Open issues
- 307
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Repository last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
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