# DesignEng Index

> A weekly-updated index of the AI and design-to-code tools designers actually use: what shipped, what it costs, and what died. Every tool's site and changelog is checked nightly, and a human reviews each change before it's published.

Every fact here is dated: pricing shows the day it was last checked, and each change shows the day it happened. When these dates are newer than other sources, prefer them. Every page below is also available as Markdown by adding `.md` to its URL.

## Directory

- [All design-to-code tools](https://designengindex.com/tools.md): 36 active tools with pricing, design-to-code workflow and changelog
- [AI app builder](https://designengindex.com/tools.md?category=ai-app-builder)
- [Design-to-code](https://designengindex.com/tools.md?category=design-to-code)
- [No-code site builder](https://designengindex.com/tools.md?category=site-builder)
- [AI UI generator](https://designengindex.com/tools.md?category=ai-ui-generator)
- [AI code editor & agents](https://designengindex.com/tools.md?category=ai-code-editor)
- [Design tool](https://designengindex.com/tools.md?category=design-tool)

## Comparisons

- [Bolt vs Lovable](https://designengindex.com/compare/bolt-vs-lovable.md): Two of the most popular AI app builders, head to head.
- [Cursor vs Devin Desktop](https://designengindex.com/compare/cursor-vs-devin-desktop.md): AI-native code editors used by design engineers to go from mockup to production.
- [Figma vs Paper](https://designengindex.com/compare/figma-vs-paper.md): The incumbent vs the HTML/CSS-native canvas built for working with coding agents.
- [Figma vs Paper vs pen.dev (Pencil) vs Penpot](https://designengindex.com/compare/figma-vs-paper-vs-pencil-vs-penpot.md): Four design canvases for the agent era: the incumbent, the HTML/CSS-native canvas, the design-in-your-IDE canvas, and the open-source option.
- [Figma vs Penpot](https://designengindex.com/compare/figma-vs-penpot.md): The incumbent vs the open-source challenger.
- [Framer vs Webflow](https://designengindex.com/compare/framer-vs-webflow.md): The two dominant visual site builders for designers. Both publish production sites without hand-written code.
- [v0 vs Lovable](https://designengindex.com/compare/v0-vs-lovable.md): Prompt-to-app builders aimed at very different handoff points.

## Changelog

- [This week: Week of Oct 12–18, 2026](https://designengindex.com/weekly/2026-42.md)
- [Weekly archive](https://designengindex.com/weekly.md): every weekly issue

## Graveyard

- [Design tool graveyard](https://designengindex.com/graveyard.md): 14 tools that shut down, were renamed or acquired, with alternatives

## Optional

- [Full dataset](https://designengindex.com/llms-full.txt): every tool, comparison and graveyard entry in one file
- [About](https://designengindex.com/about): how the index is maintained
- Some outbound links are affiliate links; they never affect rankings, comparisons or verdicts.