Redesign by Nodewave
Nodewave · Productivity
Redesign by Nodewave is a free, open-source AI design tool that turns Claude into a carousel post generator for your social media. It works as a LinkedIn carousel maker and an Instagram carousel design tool at once for founders and small marketing teams who want branded slides without hiring a designer. You describe the slides you want. Claude builds them in a local canvas editor you fully control. Everything runs on your own machine, so your images, posts, and API key never touch a server the makers control.
About Redesign by Nodewave
What Is Redesign by Nodewave
Redesign by Nodewave is a local design tool from Nodewave, a custom-software agency in Portugal. It works as a Claude MCP design tool, connecting Claude to a canvas through an MCP server that exposes the canvas as structured data. That means Claude creates layers, aligns them, swaps copy, and validates every change before anything saves. If you already use Claude Code on a codebase, it already knows your brand's fonts, colors, and components, so it can design real posts that look like you made them.
Most design tools open on a blank canvas. Redesign opens on what you've already built. The agency made it because they wanted branded LinkedIn and Instagram posts but weren't designers themselves, and they didn't want to spend afternoons in Photoshop or hire someone for it. The first version took a day. It worked. They open-sourced it under the MIT license so you can do the same with your own project.
Here's the catch. It's not a standalone app you can just download and click around in. You need Node.js 20 or later and Claude Code installed, and you drive the whole thing from the terminal and from Claude. That's a lot of setup for some people. It's not for you if you've never opened a terminal, even if the install itself is one command.
Getting Started
- Confirm you have Node.js 20 or later and Claude Code installed on your machine. Redesign runs locally and never sees your Claude API key.
- Run
npx @nodewave-io/redesignin your terminal. This sets up the canvas app and auto-registers the MCP with Claude Code. - Restart Claude Code so it reads the new MCP config. If the tools still don't show up, run
npx @nodewave-io/redesign connectto register the server and surface any errors. - Open
http://localhost:3000to see the live canvas preview, then tell Claude what post you want built. - Review the layers, adjust or ask Claude for changes, and export the finished slides for LinkedIn or Instagram.
Product Information
A quick look at Redesign by Nodewave's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.
Best for
The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.
Users
- Founders and small marketing teams who want branded carousel posts without hiring a designer
- Developers and technical marketers who keep their brand assets and components in a repo
- Privacy-minded creators who don't want their drafts or images sitting on someone else's server
Tasks
- Generating multi-slide LinkedIn launch carousels from a single prompt
- Building square or portrait Instagram carousel designs
- Reproducing your existing brand look across posts
Scenarios
- Launching a product with a four-slide carousel made the same afternoon
- Turning a blog post or changelog into a visual social thread
- Keeping a steady posting cadence when you have no design bandwidth
Key features
Claude-Powered Canvas Design
Redesign wires Claude into a canvas through an MCP server that hands it your slides as structured data. Claude creates layers, aligns elements, and swaps copy the same way it edits code. Every change runs through validation before it saves, so you're not cleaning up broken layouts after every prompt. You stay in control of the canvas the whole time.
Live Preview in a Local Editor
The canvas runs at localhost and updates as Claude works, so you watch slides take shape instead of guessing. You can jump in and edit the code directly when a generated layout needs a nudge. Nothing refreshes over the network. The preview is instant.
Your Brand, From Your Own Codebase
This is the part that sets it apart from a generic carousel post generator. Because Claude Code already reads your project, it can use your actual fonts, colors, and UI components in the slides. So why does that matter? Your posts end up looking like your product, not like a template everyone else is using.
No API Key Leaves Your Machine
Redesign has no backend the makers control. Your drafts, images, and Claude API key stay on your computer. You pay Anthropic for your own Claude usage and nothing to Nodewave. That's why the tool itself is free.
Runs Fully in the Terminal
Setup is one command, npx @nodewave-io/redesign, which installs the canvas app and registers the MCP with Claude Code automatically. There's no account to create and no dashboard to log into. If the tools don't appear, one connect command gets you unblocked. Simple as that.
Open Source and Forkable
The whole project is MIT licensed and public on GitHub, which means you can read exactly how the canvas, the MCP server, and the validation layer fit together before you trust any of it with your brand. You can change the canvas or build your own version on top of it. For a design tool tied to your specific brand system, that openness matters more than a feature list.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Completely free to use, with the only real cost being your own Claude subscription.
- Keeps your API key, images, and drafts on your own machine, with no third-party server involved.
- Reuses your existing codebase and components, so generated slides actually match your brand.
- Setup is a single terminal command, and the MCP hooks into Claude Code on its own.
- MIT licensed and open source, so you can inspect, modify, or fork it.
Cons
- Requires Node.js 20+ and Claude Code, which rules out anyone who doesn't work in a terminal.
- Has no hosted app, mobile version, or drag-and-drop editor for non-coders.
- Exports are aimed at LinkedIn and Instagram, so other channels need manual resizing.
- Being a young project, docs and community examples are still thin.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The tool is MIT licensed and runs entirely on your machine, so there's no subscription or usage fee from Nodewave. Your only cost is whatever you already pay Anthropic for your Claude usage.
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