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free-design-md

v0.1.3

Published

CLI for browsing and downloading public design.md files from Free design.md

Readme

free-design-md

Download design.md files from Free design.md: public saved designs by share ID or URL, plus curated catalog artifacts by slug.

Usage

npx free-design-md add <id-or-url-or-slug> [--out <path>] [--host https://...] [--force]
npx free-design-md list [--category <name>] [--search <text>] [--json] [--host https://...]

Typical flow:

npx free-design-md list
npx free-design-md list --search stripe
npx free-design-md add stripe --out specs/stripe.design.md

Use list to browse the curated catalog. Use add to write a design.md file into your project.

<id-or-url-or-slug> accepts:

  • a bare share ID, such as abc123xyz
  • a full share URL, such as https://freedesign.md/d/abc123xyz
  • a curated catalog slug, such as stripe or linear.app

Flags

  • --out <path>: output file. Defaults to <resolved-id>.design.md in the current directory, such as stripe.design.md or linear.app.design.md.
  • --host <url>: override the host. Defaults to FREE_DESIGN_MD_HOST, then the bundled production host.
  • --force: overwrite an existing file.
  • --category <name>: filter list output to a category.
  • --search <text>: filter list output by slug, title, URL, category, description, or best-use text.
  • --json: print catalog metadata as JSON instead of a terminal table.

Examples

npx free-design-md list
npx free-design-md list --category "Developer Tools & IDEs"
npx free-design-md list --search stripe
npx free-design-md list --json
npx free-design-md add abc123xyz
npx free-design-md add stripe
npx free-design-md add linear.app
npx free-design-md add linear.app --out specs/linear.md
npx free-design-md add https://freedesign.md/d/abc123xyz --out specs/stripe.md
FREE_DESIGN_MD_HOST=http://localhost:8080 npx free-design-md list
FREE_DESIGN_MD_HOST=http://localhost:8080 npx free-design-md add abc123xyz