BeatDesign is a local, open-source Higgsfield Canvas that any MCP-capable agent can drive. It gives you an infinite workspace for image and video, branches and references on one board, plus a short-form Editor for turning outputs into a finished cut.

The problem it solves is ownership. Hosted canvases keep the project and its branches on someone else’s server, and importing a client product shot or unreleased campaign can mean uploading before you have chosen to generate. BeatDesign keeps Studio, Canvas, Assets, generation history, and the Editor inside one SQLite-backed local Project — a folder you can copy. A source file is sent to a provider only after you confirm the run.

BeatDesign also avoids locking the agent inside a proprietary sidebar. It exposes 20 local MCP tools for Projects, Assets, Canvas, Generation, and Editor, so Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or another MCP host can inspect and update the same project open in the browser. UI writes and MCP writes use the same Command Kernel, revision checks, and persisted receipts.

BeatDesign v0.2 supports image and video generation, Canvas branching, shared Assets, timeline trim/split/move, audio fades, selected-range AI redo, and browser-side H.264/AAC MP4 export. It is free under Apache-2.0 with no software subscription. The current release is developer-first and runs with Node.js and pnpm; there is not yet a signed desktop installer.

Website: https://design.beatapi.io/

GitHub: https://github.com/BeatAPI/BeatDesign