Brilliant
Officially listedA 2D vector design tool where humans and AI agents collaborate on the same canvas.
Brilliant
Brilliant (brilliant.design) is a professional 2D vector design tool for human and AI agent collaboration on one canvas, calling itself the GitHub of design. Disambiguation: it is not brilliant.org (the STEM math learning platform) and is unrelated to the identically named Mac annotation tool or the bankrupt smart-home brand Brilliant.
Core capabilities
- Agent collaboration on canvas: a built-in AI Chat connects to Claude Code / Cursor / Codex in one click over bidirectional MCP (127.0.0.1:3333) to manipulate vector primitives directly
- Plain-text .bl files: Blueprint (
.bl, spec bp:v1) plain-text files work with Git, PR diffs, and git blame, using roughly 20x fewer tokens than JSON - Figma-grade editing: vector boolean operations, auto layout, component variants, and OKLCH design tokens, with shortcuts matching Figma
- Native GPU shaders: a self-built GPU engine (Rust + wgpu) ships about 50 shader presets (glass / metal / iridescent)
- Multi-format export: 10 formats including SVG/PDF/HTML/React JSX/PNG/MP4, plus two-way Figma import
- Cross-platform: macOS/Windows desktop apps plus a web editor (requires WebGPU)
Use cases Developers and design engineers already using coding agents; small teams that want Figma-grade capability without paying seat fees; and design-system maintainers who treat tokens as compilable programs.
Unique strengths
Where Figma uses proprietary .fig cloud files, Brilliant's plain-text .bl makes designs diffable and branchable like code, and wires agents directly into the canvas.
Editorial verdict Public beta since April 2026; .bl, MCP, and code export are all backed by documentation and hands-on checks, and the company is transparent. Honest caveats: it is still v0.1.0-beta, has no interactive prototyping, a thin ecosystem, and a small bootstrapped team; publicly published work defaults to public and grants training licenses, refunds are restricted, and liability is capped at just $100.
Pricing
### 💰 定价模式：免费增值（编辑器永久免费） **起步价**：免费（编辑器全功能免费） #### 主要方案 - **Free**：$0 永久 - 全套设计功能、无限公开项目 + Drops、无限 MCP、自带密钥 AI 聊天 10 条/天、2 GB 存储 - **Personal**：$20/月 - 私密项目与 Drops、自带密钥 AI 聊天无限、50 GB 存储、短 handle + 蓝标 - **Brilliant AI 用量档**：Pro $50（5x）/ Max $100（10x）/ Max 20x $200（20x） - 在 Personal 基础上按倍数放大官方 AI 额度 - **Team**：$25/席/月（≥2 席起） - 团队共享身份、池化 1 TB 存储、私密项目无限编辑者 #### 试用/其他信息 仅按月订阅（2026 年起停用年付），结账走 Paddle，可随时取消、取消后保留至已付周期末；一般不予退款。降级不删除任何作品。 — Visit website
FAQ
Is Brilliant free?
The editor is permanently free: the full design feature set, unlimited public projects, unlimited MCP, BYO-key AI chat at 10 messages/day, and 2 GB of storage are all free. Payment mostly buys private projects and more built-in AI: Personal $20/month, Team from $25/seat/month.
What can Brilliant be used for?
It is a professional 2D vector design tool for human + AI agent co-design: draw vectors, components, and design systems, let Claude Code/Cursor/Codex edit the canvas directly via MCP, and export 10 formats including SVG/PDF/HTML/React/video.
How does Brilliant differ from Figma?
The editing experience is similar, but Brilliant stores design files as plain-text `.bl` that can live in Git, natively supports agents connecting straight to the canvas, and keeps the editor permanently free; Figma uses proprietary `.fig` cloud files with paid seats, and its interactive prototyping is more mature.
What format are Brilliant design files, and can they go in Git?
Files are plain-text Blueprint (`.bl`, official spec bp:v1), supporting PR diffs, branching, rollback, and git blame like code; the vendor says they use about 20x fewer tokens than JSON, which helps version management.
Which AI agents does Brilliant support?
The desktop app's built-in bidirectional MCP (local 127.0.0.1:3333) connects Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and more in one click; you can also use the built-in AI Chat or bring your own Anthropic/OpenAI/Google keys (zero markup).
Is Brilliant (brilliant.design) the same as brilliant.org?
No. This tool is a vector design product by Brilliant Design Ltd. of Israel; brilliant.org is a STEM math/science learning platform by Brilliant Worldwide in the US. The entities, fields, pricing, and audiences are entirely different, so do not confuse them.
Can Brilliant export code, and how good is it?
It can export React JSX, HTML (3 styles), CSS, and more; but independent reviews suggest treating the exported code as an implementation starting point that still needs re-engineering for your project's architecture, components, state, and responsiveness, not production-ready code out of the box.
What are Brilliant's refund and liability policies?
Subscriptions auto-renew, cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid term, and refunds are generally not given (statutory rights excepted); total liability is capped at the greater of amounts paid in the past 12 months or $100. AI output is not guaranteed to be original or non-infringing.
Is Brilliant stable or in beta?
It is currently a public beta (v0.1.0-beta.80, public beta since April 2026). Component variants and real-time collaboration have landed, but there is still no interactive prototyping and the plugin and community ecosystem is thin; heavy prototyping or large-team collaboration should stick with Figma for now.
Is content published publicly on Brilliant used for training?
Yes. The terms make publicly published Projects/Drops public by default and grant licenses to use them to improve the product (including training its own models) and to include them in de-identified collections licensed to third parties; private projects are not used for training, and third-party collections can be opted out of by email.