Diffui
Ranked 4 of 5 AI design tools by recommenders
A diffusion-model canvas app for generating UI designs and replicating brands consistently, with visual exploration done before handing off to an agent.
A diffusion-model canvas app for generating UI designs and replicating brands consistently, with visual exploration done before handing off to an agent.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Replicates brands consistently with profiles
“The project is heavily oriented towards being able to replicate brands consistently”
Comment from 14 Jun 2026 in “Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end” “the app has the ability to save and work with multiple brand profiles”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: I left Figma to build a diffusion-based UI design tool” Diffusion models suited to UI generation
“It's basically a harness for diffusion models to generate UI”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end” “Diffusion models are just now good enough to do UI”
Comment from 9 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)” Visual design first, then agent handoff
“Starting with the visual design rather than the implementation details in order to generate delightful user interfaces has produced good results for me personally.”
Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)” “I actually really enjoy the process of doing visual exploration on the canvas first, then handing it off to an agent after.”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: I left Figma to build a diffusion-based UI design tool” Fun, expressive designs
“Designs are here if you want to play with em”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Claude Opus 5” “which allow for some really fun designs”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)”
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| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Design | 145 | 110 | 57% | 7 | — | — |
| Figma | 113 | 103 | 52% | 12 | — | — |
| Google Stitch | 25 | 14 | 64% | 9 | — | — |
| DiffuiThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
| Pomelli by Google | 6 | 14 | 30% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Awesome looking tool, bookmarked”
“will download an .png but it's actually a .webp and it can cause issues”
“Starting with the visual design rather than the implementation details in order to generate delightful user interfaces has produced good results for me personally.”
“Diffusion models are just now good enough to do UI”
“I actually really enjoy the process of doing visual exploration on the canvas first, then handing it off to an agent after.”
“definitely seems to have more design freedom and ability to iterate than say Claude Design”
“Designs are here if you want to play with em”
“the app has the ability to save and work with multiple brand profiles”
“The project is heavily oriented towards being able to replicate brands consistently”
“It's basically a harness for diffusion models to generate UI”
“it's exactly what I made this for”
“which allow for some really fun designs”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.