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Static HTML you can host or open from disk, plus PDF and PNG export. It looks like a sketch, so nobody mistakes it for the final design.

A SaaS dashboard wireframe drawn by Open Ink

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The preview is the real output of the YAML next to it. No design tool, no HTML. One line picks the theme, and tone colours any part.

yaml
name: Acme Analytics
theme: color
nav:
  - { icon: chart, label: Overview, go: overview }
  - { icon: users, label: Users, toast: Users screen }
  - { icon: plus, label: Invite, open: invite }
screens:
  - id: overview
    blocks:
      - type: row
        between: true
        children:
          - { type: h1, text: Overview }
          - { type: chips, options: [Week, Month, Year], active: 1 }
      - type: grid
        cols: 4
        children:
          - { type: stat, label: Visitors, value: "12,480", delta: +8% }
          - { type: stat, label: Sign-ups, value: "342", delta: +3% }
          - { type: stat, label: Churn, value: 2.1%, delta: "+0.4", trend: down }
          - { type: stat, label: MRR, value: $8.2k, delta: ±0, trend: flat }
      - { type: chart, kind: area, h: 240, label: Visitors over time }
      - type: grid
        children:
          - { type: chart, kind: bar, h: 200, label: Top pages }
          - { type: chart, kind: donut, h: 200, label: Traffic sources }
      - { type: alert, kind: warning, text: Your trial ends in 3 days. }
modals:
  - id: invite
    title: Invite a teammate
    children:
      - { type: input, label: Email, placeholder: sam@team.com }
      - { type: button, label: Send invite, primary: true, close: true }
Try the nav, the date chips and Invite.Open ↗

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Try it ​

bash
npx openink init my-wireframes
cd my-wireframes
npx openink dev                 # live preview at http://localhost:3000

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