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Google Stitch for Nonprofits: Free AI UI Design Tool

Need to show your board what a new donor portal could look like? Want to give your developer a visual spec instead of a paragraph of text? Google Stitch is a free AI design tool from Google Labs that turns plain-language descriptions into complete web and mobile UI designs in seconds. Powered by Gemini, it generates responsive layouts with exportable HTML/CSS, Tailwind, and React code, plus one-click Figma export. Previously available as Galileo AI at $39/month, Google acquired the team in 2025 and made it free for everyone. No design skills, no credit card, no catch.

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What It Does

Your nonprofit needs a new volunteer registration page. Or a mobile-friendly donation form. Or a complete redesign of your outdated website. You know what you want, but translating that vision into something a designer or developer can work with has always been the hard part. You could hire a UX designer for thousands of dollars, sketch something on a napkin and hope for the best, or spend weeks learning Figma.

Google Stitch eliminates that gap. Type a description like "a donation landing page for an animal rescue nonprofit with a progress bar showing how close we are to our goal, a grid of featured animals, and testimonial cards from adopters," and Stitch generates a complete, professional UI layout in seconds. It creates both mobile and desktop versions automatically, generates multiple design variants for you to choose from, and produces clean, production-ready code you can hand directly to a developer.

Originally built by the team behind Galileo AI (which charged $39/month), Google acquired the company in May 2025 and relaunched the tool as Stitch at Google I/O. The entire product became free overnight. It runs on Google's Gemini AI models, offering two modes: Standard Mode for fast iterations (350 generations per month on Gemini 2.5 Flash) and Experimental Mode for higher-quality output (50 generations per month on Gemini 2.5 Pro). A December 2025 update added prototyping capabilities, design annotations, and theming tools, making it substantially more capable than the initial launch version.

For nonprofits, Stitch solves a specific and common problem: turning ideas into visuals that stakeholders can react to. Instead of describing your vision in a meeting and hoping everyone pictures the same thing, you can generate a working mockup before the meeting even starts.

Best For

Organization Size

Any size nonprofit, from single-person shops to large organizations. Since Stitch is completely free with generous generation limits (350/month), there's no budget barrier. Especially valuable for organizations without dedicated designers or in-house developers who need to visualize digital projects before investing in development.

Best Use Cases

Generating website redesign concepts to present to board members or leadership
Creating visual specs for developers instead of written descriptions
Building mockups for technology grant proposals that require visual prototypes
Rapid prototyping of donor portals, volunteer apps, or event registration pages
Converting hand-drawn sketches or wireframes into polished digital designs

Ideal For These Roles

Executive Directors pitching digital initiatives, Development Directors including mockups in grant proposals, Program Managers designing beneficiary-facing tools, Marketing Managers prototyping campaign pages, and IT Coordinators communicating requirements to outside agencies or volunteer developers.

Key Features for Nonprofits

Text-to-UI Generation

Describe your interface in plain English and Stitch generates a complete layout with proper structure, visual hierarchy, and responsive design. Works for both web and mobile, generating multiple variants so you can pick the best starting point.

Image-to-UI Conversion

Upload a hand-drawn sketch, wireframe, or screenshot of an existing app and Stitch converts it into a clean, editable digital design. Perfect for turning whiteboard brainstorms into polished mockups. Available in Experimental Mode.

Production-Ready Code Export

Export designs as clean HTML/CSS, Tailwind CSS, or React/JSX components. The generated code follows modern web standards, giving your developer a real head start instead of a static image to interpret.

One-Click Figma Export

Copy your Stitch designs directly to Figma with auto-layout and editable layers preserved. If you work with a designer or agency that uses Figma, this seamless handoff saves hours of manual recreation.

Theme Customization

Adjust light/dark modes, color palettes, fonts, corner radii, and spacing through a visual sidebar. Changes cascade across your entire design, so updating your brand colors takes seconds instead of screen-by-screen editing.

Interactive Prototyping

Link multiple screens on a canvas to create clickable prototypes with user flows. Added in December 2025 with click and input interaction modes, letting you demonstrate how users would navigate your app or website.

How Google Stitch Uses AI

Two AI Modes

Standard Mode (Gemini 2.5 Flash)

Optimized for speed, generating layouts in seconds. Best for rapid exploration when you want to try multiple approaches quickly. Includes 350 generations per month and supports Figma export. Text prompts only.

Experimental Mode (Gemini 2.5 Pro)

Uses the more capable Gemini model for richer, more refined output. Supports image uploads (sketches, wireframes, screenshots) alongside text prompts. Limited to 50 generations per month and does not support Figma export.

Annotations (December 2025)

Add visual notes directly on your designs, and Gemini processes the feedback to make context-aware changes. Instead of re-prompting from scratch, you can circle a section and say "make this more prominent" for targeted refinements.

AI Limitations to Know

Generated designs can look similar across prompts unless you provide very specific descriptions
Accessibility compliance (color contrast, touch targets) is inconsistent and requires manual review
The AI cannot auto-apply your brand guidelines or design tokens
Complex multi-screen flows (more than 2-3 screens) can be difficult to generate in a single prompt
Output is purely visual scaffolding with no backend logic, form handlers, or state management

Real-World Nonprofit Use Case

Imagine a mid-sized environmental nonprofit wants to launch a community science app where volunteers can log wildlife sightings, upload photos, and view a map of observations across their region. The Program Director has the concept mapped out in her head, but the organization has no designer on staff and a technology budget of exactly $0 for the prototyping phase.

She opens Google Stitch and types: "A mobile app for community science volunteers with a home dashboard showing recent wildlife sightings on a map, a camera screen for logging new observations with species identification, a personal log of their submissions, and a leaderboard showing top contributors this month." Within 30 seconds, Stitch generates a complete four-screen mobile interface with proper navigation, visual hierarchy, and placeholder content.

She uses the theme panel to apply her organization's green-and-white color palette, then links the screens together using the prototyping feature to create a clickable demo. She exports the design to Figma for the volunteer developer on her board to review, and copies the React/JSX code as a starting reference for the development phase. The entire process takes under an hour and costs nothing. The clickable prototype goes into her next grant application, giving funders a tangible look at what their investment would create.

Pricing

Standard Mode

Free, Gemini 2.5 Flash

350 AI generations per month
Text prompt input
HTML/CSS, Tailwind, React code export
One-click Figma export
Fast generation speed

Experimental Mode

Free, Gemini 2.5 Pro

50 AI generations per month
Text + image input (sketches, screenshots)
Higher quality, more refined output
HTML/CSS, Tailwind, React code export
No Figma export in this mode

Google Stitch is free during its Google Labs phase. Pricing may change as the product evolves. The original tool (Galileo AI) charged $39/month before Google's acquisition.

Nonprofit Pricing

Google Stitch doesn't need a nonprofit discount because it's already free for everyone. Here's what that means for your organization:

Completely free access with 350 Standard + 50 Experimental generations per month
No credit card required, just a Google account (which most nonprofits already have)
Full code export included, not locked behind a paywall like many competitors
Google for Nonprofits may include Stitch benefits if paid tiers are introduced

Cost comparison: Hiring a UX designer to create similar mockups would cost $2,000-10,000+. Even the original Galileo AI charged $39/month ($468/year). Stitch delivers comparable output at zero cost. Take advantage of the free access while it lasts.

Learning Curve

Beginner-Friendly

Anyone who can type a sentence can generate their first UI design in under 5 minutes

Time to First Value

First generated design: 2-5 minutes (sign in with Google, type a prompt, click generate)
Customized design: 15-30 minutes (adjust theme, refine prompt, explore variants)
Interactive prototype: 30-60 minutes (link screens, set up interactions)
Effective prompting: Quality improves as you learn to write specific, detailed prompts

The Skill Is in the Prompt

Stitch requires zero design knowledge, but the quality of your output depends on the specificity of your descriptions. "A nonprofit website" will produce generic results. "A donation landing page for a children's literacy nonprofit with a hero section showing reading statistics, a three-tier giving selector ($25/$50/$100), donor testimonial cards, and a progress bar toward a $50,000 goal" produces something you can actually use. The tool's interface is minimal by design, with no complex toolbars or design jargon to learn.

Integration & Compatibility

Export Options

Figma: One-click copy with auto-layout and editable layers preserved (Standard Mode only)
HTML/CSS: Clean, semantic markup following modern web standards
Tailwind CSS: Utility-first CSS framework styling
React/JSX: Reusable component structures ready for React applications
Firebase Studio: Direct export for Google's development platform (December 2025 update)

Platform Details

Web-based: Works in any modern browser, no software to install
Google account login: Uses your existing Google Workspace or Gmail account
Cloud storage: Projects saved automatically in your account
No offline access: Requires internet connection for all generation and editing

What It Doesn't Do

No real-time team collaboration or co-editing (generate in Stitch, collaborate in Figma)
No backend code, database integration, or form submission handlers
No animation or advanced interaction design beyond basic prototyping

Pros & Cons

Pros

Completely free: 350 generations/month with no paywall on code export or Figma integration
Production-ready code: HTML/CSS, Tailwind, and React exports give developers a real starting point
Extremely fast: Go from idea to visual mockup in seconds, not hours
Sketch-to-UI: Upload napkin drawings or wireframes and get polished designs back
Responsive by default: Generates both mobile and desktop layouts automatically
Powered by Gemini: Backed by Google's frontier AI models with active development

Cons

Generic without detail: Vague prompts produce similar-looking designs; specificity matters
No team collaboration: No co-editing, commenting, or shared workspaces
Accessibility gaps: Generated designs may have color contrast and touch target issues
No brand system support: Cannot auto-apply brand guidelines or design tokens
Experimental status: As a Google Labs product, it could change, add pricing, or be discontinued
Static output: No animations, conditional logic, or complex interactions

Alternatives to Consider

Uizard (Free tier, Pro from $12/month)

Another AI-powered text-to-UI tool with drag-and-drop editing, component libraries, and team collaboration. The free tier is more limited (3 AI generations per month vs. Stitch's 350), but Uizard offers richer manual editing tools and a built-in focus predictor that shows where users will look first. Now part of Miro. See our Uizard guide for details.

Choose Uizard if: You need manual editing depth, team collaboration, or a drag-and-drop interface alongside AI generation.

v0 by Vercel (Free tier available)

Generates production-ready React/Next.js components from prompts with element-level editing. More focused on actual code output than visual design, making it better for developers who want working components rather than mockups. See our v0 guide for details.

Choose v0 if: You have a developer who wants production-ready React components, not just visual mockups.

Framer (Free tier, paid from $5/month)

AI-powered website builder that generates and publishes complete sites from prompts. Unlike Stitch which produces design mockups, Framer creates actual live websites. Better if you need a working published site rather than a prototype. See our Framer guide for details.

Choose Framer if: You want to build and publish an actual website, not just create design concepts.

Why choose Google Stitch? It's the only completely free option with generous generation limits, production-ready code export, and Figma integration. If you need to go from idea to visual mockup to developer-ready code without spending a dollar, Stitch is the strongest choice available today.

Getting Started

Sign in with Google (1 minute)

Visit stitch.withgoogle.com and sign in with your Google account. No signup form, no credit card, no onboarding wizard. You'll be ready to generate immediately.

Generate your first design (5 minutes)

Start with Standard Mode for fast results. Type a detailed description of something your nonprofit actually needs, such as "a volunteer registration page with a calendar showing available shifts, a profile section, and a sign-up form." Review the generated variants and pick the best starting point.

Refine with themes and annotations (15 minutes)

Use the theme sidebar to apply your organization's colors, adjust fonts, and set the visual tone. Use the annotation feature to mark specific areas for AI refinement. Iterate through a few prompts until the design matches your vision.

Export and share (5 minutes)

Copy to Figma for designer collaboration, export HTML/CSS or React code for your developer, or share the project link directly with stakeholders. If you've built a multi-screen prototype, send the interactive link to your board or grant reviewers.

Prompt Tip

The more specific your prompt, the better your results. Instead of "a nonprofit website," try: "a landing page for a youth mentoring nonprofit with a hero section showing program impact statistics, a three-step 'How It Works' explainer, mentor spotlight cards with photos and bios, and a prominent 'Become a Mentor' call-to-action button." Specific prompts eliminate generic output.

Need Help with Implementation?

Generating designs in Stitch is the easy part. Turning those designs into a working website or app requires development expertise. Whether you need help finding developers, creating detailed specifications, or planning your digital roadmap, we can guide your nonprofit through the process.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Google Stitch free?

Yes, completely free during its Google Labs experimental phase. Standard Mode gives you 350 generations per month and Experimental Mode adds 50 more. No credit card required. The original tool (Galileo AI) charged $39/month before Google acquired the team and made it free.

What code formats can Google Stitch export?

Stitch exports clean HTML/CSS, Tailwind CSS utility classes, and React/JSX components. The code follows modern web standards, though it's frontend scaffolding only. You'll still need a developer to add backend functionality like payment processing, form submissions, or database integration.

How does Google Stitch compare to Uizard?

Stitch is free with 350 generations per month and stronger code export. Uizard offers only 3 free generations per month but has richer editing tools, team collaboration, and a drag-and-drop interface. Choose Stitch for maximum output at zero cost; choose Uizard if you need hands-on design editing and team features.

Can I use Google Stitch to design a nonprofit website?

Absolutely. Describe your website's sections, features, and content, and Stitch generates a complete layout with responsive design. Export the code to give your developer a head start. Just remember that Stitch creates the visual design and frontend code, not the working website itself. You'll need a developer or a platform like Webflow to build the actual site.

Does Google Stitch work with Figma?

Yes, one-click Figma export is available in Standard Mode. Designs transfer with auto-layout and editable layers preserved. This is particularly useful if you generate concepts in Stitch and then hand off to a designer or agency that works in Figma. Figma export is not available in Experimental Mode.

Will Google Stitch remain free?

There's no guarantee. As a Google Labs experiment, pricing and availability could change. The original product charged $39/month. It's worth using the free access now and exporting your designs, so even if pricing changes, you retain your work. If paid tiers are introduced, Google for Nonprofits may offer discounted access, though nothing has been confirmed.

Related Tools & Resources

Explore more AI design and prototyping tools for nonprofits:

Uizard - AI UI design with drag-and-drop editing and team collaboration
Canva Magic Studio - Free for nonprofits, excellent for marketing materials and social media
v0 by Vercel - AI-powered React/Next.js app builder from prompts
Framer - AI website builder that generates and publishes live sites
AI Getting Started Guide - Comprehensive guide for nonprofits exploring AI tools