Companies design, prototype and build their digital products in many different ways. At Figma, we want to support systems of all stripes, so teams can collaborate using the process that works best for them.
That’s why I’m so excited about today’s news: We’ve integrated with Zeplin, a popular hand-off app for UI designers and front-end developers. Zeplin focuses solely on the developer experience, presenting the data to engineers in an intuitive way.
We’ve received a lot of requests for a Zeplin integration over the years. If you’re a Figma fan whose workflow depends on this dev tool, now you can transition seamlessly between the two applications.
Unlike Figma’s code mode, where the assets are always up to date for the developer, you’ll need to re-export your designs to Zeplin whenever you make a change to the original.
Welcome back to the second episode of Zeplin + Figma: Better Together, where we talk to product and design leaders about how they are leveraging Zeplin and F.
To enable Figma and Zeplin follow these steps:
Zeplin Figma Export
Zeppelin And Figma
- The plugin will then export all the necessary assets and layer data from Figma and launch Zeplin. There, you can select the project or styleguide you want to publish. ☝️ If you export a large number of frames, the export process may take a bit longer since Zeplin will need to generate more assets.
- Zeplin will keep them in your projects/styleguides. Clearing Sync History on Figma Plugin. If you want a fresh start and don’t want to keep syncing your designs anymore, choose the frames and components you want to clear, click on the “” button and select the “Clear” button from the menu.
- The Organization plan’s pricing is based on the number of designers and developers on the team, basically anyone who needs to upload designs or access specs, assets or code snippets. The base fee includes 12 seats, along with unlimited projects, components and versions.
- Zeplin Zeplin is a tool that helps your team collaborate and organize a project seamlessly. Unlike the two aforementioned, Zeplin is not an independent UI design tool, which means you have to create and edit the design in other standalone tools like Sketch and Figma and then import the draft into Zeplin.
- Download Zeplin and create a project (experimental is fine)
- Go to Figma and enable Zeplin by selecting the top left hamburger menu>>integrations>>Zeplin
- Make a frame in Figma
- Select the frame, hit export and choose “export to Zeplin”
- The Zeplin application will automatically open. Choose “import”
- Voila! Your Figma design can now be viewed in Zeplin.
Sketch Zeplin
As the product design space goes through an unprecedented eruption of innovation 🌋, integrations like this help teams work together in smoother, more efficient ways. We’re continuing to build out our platform, and we are always looking for interesting new partners like Zeplin, so shoot us a line at partners@figma.com if we’ve piqued your interest.