The CLI for the Figma API
From Figma to Code to Docs
What is Handoff?
Handoff is a Figma developer workflow solution that enables quick and effective collaboration with designers. It was built for Design Systems teams that need to save Figma development time, improve collaboration with designers, and get code to QA, staging, and production.
Manage your developer workflow and collaborate with designers from the Figma API
Faster Figma Development
Don’t let manual Figma design processes dictate your workflow.
With Handoff, you can save critical development time by automatically capturing design decisions, transforming them to code, and shipping them to any destination... all from the Figma API.
Confident DesignOps
With Handoff, oversight of designers is a thing of the past.
Instead of wasting valuable development time manually reviewing Figma files and design changes, Handoff allows designers to make the changes they need to their design files as code. Operate with trust and confidence that design changes and front-end code will always be up-to-date and meet standards.
Built for your Workflow
Instead of being forced to “go into Figma” to make changes, Handoff seamlessly integrates into your existing development workflow and tools with a composable, developer-first architecture for the Figma API. Now, you can collaborate with designers who use Figma while using your tools and processes.
Flexible for Future Needs
Whether you are using tools like BootStrap or WordPress for design ops, or GitHub Actions or Bitbucket Pipelines for your developer workflows, Handoff is lightweight and agnostic, supporting fast adoption by the whole team.
As your development needs change, Handoff also produces a comprehensive token dictionary that can generate a static web documentation app, ingested into a in-house/custom design document library, or transformed for applications like Storybook and Notion.
Every team can automate mundane tasks with Handoff
Developers
Don‘t waste valuable time manually inspecting Figma files and design changes.
With Handoff, dev teams can focus on the best parts of code logic and optimization, with confidence that the front-end code will always be up-to-date and meet standards.
Designers
Stop worrying about design token management and how your design vision will be transformed into code.
With Handoff you‘ll see your design decisions come to life instantly. Get more time back to do what you love, design, by automating updates and maintenance of your design system. With Handoff you‘ll see your design decisions come to life instantly. Get more time back to do what you love, design, by automating updates and maintenance of your design system.
Project Managers
Launch and maintain projects with less effort and better quality.
With Handoff, you can accelerate onboarding of new resources and ensure all team members always have the current version of design standards and sources. Drastically reduce time spent on creating functional documentation and conducting front-end QA.
Brand Owners
Verify that brand standards are met across all surfaces.
With Handoff, you can ensure rapid deployment of brand updates in code, not just design. Keep your company‘s brand experience accurate and consistent at all touchpoints.
What business problems does it solve?
Token management and design system automation
Quickly create a design document library with automated extraction of your design system components from Figma. Generate Figma design tokens and ship it to any destination in your development workflow.
Onboard new developers, project managers
Get every new team member up to speed quickly. With immediate access to current documentation and code, projects can kick off without front-end design code inspection.
Rebrands and M&A
Have design components at your fingertips and changes quickly scaled out. An automated design token pipeline simplifies rebrand projects by adapting design decisions in Figma into code, ensuring efficient implementation of new branding elements across all surfaces.
New product or website launches
Don‘t start front-end from scratch with every new initiative. Accelerate any launch by automatically generating design tokens and design document libraries to your front-end code standards. Ongoing maintenance and updates for new components is made easy.
Handoff is Open Source
Handoff is Free and Open Source Software under the MIT license
We're big believers in a collaborative approach to the challenges of design token usage. We'd really love to hear your feedback!
Is Handoff Free?
Yes, Handoff is available as an MIT Licensed open source project.
What do I need to get started?
Anyone with basic coding and Figma knowledge can get Handoff running in a few minutes. Project documentation and a step by step guide is available here.
Is the Handoff Figma Plugin a requirement to start?
No, the Handoff Figma Plugin is not required for token extraction. It can make it easier for designers to create specs for your component library. If you can also extract tokens directly from the REST API. For more details on how to do this see our documentation. (Links to documentation)
What is a design system?
A single source of truth for your designs. It is a comprehensive collection of design standards and documentation around the look and usage of each component that makes up a brand’s design language.
What is a design document library?
A Design Document Library is a source of truth for designers and developers to reference design decisions as code standards, typically in the form of a web page with examples of brand styles, foundations and components.
What is a design token?
Design tokens are a method for managing design properties and values across a design system.
What are Figma components?
Components are elements you can reuse across your designs. They help to create and manage consistent designs across projects.
What if I need help?
Feel free to submit issues and questions on our Git Hub page here. If you are looking for professional services work related to this project, please visit Convertiv.com .
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