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Thomas Lowry

Figma Plugins - Extend Figma with plugins. Easy to create. 1-click install.

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Figma Plugins extend what's possible in Figma. We're launching with over 40 (and counting) plugins built by our community, & this is just the beginning. Figma Plugins are easy to build. If you know basic HTML and JavaScript, you can create a Figma plugin.

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Sho Kuwamoto
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Hi folks! I'm Sho, one of the folks at Figma who worked on plugins. We are really excited to share this update with you today. Here's what's new: 1) As of today you can start using 40+ plugins built by the Figma community. Figma Plugins are stable, reliable, and can be installed in one click. 2) Any Figma user who knows basic HTML and JS can build their own plugins. So if you can build a webpage, you can build a Figma Plugin. 3) This release also includes Enterprise features that help large design organizations manage and distribute plugins with a click of a button. Please check it out and let us know what you think. Tom Lowry and I will be around all day to answer questions. Thanks! -Sho
Justin Mitchell
@skuwamoto Hey Sho! Curious how one gets into this private club with you guys. I built one of the first Figma plugins ever after the API was announced and haven't received any support or help. We've got a pretty healthy user-base and I can't for the life of me get anyone from Figma to bat an eye. We're getting so much support from Adobe we are actually just moving the entire thing to XD now. Just wanted to surface this to your attention. Plugin is available at https://vr.page
Thomas Lowry
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@skuwamoto @jmitch Would you mind reaching out to me at tom@figma.com. Sorry that you didn't receive a response. I would love to get in touch and learn more about your integration. Thank you! 🙏
Edoardo Rainoldi
SO EXCITED. Figma is literally taking over the world of design tools and there is no reason why you shouldn't switch. Just waiting for an animation plugin now! 😍
Sho Kuwamoto
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API docs are available here: https://www.figma.com/developers
craze
@skuwamoto Hey I applied to be a developer , but I never received an email. How can i get started ?
Sho Kuwamoto
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@craze3 Hi there! We had way more applicants for the developer beta than we could handle, but starting today, anyone can get started with developing figma plugins. The link above will help you get started with documentation, example projects, etc.
craze
@skuwamoto Thanks! I think I'm ready to submit soon. Should i get in touch with you first, or just submit?
Sho Kuwamoto
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@craze3 Just submit!
Shishir Mehrotra
Very excited about this step. We've been Figma users for years now (I think we were officially the first customer!) and have loved all the advancements in the platform. This one will be a particularly big one. [Sidenote: A Figma plug-in for Coda is in the works!]
Pedro Marques
The API is so easy to use! Love Figma <3
Matt Wierzbicki
I'm going to learn JS to write my own plugins! You guys rock!
Ilya Bulatov
I use the application from the very beginning. Very comfortably.
Dmitry Serbin
How about export to sketch?
John Palmer
I'm so excited for this.
Mathew Chan
YAAASSSS!!! Already tried a few, pretty sweet!
Lucas
YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS 🤩 ... it's soo beautiful.. 😭
Z Lim
Keep up the great work Figma! Love it!! 😍😍
Vincent Tang
This is really amazing looking forward to trying these out!
Randle McMurphy
Oh, I'm surprised, this is clearly useful.
Lee Fuhr
So, we're still on Sketch, and I love my Sketch, and I'm hesitant to jump off Sketch right as they got their huge cash infusion and are ramping up production. So, help me out, community — what makes Sketch _better_ than Figma?
Tyson Kingsbury (exador)
@cozysd I think mainly it has to do with workflow and teams. using figma in a team setting is very similar to using google docs. There's never any guesswork into 'who has the latest version' of anything. Everyone can access what they need at all times. the prototyping is a tad limited, but getting better all the time, and with all the new plugins coming on board, it's getting better all the time. If you ever have to work with dev teams, it's a dream. Just send them the URL link, and they have access to all the working files they need. it's also pretty awesome for distributed teams for all the same reasons. As for the basic tools themselves, it's close enough to Sketch as to make no difference. Plus, you can import all your sketch files, and they work in figma just fine.. no real reason to worry about switching.
Tuxu Art
🤘🏽
Tayler O'Dea
This is amazing - been on Figma since its conception and its "blowin-up!!". (Not to call another company out, but Webflow should definitely look to open their service up for the community to develop plugins & templates with or w/o moderation.) In my opinion these big open-first community-driven features are what make Figma and BubbleIS so darn amazing.
Daniel Destefanis
Hey Tom and Sho! I've been working on an internal plugin for theming and I was wondering if you're planning on supporting switching instances via related components soon? We name our components with slashes for our different themes so for instance `modal / dark` and `modal / light`. In the UI you expose the related components so it's easy to switch the context, but in the API this data isn't exposed. I'd love to see even related instance component IDS in the object if possible. Also, is there a plan to add requesting all styles in a library? When exploring an object through the console, most of that objects properties do not load, instead I receive an error regarding the VM. So I had to create a utility plugin just for showing a style or components ID or key when its selected. Sorry for the wall of text! These are my two largest pain points when creating plugins right now so I thought I'd ask. I'd love to know if there are plans for an official support forum/site? Either through github, discord (wink wink) or slack? It's hard debugging issues since the spectrum chat is fairly inactive. Thanks!
Sho Kuwamoto
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@daniel_destefanis Switching instances is definitely on our wish list for future API improvements. Keep your eyes peeled! For plugin questions, we have been using a slack group to communicate during the beta and we are looking into opening it up now that we are out of beta. Stay tuned!
Jake Tran
Keenly wait someone to create a plugin that could export to sketch or even xd
Annie Yang
One of the most exciting news! Great jobs @skuwamoto and Figma team!