Straple
p/straple
A Design System for Startups, Designers, and Teams.
Benn Raistrick
Straple — An end to end design system in Sketch and ReactJS
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Straple is a design system which focuses on going from Brand all the way to product development. We want to empower teams by minimising production and resource requirements to help focus on creating great things. Built using Sketch and ReactJS with more variations and platforms in the future.

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Thanasis
I like the idea a lot, but after taking a look at the website I found no trial version. Would be really nice if I first could use the product and then pay for it if I like it!
Benn Raistrick
Hi @tnsrig thanks for the comments, while we wanted to be able to provide a sample of Straple we decided that it wouldn't be very useful to anyone as the system is so connected that seeing how we built symbols in sketch or react components isn't very helpful and won't reflect what Straple does. Straple isn't software so would be vey difficult to put a trial on and it's not a subscription either. There are many styleguides and UI kits which exist already what make Straple different is that it focuses on the understanding of going from brand development, right through to product. understanding atomic design and how there are 1,000's or variations which can be applied to a design atom. So we focused on contrast for type and buttons, variations in how an element might be used. Our goal is to keep providing tools for designers and startup so they can focus less on production and more on putting great stuff out there. Storytelling and problem solving. We intent to release FREE updates to Straple and add on's like, brand spectrums, brand process, SAAS templates which extend the framework, Website templates and hopefully if we can get enough people, a way to export values direct to the ReactJS library from Sketch. We think that the amount of content you get hopefully justifies the cost and while we will be giving bits of it away soon, like the icon set and mockups we will be keeping the core at cost. We have some guide videos on the website which give insight into what you get and how it works https://straple.co/#/videos and we'll have another coming out soon showing us designing a product from brand to application.
Stephen Olmstead
Congrats Benn and team! I know a LOT of hard work and effort has gone into this, big day for you all here. Has been fun to see this one grow and evolve. Keep on the great work.
Benn Raistrick
@theolmstead Thanks it's been great sharing the journey with you.
Jffry Vsk
It's not easy to find the price - but I did accidentally when I clicked on the license selector (why isn't is elsewhere on the site). $115 for single users...$200+ (I assume) for agencies...
Benn Raistrick
Hi @vaska the price is at the bottom of the homepage, The $200 is for teams of up to 5 people :)
Jffry Vsk
@bennraistrick Nope. I see two buttons at the bottom (that go to checkout) with $ sign but no actual price listed. I'm using Chrome on newest OSX. I'll send you a screenshot if I find an email...seems like this is an oversight.
Benn Raistrick
@vaska Are you running any ad blocking software? as we've tested several machines and cannot replicate.
Kaatje Mullebrouck
@vaska @bennraistrick I have the same issue but on Firefox. On Chrome everything works fine. I indeed use an ad blocker on Firefox.
Jffry Vsk
@bennraistrick @kaatje_mullebrouck I've already told them what I know - the problem seems to be Ghostery.
Liv Ang
@bennraistrick I have a good idea how you should promote this product. Take a .sketch file, a design template and convert it in your product and put in somewhere e.q. GitHub with a demo, so anyone can see the output.
Benn Raistrick
@liviuanghelina We wanted to be able to give elements away for people to see however there was an issue that without the context of everything together that we're not adding any value, so it wouldn't be a good reflection of what straple, does. However understand that people want to see the quality of code but if we provide access to the code then anyone can just replicate it, because its not software there is no way to trial it while protecting our IP. So all we could do was keep the cost as low as possible that it would be worth the investment. we looked at styleguides, mockup, deck templates and everything and what the lowest cost was and the arranged the cost of straple around that. The focus for us is on delivery production tools, but to keep building more we need to keep revenue going. With tools like. Sketch to react plugins, angular support, brand spectrums and process guides, wireframe tools and more. We want to give much of this away for FREE to those who buy Straple. We think that the best promoters are you guys... the content creators, storytellers and problem solvers. If straple is worth it you'll all sing its praises.
Katy Le
That look nice. I just watched the intro video, but I didn't see anything powerful that give me the decision to buy or not. So as the same with somebody below, I hope to see trial version ;)
Arash Rahmati

UPDATED REVIEW:

After some isseus with payment and delays resolving it, I finally got my hands on this puppy. I can say that I am super excited by what I can see so far!

If you are a professional designer that wants to level up, this is for you. If you are crazy about details and organising designs to make them efficiently work for you, this is for you.

If you are serious about providing a rich full design as a service this framework covers all the things you need. You really can provide agency quality work.

Of course it will take some time to fully get it down packed but I beleive after a few uses this will definitly raise the bar between you and your competitors.

Thank you to the founder Benn, for stepping in and solving my issues.

Cheers

Ari

Pros:

Amazing, full service framework great from solopreneurs and agencies.

Cons:

May need some time to master

Balázs Barta
Someone tried it already? Is it worth the price?