FigCraft v0.7.0

FigCraft is a free, open-source interface design and prototyping application built in Rust. It aims to reproduce core design workflows found in Figma while providing a native desktop experience, local file storage, and support for offline work.

The application includes tools for creating layouts, reusable components, vector graphics, design systems, and interactive prototypes. It also supports developer handoff, multiple export formats, command-line automation, and integration with AI agents through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

FigCraft is an ambitious alternative for UI designers and developers who want greater control over their design files without depending entirely on a cloud-based platform. However, it is still in alpha, and its developers estimate that it has reached approximately 49% of the functionality needed to replace Figma for real-world work. It is best treated as an actively developing alternative rather than a complete replacement.

Features

Interface Design and Auto Layout

FigCraft provides a canvas-based editor with a familiar interface featuring a toolbar, layers panel, design properties, and keyboard shortcuts.

Its auto-layout system supports horizontal and vertical layouts, wrapping, grid layouts, spacing, padding, alignment, and flexible sizing. Designers can combine nested frames, constraints, and layout grids to create responsive interface structures.

These tools are useful for building application screens, dashboards, landing pages, and reusable interface layouts without manually positioning every element.

Components and Design Systems

FigCraft supports reusable components, instances, variants, and component properties. Changes to a main component can propagate to its instances while preserving supported overrides.

The application also includes an asset panel for searching and inserting reusable components, along with a variables system supporting colors, numbers, strings, and Boolean values. Variables can have multiple modes, aliases, and scopes, making them useful for maintaining design systems and light or dark themes.

These capabilities provide a foundation for consistent UI development across larger projects.

Vector Graphics and Drawing Tools

The application includes vector editing tools that go beyond basic shapes. Users can draw paths, edit points and handles, create variable-width strokes, and combine overlapping shapes using Boolean operations.

Supported operations include union, subtraction, intersection, and exclusion. The editor also provides a shape builder, masks, gradients, adjustable corners, and editable vector geometry.

This makes FigCraft useful for designing icons, interface illustrations, diagrams, and other vector-based assets without requiring a separate drawing application for every task.

Colors, Effects, and Typography

FigCraft supports solid colors, linear and radial gradients, angular and diamond gradients, image fills, multiple strokes, blend modes, shadows, and blur effects.

Additional effects include noise, texture, glass-like treatments, and masks. Color handling supports sRGB and Display P3 profiles, with exported files tagged with their color profile.

The text editor supports mixed formatting within paragraphs, variable fonts, OpenType features, text styles, spacing controls, lists, and right-to-left text. These capabilities are useful for multilingual interfaces and more sophisticated typography.

Interactive Prototyping

FigCraft allows designers to connect frames and create interactive prototypes with triggers, actions, transitions, and back navigation.

Its interaction system also supports variables and conditional expressions, enabling more dynamic prototypes. A presentation view provides device frames and interaction hints, while a live preview helps designers test their work.

These features allow teams to explore interface behavior before implementing the final design in code.

Developer Handoff and Code Inspection

The application includes a developer-oriented inspection workflow with measurements, annotations, ready-for-development status, and frame comparisons.

Developers can inspect design properties and generate code representations in formats such as CSS, HTML, React, SwiftUI, and Jetpack Compose. Components can expose their properties as parameters in the generated code.

The output is intended to help bridge design and implementation, although generated code should be reviewed and adapted to the conventions and architecture of the target project.

AI Agent and CLI Automation

One of FigCraft's most distinctive features is its command-driven architecture. The same underlying command system powers the graphical interface, CLI, JSON control channel, and MCP server.

This enables scripts and compatible AI agents to create or modify designs, inspect documents, render files, and export assets without relying exclusively on manual interaction.

The command-line tools also support headless rendering and batch export, making the application potentially useful in automated design workflows and development pipelines.

Local Files and Offline Privacy

FigCraft stores projects as local .figcraft archives and can work without requiring an account. The project states that it does not use telemetry and does not contact a server until users share or join a file.

It supports importing and exporting common formats, including SVG, PNG, JPG, WebP, and PDF. Existing Figma .fig files can also be opened on a best-effort basis, although compatibility with real-world documents has not been fully validated.

For collaborative work, FigCraft offers preview-stage live sessions and an optional self-hosted server. These features are not equivalent to a mature cloud collaboration platform, and online sharing has important privacy limitations discussed below.

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FigCraft v0.7.0 Release Notes: What's Changed ci: add comfortable runtime limits to unbounded jobs by @skylartaylor in #397 M7: home tests wait for the recent files reader instead of a fixed frame count (#351) by @Barzabel in #354 Community batch 1: 22 reviewed fixes by @bflatastic in #507 M7: follow system theme from the first frame by @VanTan666 in #262 M7: a slice's export preview shows the page content under it by @ahmed-226 in #265 M7: double-clicking a page in the Pages list no longer closes the app by @marcoarnulfo in #271 fix(ui): gradient type icons that show their gradient (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #275 fix(ui): disable alignment when the selection can't be aligned (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #276 fix(pen): show the bezier handles while drawing (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #277 fix(engine): Alt-drag copies snap to their original; Cmd+D repeats the step (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #283 M1: a press on a corner handle resizes instead of picking the corner-radius handle by @marcoarnulfo in #293 fix(desktop): Windows' first preferred language picks the UI language (#291) by @fede9234 in #294 fix(server): keep each team library version in its own file (#206) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #302 fix(pages): inherit the current page background when adding pages (M1) by @tylerjenningsw in #311 fix(home): recent files notice files deleted while the home screen is open by @rcoenen in #318 fix(home): keep a long path from drawing over the file name in Open files by @patlux in #324 M1: SVG export keeps a nested frame's fill and stroke inside its parent's clip by @marcoarnulfo in #327 M9: a compaction cut short closes the file instead of confirming lost edits (#183) by @Barzabel in #340 M7: the Small caps sample in Type settings draws without a box by @StrajnarFilip in #355 fix(engine): new text is readable on the frame it is drawn in (#362) by @vxMacDev in #372 Copy and paste through the system clipboard in the browser by @mateusvillain in #375 Outline stroke on every selected layer, not just the first by @Silvertree2010 in #386 Keep corner resize cursors diagonal on wide and tall layers by @Silvertree2010 in #388 Keep text selection highlight inside the box at the end of the text by @Silvertree2010 in #390 Fix Send to back leaving layers above siblings across frames by @Silvertree2010 in #444 Community batch 2: 20 reviewed fixes by @bflatastic in #510 Add Japanese labels for templates, recent files, and editor controls by @haranishi in #288 packaging: RPM declares the glibc 2.35 floor, so RHEL 9 refuses it by @tydude001 in #328 collab: refuse sequence numbers a host cannot advance by @midasmatterhorn in #343 doc: name counters stop at u64::MAX instead of overflowing by @midasmatterhorn in #344 Replace every occurrence in edit.findReplace when replacement contains find by @Silvertree2010 in #358 Reject negative or fractional index in effect.set, export.update and export.remove by @Silvertree2010 in #384 M4: hanging punctuation test holds for fonts that kern with x offsets by @rcoenen in #471 M1: Cmd+R rename test sends Ctrl+R only where Ctrl is the command key by @rcoenen in #472 Refuse negative or fractional indexes in page.select and doc.switch by @Silvertree2010 in #475 fix(engine): read the documented gradient shorthand on every route (#252) by @pcastro93 in #254 fix(engine): roll back failed commands during interactions too by @notdezzi in #282 fix(format): exclusive unique staging files for atomic save/export by @notdezzi in #284 M1: open .figcraft files from Finder, Open With and the Dock on macOS by @marcoarnulfo in #290 Count a recovery revision as copied only after its write succeeds by @Silvertree2010 in #297 Keep the redo steps when a failed command batch rolls back (#196) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #301 M1: creating a variable collection no longer closes the app (#224) by @Barzabel in #314 M1: deeply nested layers don't run the layout out of stack (#210) by @Barzabel in #330 M3: renaming a style folder no longer closes the app by @Barzabel in #337 M1: cursor and double-click tests scan the system fonts themselves (#333) by @Barzabel in #339 engine: long digit strings no longer overflow object.opacityKeys by @midasmatterhorn in #353 Community batch 3: 20 reviewed PRs by @bflatastic in #529 Avoid macOS file dialog reentrancy crashes by @justinjohn0306 in #253 M9: Russian interface translation by @VanTan666 in #257 M9: Turkish catalog (reviewed) by @yyamandevrim in #263 M6: .fig import lays out the layers of resized instances by their constraints by @marcoarnulfo in #279 Fix text edits rolling back prior document changes by @justinjohn0306 in #280 fix(format): import explicit variable modes referenced by asset key by @notdezzi in #281 Recovery: wait for the write in flight before an emergency save and before removing copies (#202) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #303 engine: refuse page.move for node ids that are not pages by @midasmatterhorn in #310 M0.9: answer control requests while the window is hidden (#269) by @AganzeFelicite in #313 fix(recovery): keep the version history and branches in recovery copies (#185) by @vxMacDev in #331 M0.9: every hidden window answers control requests, not only the main one (#269) by @patlux in #332 M1: keep a recovery copy until this run has its own (#187) by @Barzabel in #336 Set the native window identity to match the desktop entry by @IanHollow in #346 Make edit.findReplace replace case-insensitive matches by @Silvertree2010 in #361 i18n: Czech (cs) UI catalog (draft) by @Losminek in #469 M7: find Unix user fonts under XDG_DATA_HOME by @IanHollow in #474 M9: Indonesian draft catalog by @RevDonz in #477 Text: colour emoji draw from their own colour tables (#268) by @fede9234 in #300 Community batch 4: 11 reviewed PRs by @bflatastic in #530 fix(ui): scroll a long pages list in its own area so the layers stay in view by @marcoarnulfo in #272 M1: save files automatically (#296) by @AganzeFelicite in #305 M1: leaving Design ends the pen path and goes back to Move by @marcoarnulfo in #308 fix(vector): keep the canvas still when entering vector edit mode and picking a region by @rcoenen in #322 M9: remove someone from a live session by @HaSh3003 in #338 fix(ui): step through the font picker with Up and Down (#345) by @vxMacDev in #352 fix(engine): drag with the Text tool to make a fixed-width text box (#360) by @vxMacDev in #363 Variables export as a download in the browser by @mateusvillain in #368 Let batch steps reference ids created by earlier steps by @edivanteixeira in #400 M0.9: a control line that isn't JSON ends the connection by @bflatastic in #589 Community batch 5: 59 reviewed PRs (#482 and up) by @bflatastic in #591 Skip divider rows in Next page and Previous page by @Silvertree2010 in #517 fix(ui): show error toasts raised by a slow frame for their full 3 s by @volkovskey in #518 Keep a styled layer's fill variable through .fig round trips by @Silvertree2010 in #521 Pen tool: a click's small wobble pulls out no handle by @seun-ipaye in #522 Close a layer's colour picker when the selection changes by @Silvertree2010 in #523 Keep a Rectangle in the smallest synthetic perf documents by @Silvertree2010 in #525 Fix perf failing with 'no card' on small instance counts by @Silvertree2010 in #526 Include empty outlines in no-op shapeBuilder.merge response by @Silvertree2010 in #527 Don't record an undo step for an abandoned empty text box by @Silvertree2010 in #531 Fix cross-axis arrows and drop slot on single-item wrapped lines by @Silvertree2010 in #533 Report changed=false when list indentation is capped by @Silvertree2010 in #534 Fix eraser missing brush crossings narrower than the sample spacing by @Silvertree2010 in #536 fix(rest): keep a text hyperlink destination whole on import by @Hamza0101 in #539 Keep character-range text styles when publishing and placing components by @Silvertree2010 in #542 Refresh linked layers when a library update changes only a style by @Silvertree2010 in #545 Point library style variable bindings at imported library variables by @Silvertree2010 in #547 Keep frame min/max size in .fig export without an auto layout parent by @Silvertree2010 in #551 Keep region loops in ring order when adding a point to a reversed edge by @Silvertree2010 in #556 Keep Mixed line height when Enter is pressed without typing (#439) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #558 Keep per-character text fills in SVG export (#429) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #559 Keep the selected guide selected when an earlier guide is removed (#418) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #561 Keep flows, prototype settings and guides when duplicating a page (#417) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #562 Refuse to create a variable collection with a name that is already taken (#416) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #563 Docs: FIG export guides no longer say variables and style links are omitted (#398) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #564 Colour picker: record only the final colour of a drag in Recent colors (#395) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #565 docs: document perf --instances in the CLI reference (#391) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #566 fix(render): glass looks the same wherever a render cuts it, and samples once where it doesn't bend (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #576 Colour names in hex fields (red → FF0000) by @mateusvillain in #577 Fix typography spacing icon scrubbing by @VanTan666 in #579 Fields select their text on focus by @mateusvillain in #583 Cmd/Ctrl+= and - zoom the canvas only, not the whole interface by @marcoarnulfo in #584 i18n: Swedish (sv) interface translation by @kler in #482 Keep layer text and string defaults unchanged in rem code output by @Silvertree2010 in #485 Make empty ranges link and unlink text styles on all characters by @Silvertree2010 in #486 Fix paint bucket leaving a face filled when its region is duplicated by @Silvertree2010 in #488 Leave missing vertices out of region point queries by @Silvertree2010 in #489 Skip missing segments when starting a region loop walk by @Silvertree2010 in #490 Brace variable names in expression text that would not read back by @Silvertree2010 in #491 Keep hidden export roots from enlarging the exported image by @Silvertree2010 in #493 Default CLI render and export to the first non-divider page by @Silvertree2010 in #494 Keep the colour picker and open settings on their item after a removal by @Silvertree2010 in #496 Fix variable.update scopes: null not resetting to all supported by @Silvertree2010 in #497 Keep committed line height and letter spacing in the text style editor by @Silvertree2010 in #499 Save the PDF from File > Export frames to PDF by @Silvertree2010 in #502 Fix panic drawing a selected guide label in a zero-width canvas by @Silvertree2010 in #504 Reveal the comment's page when opening it via ui.set commentOpen by @Silvertree2010 in #505 Fix view jump when returning after a pan released over a panel by @Silvertree2010 in #506 Drop the draw or marquee gesture a canvas double-click starts by @Silvertree2010 in #508 Stop a guide drag released off the canvas from continuing on the next click by @Silvertree2010 in #509 Draw layer blurs up to the documented 10,000 radius by @Silvertree2010 in #511 Keep CMYK conversion inside PDF vector pattern tiles by @Silvertree2010 in #512 Anti-alias rectangular frame clips on fractional device edges by @Silvertree2010 in #513 fix(ui): a scrub is one undo step in the colour picker, prototype and Scale panels (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #514 Keep nested frames out of the ready-for-dev list by @marcoarnulfo in #515 Reject layer IDs as targets of page.rename, delete and setBackground by @Silvertree2010 in #516 Cap startup operator problems at the latest 200 by @Silvertree2010 in #519 Give case-colliding variant properties distinct data attributes by @Silvertree2010 in #483 Fix MCP layer screenshots exceeding maxSize by @Silvertree2010 in #495 Keep consecutive spaces in recent file accessible names by @Silvertree2010 in #503 Community batch 5: #312's sturdier zoom-preview test; record four rebased heads by @bflatastic in #588 M1: say why when the window can't open (#261) by @Barzabel in #306 M1: drop shadows under a background blur (#255) by @Barzabel in #317 M1: memory budgets for decoded images and a file's images (#203, #189) by @Barzabel in #326 perf(canvas): refresh full-viewport previews during zoom (M8) by @tylerjenningsw in #312 Community batch 6: 8 reviewed PRs by @bflatastic in #598 perf(ui): look for CJK names in edits, not on every pan by @volkovskey in #478 Merge text runs made identical by style updates by @Silvertree2010 in #487 doc: runs of a file that reach past the text can't overflow a text edit by @midasmatterhorn in #528 Keep cleared range hyperlinks through FIG export and import by @Silvertree2010 in #549 Point duplicated page navigation at the copied frames by @Silvertree2010 in #554 text: scripted text stores CRLF, CR, U+2028 and U+2029 as LF like the editor (#427) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #560 M7: skip special files when scanning system fonts by @IanHollow in #568 Community batch 7: Czech plurals and bounded canvas overscan by @bflatastic in #602 i18n: Czech one/few/other plurals by @Losminek in #596 Reduce blank strips while panning with bounded canvas overscan by @YarilaFox in #597 Community batch 8: drop files anywhere, duplicate fill tests by @bflatastic in #606 M1: a duplicate's fill stays its own (#586) by @Barzabel in #600 Reject negative or fractional index in file.close by @Silvertree2010 in #608 M7: drop files anywhere to open them by @Skyfuller1303 in #601 Docs: roadmap rows for the community fixes from #478 up by @bflatastic in #605 ci: delegate release, freebsd, windows-arm64, packaging-lint to craft-common-actions and add nix check by @dylanmtaylor in #176 ci: standardize FreeBSD workflow on shared FreeBSD 15.1 action by @dylanmtaylor in #640 M1: convert frames to sections and sections to frames (#719) by @bflatastic in #721 Plugins: refuse file and network access through path params and collab by @bflatastic in #723 M3: number variables in the text content picker (#629) by @bflatastic in #725 Community batch 9: the .fig import series (11 PRs by @Skyfuller1303) by @bflatastic in #727 M1: keep explicit instance identity and cached library components in .fig import by @Skyfuller1303 in #626 M1: apply instance overrides by key and order, settle bound paints, keep stroke outline styles by @Skyfuller1303 in #627 M1: let local text values and instance overrides win over a shared text style in .fig import by @Skyfuller1303 in #628 M1: keep grid track sizes in .fig import by @Skyfuller1303 in #630 M1: distinguish unresolved vector segment style metadata in .fig import by @Skyfuller1303 in #631 M1: import editable text on a path from .fig files by @Skyfuller1303 in #632 M1: import image adjustments from .fig files by @Skyfuller1303 in #635 M1: import component slot content from .fig files by @Skyfuller1303 in #636 M1: keep text decoration skip ink from .fig files by @Skyfuller1303 in #637 M1: keep paragraph options from .fig files by @Skyfuller1303 in #638 M1: import labels of straight connectors from .fig files by @Skyfuller1303 in #639 Community batch 10: .fig import and file handling (12 PRs) by @bflatastic in #728 fix(format): open large .fig files within budgets from the file's size by @volkovskey in #524 fix(format): keep vertical trim on .fig import (#466) by @vxMacDev in #610 M1: keep imported file bytes out of the command journal by @Skyfuller1303 in #612 M1: keep per-point stroke joins on .fig import by @Skyfuller1303 in #617 M1: show an import report after opening a file by @Skyfuller1303 in #620 M1: paste layers copied in Figma by @JimKnoxx in #647 M1: .fig import reads images carried in the message (image.dataBlob) by @th0mate in #656 fix(format): numbered lists from .fig files keep their start number (#686) by @Nael-Nathanael in #695 Cap stroke width in the outliner so huge weights don't panic by @Silvertree2010 in #697 Skip layers with children in vector.offset by @Silvertree2010 in #711 M1: save a copy as .fig by @Skyfuller1303 in #619 M1: translate the vector style import notes by @Skyfuller1303 in #651 Community batch 11: editor fixes and the Actions palette (9 PRs) by @bflatastic in #733 M4: Flatten keeps open paths (#377) by @AganzeFelicite in #654 M4: points dropped on a point merge (#401) by @AganzeFelicite in #657 Live font preview on hover in font picker by @Ahmed5Emad in #666 fix(engine): Shift-drag on a selected layer moves the selection (#498) by @Nael-Nathanael in #691 fix(ui): Cmd/Ctrl+V pastes an image copied in another app (#663) by @Nael-Nathanael in #693 Rework Actions Palette with Figma-style Panel and Improved UI by @Ahmed5Emad in #707 fix(doc): thin strokes take a double-click a few pixels away (#646) by @itrejomx in #713 fix(ui): Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+V pastes over the selection and Alt+Cmd/Ctrl+V pastes properties (#716) by @Nael-Nathanael in #717 #710: Resources and Shift+I open the Assets panel by @justinjohn0306 in #718 Community batch 12: engine checks, server limits, web join links, menus and more (13 PRs) by @bflatastic in #735 M0.9: a script runs as one undo step and resolves $step, like command.batch by @phonedu in #673 M9: a damaged generation field no longer drops a log's flushed edits (#408) by @Barzabel in #687 Fix parameterized menu actions and language selection by @YarilaFox in #699 feat(web): join a live session from ?join= in the page URL by @sushi-killer in #712 i18n(sv): translate the command and menu labels and 19 new strings by @kler in #599 Contributors: add Marco Arnulfo by @marcoarnulfo in #616 Refuse edits that leave a layer with non-finite geometry by @Silvertree2010 in #625 ci: switch to shared nix workflow from craft-common-actions by @dylanmtaylor in #633 docs: correct README example plugin count (#392) by @Zaxaerith in #641 Reject negative or fractional index in fill.set and stroke.set by @Silvertree2010 in #655 Make the control server's connection-limit test pass on macOS by @Hamza0101 in #670 M1: a param that names a layer says so when it isn't one by @phonedu in #675 Refuse pages in edit.copy and edit.cut by @Silvertree2010 in #680 fix(server): let message limits follow max_file_mb so files above 64 MiB publish and open by @sushi-killer in #705 Community batch 13: colour picker, text strokes and selection, pages divider, variant reorder (8 PRs) by @bflatastic in #736 fix(render): text strokes follow their alignment (#615) by @vxMacDev in #621 M1: pop up colour picker when adding a fill or stroke (#404) by @krinry in #624 M3: re-read a library file whose stamp is as recent as the read by @Skyfuller1303 in #652 perf(render): work out paint bounds once per render by @volkovskey in #667 fix(ui): drag the line between pages and layers to size the pages list by @volkovskey in #668 Text: selection highlights after a line break start at the line's start, and the empty last line shows by @marcoarnulfo in #671 Hold the duplicate step for a dragged and a nudged copy by @Hamza0101 in #672 M3: drag variant properties to reorder them in the Properties section by @marcoarnulfo in #679 UI: submenu hover fixes (stale state, safe triangle, hover delay) by @Jorrevdb in #729 Docs: roadmap rows for the community fixes from #524 up by @bflatastic in #744 M3: instance layers keep resizing overrides (#731); .fig/REST imports keep Hug (#732) by @bflatastic in #745 M8: confine MCP file access with --automation-read-root/--automation-write-root (#715) by @bflatastic in #746 M8: the control channel answers while the window is minimized (#720) by @bflatastic in #751 Community batch 14: selection colors, spacing, presenter tab, Wayland controls and more (10 PRs) by @bflatastic in #753 M7: test credits column sizing and horizontal scrolling by @IanHollow in #347 M7: align native-density canvas textures to device pixels by @Skyfuller1303 in #359 M1: adding auto layout to an existing frame keeps its size instead of hugging by @Ahmed5Emad in #369 Add a dedicated presentation tab with device and scale controls by @YarilaFox in #537 M3: add Selection colors for mixed selections by @VanTan666 in #575 Restore window controls on Wayland without server decorations by @danielmigueltejedor in #592 Add smart-selection spacing fields and canvas handles by @VanTan666 in #595 node.set: refuse auto layout keys off frames, and font styles the family lacks by @edivanteixeira in #603 M8: Keyboard shortcuts panel closes on the home screen (#548) by @MarekSpodBiedry in #749 M7: use native macOS paste modifiers in tests by @VanTan666 in #750 Docs: parity rows for the 2026-10-17 landings by @bflatastic in #756 M7: translate the .fig import notes by @bflatastic in #761 M1: IME composition in text layers (#747) by @bflatastic in #755 Batch 15: .fig distributed alignment (#552), REST grid tracks, macOS CJK fonts, pen Esc by @bflatastic in #775 Keep space-around and space-evenly alignment on FIG import by @Silvertree2010 in #552 Open only web links and local libraries from a document by @skylartaylor in #777 fix(ui): SVG and PDF export rows offer no size (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #768 fix(ui): Rotation gets its own icon, not Corner radius's (#256) by @Nael-Nathanael in #769 New Contributors @skylartaylor made their first contribution in #397 @Barzabel made their first contribution in #354 @VanTan666 made their first contribution in #262 @ahmed-226 made their first contribution in #265 @marcoarnulfo made their first contribution in #271 @Nael-Nathanael made their first contribution in #275 @MarekSpodBiedry made their first contribution in #302 @tylerjenningsw made their first contribution in #311 @patlux made their first contribution in #324 @StrajnarFilip made their first contribution in #355 @vxMacDev made their first contribution in #372 @mateusvillain made their first contribution in #375 @Silvertree2010 made their first contribution in #386 @haranishi made their first contribution in #288 @tydude001 made their first contribution in #328 @midasmatterhorn made their first contribution in #343 @pcastro93 made their first contribution in #254 @notdezzi made their first contribution in #282 @yyamandevrim made their first contribution in #263 @AganzeFelicite made their first contribution in #313 @IanHollow made their first contribution in #346 @Losminek made their first contribution in #469 @RevDonz made their first contribution in #477 @HaSh3003 made their first contribution in #338 @edivanteixeira made their first contribution in #400 @volkovskey made their first contribution in #518 @seun-ipaye made their first contribution in #522 @Hamza0101 made their first contribution in #539 @kler made their first contribution in #482 @YarilaFox made their first contribution in #597 @Skyfuller1303 made their first contribution in #601 @dylanmtaylor made their first contribution in #176 @JimKnoxx made their first contribution in #647 @th0mate made their first contribution in #656 @Ahmed5Emad made their first contribution in #666 @itrejomx made their first contribution in #713 @phonedu made their first contribution in #673 @sushi-killer made their first contribution in #712 @Zaxaerith made their first contribution in #641 @krinry made their first contribution in #624 @Jorrevdb made their first contribution in #729 @danielmigueltejedor made their first contribution in #592 Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.7.0

Performance and Compatibility

FigCraft is built primarily in Rust and uses a native desktop interface rather than Electron or an embedded web view. Its document engine is designed to update only the parts of a design that change, which can reduce unnecessary work when editing complex documents.

The project also supports a WebAssembly build, making browser-based use possible. Desktop installers are provided for Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD, subject to the available release packages.

Its main limitation is maturity. The developers explicitly identify the application as alpha software. Although its core editor and many design features are implemented, the project has not been fully validated against real Figma documents. Importing .fig files is best-effort, and its plugin system uses WebAssembly plugins rather than Figma's native plugin ecosystem.

Live collaboration is also in preview. Users can share a document through the default collaboration server or a self-hosted server, but the project does not yet provide accounts, team management, or a complete cloud workspace.

Privacy also requires attention when sharing. Online sessions upload files to a server, and the shared documents are not end-to-end encrypted. Anyone with an edit link or code can modify the file. Sensitive projects should therefore remain local, use a trusted self-hosted server, or be shared only through a trusted local network.

System Requirements

The project does not publish a single minimum CPU, RAM, or GPU specification. Its documented technical requirements include:

• Operating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD, depending on the available build.

• Development toolchain: Rust and Cargo for building from source.

• Web build: WebAssembly support, with Trunk used for the browser build.

• Storage: Local disk space for the application, design files, and assets.

• Fonts: System fonts can be used, while the project's separate craft-fonts repository provides additional bundled fonts.

• Internet connection: Not required for normal offline design work, but needed for online collaboration and other network-dependent workflows.

The easiest installation method is to download an appropriate installer from the project's GitHub releases. Developers who prefer building from source should follow the repository's current setup instructions.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Free and open-source under the MIT or Apache-2.0 license.

• Native application built in Rust without Electron.

• Works offline without requiring an account.

• Includes auto layout, components, variants, variables, and design-system tools.

• Provides advanced vector editing and Boolean operations.

• Supports interactive prototyping and developer handoff.

• Exposes design operations through a CLI, JSON control channel, and MCP server.

• Supports common image, vector, and document export formats.

• Offers cross-platform desktop builds and a WebAssembly version.

• Provides a foundation for local and self-hosted collaboration.

Cons

• Still in alpha and not yet a complete replacement for Figma.

• Figma document import is best-effort and has not been fully validated against real documents.

• Does not support Figma's native plugin ecosystem.

• Multiplayer collaboration remains a preview feature.

• Lacks mature account, team, and cloud-workspace management.

• Online sharing is not end-to-end encrypted.

• Generated code requires review before production use.

• Building from source requires familiarity with Rust and Cargo.

How to Install

Option 1: Download a Prebuilt Release

1. Visit the FigCraft GitHub repository.

2. Open the Releases section.

3. Download the installer or package appropriate for your operating system.

4. Install or extract the package according to its format.

5. Launch FigCraft and create a new design or open an existing .figcraft project.

Prebuilt releases are the most convenient option for users who want to try the application without setting up a development environment.

Option 2: Build from Source

Install Rust and Cargo first, then clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/storytold/figcraft
cd figcraft

Start the desktop application in release mode:

cargo run --release -p figcraft

To start the collaboration server separately:

cargo run --release -p figcraft-server

To run the workspace test suite:

cargo test --workspace

The project also provides a CI command for formatting, linting, tests, layering checks, and asset validation:

cargo xtask ci

For additional fonts, clone the shared font repository alongside FigCraft:

git clone https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts ../craft-fonts

Without the additional font repository, FigCraft can fall back to system fonts. Consult the project's documentation for platform-specific dependencies and further configuration.

Final Verdict

FigCraft is an ambitious open-source design application that combines many of the features expected from a modern UI design tool with the benefits of native software and local-first storage.

Its strongest advantages are its component system, vector editor, prototyping tools, and command-driven architecture. Support for CLI automation and MCP is particularly interesting for developers who want AI agents to generate or modify interface designs as part of their development workflow.

However, its alpha status is a significant consideration. Figma import compatibility, collaboration, and plugin support are not yet mature enough to assume a seamless transition from established design platforms. Users working on critical production projects should evaluate these limitations before adopting it as their primary tool.

FigCraft is a promising choice for developers, designers, and open-source enthusiasts who want a native, offline-capable interface design tool. It is worth testing for new projects and automated design workflows, but teams that depend on Figma's complete collaboration ecosystem should treat it as an emerging alternative rather than a direct replacement.

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Software Informations:
Developer:
ArtCraft
Operating System:
Windows / macOS / Linux / BSD
Date Added:
2026-10-18T16:07:24.009Z
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