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<p align="center"><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3fcf3d6b678ea15fde3cf7d6af0e242160366282d62a7c182d83a50bfee3f45e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4d504c2d322e302d626c75652e737667" alt="License: MPL-2.0" data-canonical-src="https://img.shields.io/badge/MPL-2.0-blue.svg" style="max-width:100%;"></a>
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<a href="https://penpot.app/"><b>Penpot Website</b></a> •
<a href="https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-file-importer/1684"><b>Export Figma to Penpot (penpot community)</b></a> •
<a href="https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-to-penpot-export-plugin/5554"><b>Export Figma to Penpot (Penpot community)</b></a> •
<a href="https://community.penpot.app/"><b>Penpot Community</b></a> •
<a href="https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1219369440655168734/penpot-exporter"><b>Plugin in Figma community</b></a>
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![](penpotexporter.gif)
https://github.com/penpot/penpot-exporter-figma-plugin/assets/165997885/44208d17-1ca0-4fe8-a541-4e68a24ee554
This is a **very early-stage** Figma plugin to export Figma files to Penpot format. For now is
little more than a proof of concept, or a first scaffolding, not a fully functional exporter.
## Table of contents
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## Why a Penpot exporter
The aim of this plugin is to help people migrate their files from Figma to
[Penpot](https://penpot.app/). Migrating work from one design tool to another was never an easy task
due to the abundance of closed and non-standard formats, and this is not a different case. Our
approach to better solve this situation is to release a code skeleton for the minimum version of a
Figma plugin that can convert a Figma file into a Penpot annotated SVG file.
The aim of this plugin is to help people migrate their files from Figma to [Penpot](https://penpot.app/). Migrating work from one design tool to another was never an easy task due to the abundance of closed and non-standard formats, and this is not a different case. Our approach to better solve this situation is to build a Figma plugin that can convert a Figma file into a .zip file that can be imported to Penpot.
There is a sense of urgency for this capability because there is a feeling that Adobe might force
Figma to limit exports and interoperability via plugins very soon.
There is a sense of urgency for this capability because there is a feeling that Adobe might force Figma to limit exports and interoperability via plugins very soon.
## Getting started
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### To use the plugin
1. Select what you want to export
2. `Figma menu` > `Plugins` > `Development` > `Penpot Exporter` go to the `Plugins` menu in Figma
and select `Development` followed by `Penpot Exporter`.
3. This will generate a .zip file that you can import into Penpot.
1. `Open a Figma file` > `Figma top toolbar` > `Resources` > `Plugins` > search for `Penpot Exporter` > `Select the plugin` > `Export your file`.
<img width="421" alt="Screenshot 2024-06-26 at 08 51 49" src="https://github.com/penpot/penpot-exporter-figma-plugin/assets/165997885/c50ad95d-2ebc-41dc-a62d-3f901612bdd3">
3. A `.zip file` will be generated that you can `import into Penpot`.
4. `Open Penpot` > `Select the projects or drafts menu` (three dots on the right side) > `Select Import Penpot files` > `Select the exported .zip file` > `Open the file` and continue your work in Penpot 🥳
![Untitled](https://github.com/penpot/penpot-exporter-figma-plugin/assets/165997885/3dc1bd1e-1f59-4069-b3a5-90e024ffc806)
Visit the <a href="https://github.com/penpot/penpot-exporter-figma-plugin/wiki"><b>Penpot Exporter Wik</b></a> to learn more about how to use the plug-in.
## Call to the community
Answering to the interest expressed by community members to build the plugin by themselves, at the
Penpot team we decided to help solve the need without having to depend on our current product
priorities. That is why we have published this bare minimum version of the plugin, unsatisfactory in
itself, but it unlocks the possibility for others to continue the task.
Answering to the interest expressed by community members to build the plugin by themselves, we're opening the door for anyone interested to jump in and contribute.
Yes, we are asking for help. 🤗
We'd love your help! 🤗
We have explained this approach in a
[community post](https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-file-importer/1684). Feel free to join the
conversation there.
For more details on this initiative, we've shared our approach in a [community post](https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-file-importer/1684) and provided updates in another [community post](https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-to-penpot-export-plugin/5554). Feel free to join the conversation!
## What can this plugin currently import?
As mentioned above, this plugin gets you to a starting point. Things that are currently included in
the import are:
Things that are currently included in the import are:
- **Basic shapes** (rectangles, ellipses).
- **Frames** (Boards in Penpot).
- **Groups**.
- **Fills** (solid colors and linear gradients).
- **Texts** (basic support. Only fonts available on Google fonts).
- **Images** (basic support)
- **Basic shapes** (Rectangles, Ellipses, Stars and Polygons)
- **Vectors, Lines and Arrows**
- **Frames and Sections** (Boards in Penpot)
- **Groups and Boolean groups**
- **Masks groups**
- **Texts** (you can upload your own fonts too)
- **All basic shapes properties** (fills, visibility, strokes, corner radius, shadows, rotations, effects, etc...)
- **Components and Components Sets**
- **Component instances**
- **Variants and properties**
- **Variables**
- **Libraries and local styles**
- **Files connected to a Library** (exported as a page in exported file)
- **Remote design systems**
- **Auto Layouts**
## Limitations
The obvious limitations are the features that are in Figma but not in Penpot or work differently in
both tools so they can not be easily converted. We leave some comments below about the ones that are
commonly considered more important:
Since the objective of the plug-in is to enable seamless file exports from Figma to Penpot. A key part of this goal is to support exporting large files, making **performance a primary challenge**. The exportation process requires comprehensive navigation through all nodes in a Figma file, and currently we’re facing some limitation with the Figma API to solve this.
- **Autolayout**: Not in Penpot yet but in a very advanced state of development. There will be news
soon.
- **Components**: Currently very different from their counterparts at Figma. However, Penpot
components are under a rework that we expect will make the conversion easier.
- **Variants**: Not expected in the short term. Also, we are thinking of different solutions to
solve component states, things that eventually could make it difficult to import.
Another obvious limitations are the features that are in Figma but not in Penpot or work differently in both tools so they can not be easily converted, consequently, some features may not look exactly the same. Additionally, **prototyping settings are currently not supported** in the export/import process of files.
## Contributing
If you want to make many people very happy and help us build this code skeleton for the minimum
version of the Figma plugin, a further effort will be needed to have a satisfactory import
experience.
If you want to make many people very happy and help us continue to build this Figma plugin, for instance, it would be interesting to add:
For instance, it will be interesting to add:
- Performance optimization
- Prototyping interactions and flows
- Strokes
- Fills with radial gradients
- Paths
- Images (full support)
- Texts (full support)
- Rotations
- Constraints
- ...
Motivated to contribute? Take a look at our
[Contributing Guide](https://help.penpot.app/contributing-guide/) that explains our guidelines
(they're for the Penpot Core, but are mostly of application here too).
Motivated to contribute? Take a look at our [Contributing Guide](https://help.penpot.app/contributing-guide/) that explains our guidelines (they're for the Penpot Core, but are mostly of application here too).
## License