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[uri_license]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0
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[uri_license_image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/MPL-2.0-blue.svg
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<h1 align="center">
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<br>
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<img style="width:100px" src="ui-src/logo.svg" alt="PENPOT">
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<br>
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PENPOT EXPORTER
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</h1>
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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://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/penpot/penpot" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/daadb4894128d1e19b72d80236f5959f1f2b47f9fe081373f3246131f0189f6c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f476974706f642d72656164792d2d746f2d2d636f64652d626c75653f6c6f676f3d676974706f64" alt="Gitpod ready-to-code" data-canonical-src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod" style="max-width:100%;"></a></p>
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<a href="https://penpot.app/"><b>Penpot Website</b></a> •
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<a href="https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-file-importer/1684"><b>Export Figma to Penpot (penpot community)</b></a> •
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<a href="https://community.penpot.app/"><b>Penpot Community</b></a> •
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</p>
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<p align="center">
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<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1045247/198583387-5c243c18-8ca9-4b66-9c91-6a30c8787bcc.jpg" alt="Help us">
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</p>
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This is a **very early-stage** Figma plugin to export Figma files to Penpot format. For now is
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little more than a proof of concept, or a first scaffolding, not a fully functional exporter.
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## Table of contents
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- [Table of contents](#table-of-contents)
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- [Why a Penpot exporter](#why-a-penpot-exporter)
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- [Getting started](#getting-started)
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- [Pre-requisites](#pre-requisites)
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- [Building](#building)
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- [Add to Figma](#add-to-figma)
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- [To use the plugin](#to-use-the-plugin)
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- [Call to the community](#call-to-the-community)
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- [What can this plugin currently import?](#what-can-this-plugin-currently-import)
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- [Limitations](#limitations)
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- [Contributing](#contributing)
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- [License](#license)
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## Why a Penpot exporter
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The aim of this plugin is to help people migrate their files from Figma to
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[Penpot](https://penpot.app/). Migrating work from one design tool to another was never an easy task
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due to the abundance of closed and non-standard formats, and this is not a different case. Our
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approach to better solve this situation is to release a code skeleton for the minimum version of a
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Figma plugin that can convert a Figma file into a Penpot annotated SVG file.
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There is a sense of urgency for this capability because there is a feeling that Adobe might force
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Figma to limit exports and interoperability via plugins very soon.
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## Getting started
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This plugin makes use of npm, webpack and react, and is written on TypeScript. It also includes a
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Penpot file builder library.
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### Pre-requisites
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To use this plugin, you will need to have `node` and `npm` installed on your computer. If you don't
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already have these, you can download and install them from the official website
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([https://nodejs.org/en/](https://nodejs.org/en/)).
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Once you have `node` and `npm` installed, you will need to download the source code for this plugin.
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You can do this by clicking the "Clone or download" button on the GitHub page for this project and
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then selecting "Download ZIP". Extract the ZIP file to a location on your computer.
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### Building
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#### For Windows users:
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1. Open the terminal by searching for "Command Prompt" in the start menu.
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2. Use the `cd` command to navigate to the folder where the repository has been extracted. For
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example, if the repository is located in the `Downloads` folder, you can use the following
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command: `cd Downloads/penpot-exporter-figma-plugin`.
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3. Once you are in the correct folder, you can run the `npm install` command to install the
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dependencies, and then the `npm run build` command to build the plugin.
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#### For Mac users:
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1. Open the terminal by searching for "Terminal" in the Launchpad or by using the `Command + Space`
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keyboard shortcut and searching for "Terminal".
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2. Use the `cd` command to navigate to the folder where the repository has been extracted. For
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example, if the repository is located in the `Downloads` folder, you can use the following
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command: `cd Downloads/penpot-exporter-figma-plugin`.
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3. Once you are in the correct folder, you can run the `npm install` command to install the
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dependencies, and then the `npm run build` command to build the plugin.
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#### For Linux users:
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1. Open the terminal by using the `Ctrl + Alt + T` keyboard shortcut.
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2. Use the `cd` command to navigate to the folder where the repository has been extracted. For
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example, if the repository is located in the `Downloads` folder, you can use the following
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command: `cd Downloads/penpot-exporter-figma-plugin`.
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3. Once you are in the correct folder, you can run the `npm install` command to install the
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dependencies, and then the `npm run build` command to build the plugin.
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### Add to Figma
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`Figma menu` > `Plugins` > `Development` > `Import plugin from manifest…` To add the plugin to
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Figma, open Figma and go to the `Plugins` menu. Select `Development` and then choose
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`Import plugin from manifest…`.
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<img src="resources/Import plugin from manifest.png" alt='Screenshot of the Plugins > Development menus open showing the, "Import plugin from manifest" option.'>
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Select the `manifest.json` file that is located in the folder where you extracted the source code
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for the plugin.
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### To use the plugin
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1. Select what you want to export
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2. `Figma menu` > `Plugins` > `Development` > `Penpot Exporter` go to the `Plugins` menu in Figma
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and select `Development` followed by `Penpot Exporter`.
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3. This will generate a .zip file that you can import into Penpot.
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## Call to the community
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Answering to the interest expressed by community members to build the plugin by themselves, at the
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Penpot team we decided to help solve the need without having to depend on our current product
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priorities. That is why we have published this bare minimum version of the plugin, unsatisfactory in
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itself, but it unlocks the possibility for others to continue the task.
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Yes, we are asking for help. 🤗
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We have explained this approach in a
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[community post](https://community.penpot.app/t/figma-file-importer/1684). Feel free to join the
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conversation there.
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## What can this plugin currently import?
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As mentioned above, this plugin gets you to a starting point. Things that are currently included in
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the import are:
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- **Basic shapes** (rectangles, ellipses).
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- **Frames** (Boards in Penpot).
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- **Groups**.
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- **Fills** (solid colors and linear gradients).
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- **Texts** (basic support. Only fonts available on Google fonts).
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- **Images** (basic support)
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## Limitations
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The obvious limitations are the features that are in Figma but not in Penpot or work differently in
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both tools so they can not be easily converted. We leave some comments below about the ones that are
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commonly considered more important:
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- **Autolayout**: Not in Penpot yet but in a very advanced state of development. There will be news
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soon.
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- **Components**: Currently very different from their counterparts at Figma. However, Penpot
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components are under a rework that we expect will make the conversion easier.
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- **Variants**: Not expected in the short term. Also, we are thinking of different solutions to
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solve component states, things that eventually could make it difficult to import.
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## Contributing
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If you want to make many people very happy and help us build this code skeleton for the minimum
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version of the Figma plugin, a further effort will be needed to have a satisfactory import
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experience.
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For instance, it will be interesting to add:
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- Strokes
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- Fills with radial gradients
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- Paths
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- Images (full support)
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- Texts (full support)
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- Rotations
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- Constraints
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- ...
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Motivated to contribute? Take a look at our
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[Contributing Guide](https://help.penpot.app/contributing-guide/) that explains our guidelines
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(they're for the Penpot Core, but are mostly of application here too).
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## License
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This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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Copyright (c) KALEIDOS INC
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```
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Penpot and the Penpot exporter plugin are Kaleidos’
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[open source projects](https://kaleidos.net/products)
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