5 tools
Tokens Studio
tokens.studio
Tokens Studio is the standard Figma plugin for design token management — it lets designers create and organize tokens for colors, typography, spacing, and shadows, then sync them to GitHub, GitLab, or other repos as JSON. It fills the gap Figma Variables leave open: semantic mappings, theme logic, portability to code, and version control. Also maintains Style Dictionary V4 and is expanding to Framer.
Motiff
motiff.com
Motiff is a Figma-competitive UI design tool with deep AI integration — it generates interfaces from text, wireframes, or PRDs, and applies consistent design systems (Material, Ant, shadcn) automatically. Its self-developed rendering engine handles millions of layers without slowdown, and MCP support enables handoff to AI coding tools. Positioned as an affordable alternative to Figma, with AI features currently in beta before paid plans launch July 2025.
Pinwheel
bjango.com/mac/pinwheel
Pinwheel is a $25 Mac app from Bjango (makers of iStat Menus) for managing color design systems: generate palettes and gradients, test WCAG 2 and APCA contrast on the fly, and export color tokens to Figma, SCSS, Design Tokens JSON, SwiftUI, or asset catalogs simultaneously. It imports from Figma and Sketch documents and can serve as the authoritative source of truth for a design system's color layer. Requires macOS 15+.
Supernova
supernova.io
Supernova is a design system platform that turns Figma files, tokens, Storybook stories, and code libraries into living documentation. Teams use it to publish guidelines, sync components automatically from Figma, and give developers live access to React/Vue/Angular components with code export. Recent additions include Portal (a fast-search companion to docs) and Relay, an MCP server for AI agent access to your design system.
zeroheight
zeroheight.com
Zeroheight is a dedicated design system documentation platform that syncs directly with Figma and Storybook so docs stay current without manual updates. Developers can test live React, Angular, and Vue components with prop controls and grab production-ready code — all in the same place guidelines live. Used by 20% of Fortune 100 companies; also produces the annual Design Systems Report.