# Carbon Design System

A design system built by IBM

Repository: https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/carbon-design-system
Homepage: https://www.carbondesignsystem.com
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: scss, design-system, react, javascript, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:52:56+00:00
Link (homepage): https://www.carbondesignsystem.com

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3460, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 67}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9385, forks 2266 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:30.952846+00:00)

## What it is
Carbon is IBM's open-source design system providing React and web component libraries, Sass styles, design tokens, icons, and pictograms for building consistent products and experiences. It is maintained as a monorepo with packages like @carbon/react and @carbon/web-components.

## Use cases
- build enterprise web apps with IBM's Carbon design language
- find accessible React UI components
- get design tokens and Sass styles for a design system
- use framework-agnostic web components
- download icons and pictograms for product design
- prototype UIs in Figma with a design kit

## When to choose
- you want an enterprise-grade, accessibility-focused component library
- you need consistency with IBM products or a mature design system
- you want both React and vanilla web components from one system

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight, unopinionated styling solution
- your product requires a custom visual identity unlike Carbon's
- you only need a few simple components and want minimal dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, css-framework, frontend-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: design-system, ibm, react-components, web-components, scss, design-tokens, accessibility, storybook, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- carbon-design-system/carbon (main) score 94
- carbon-design-system/carbon-components-svelte (sdk) score 95
- carbon-design-system/carbon-design-kit (docs) score 40
- carbon-design-system/carbon-components-react (mirror) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:30.952846+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:22:20.749692+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:30.952846+00:00, sha f19862b1dbe5)
  - homepage: https://www.carbondesignsystem.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:37.746526+00:00, sha 3a8e3b91cd86)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.