# yuanqing/create-figma-plugin

:battery: The comprehensive toolkit for developing plugins and widgets for Figma

Repository: https://github.com/yuanqing/create-figma-plugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/create-figma-plugin
Homepage: https://yuanqing.github.io/create-figma-plugin/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: create-figma-plugin, figma, figma-plugin, figma-plugins, figjam, figjam-plugins, figjam-plugin, figjam-widget, figjam-widgets
Last push: 2026-03-21T14:52:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 73, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2602, "days_push": 165, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1116, forks 102 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:38.500317+00:00)

## What it is
Create Figma Plugin is a comprehensive toolkit for developing plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. It scaffolds projects from templates, bundles TypeScript/JavaScript with esbuild, and provides Preact UI components and utilities that match the Figma editor's design.

## Use cases
- build a figma plugin with typescript
- create a figjam widget
- scaffold a new figma plugin project
- add a ui to my figma plugin that matches figma's design
- bundle and minify a figma plugin with fast builds
- pass data between plugin main and ui contexts
- build plugin menu commands with separate ui per command

## When to choose
- you are developing a Figma or FigJam plugin or widget in TypeScript or JavaScript
- you want prebuilt Preact components that replicate the Figma editor UI including dark mode
- you want fast sub-second builds and a batteries-included dev setup

## When to avoid
- you are building plugins for tools other than Figma or FigJam
- you prefer a fully custom UI stack rather than Figma-styled components
- you need a runtime library unrelated to plugin development

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, ui-components, cli, developer-tools, templating
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: figma, figjam, figma-plugins, preact, esbuild, plugin-development, widgets, typescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- yuanqing/create-figma-plugin (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.500317+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 2026-08-30T06:42:08.133206+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yuanqing/create-figma-plugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.500317+00:00, sha 0441d8f38e34)
  - homepage: https://yuanqing.github.io/create-figma-plugin/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:56.561697+00:00, sha 4ad9825b19a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.