Re:Figma Alternatives
by geesejuggler on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:35AM
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It opens (and saves) Sketch files as well
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Re:Figma Alternatives
by kitsunesoba on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:33PM
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Might be worth pointing out that this is thanks to Sketch publishing specs[0] for their format, making it easy to write importers/exporters for. As far as I know Figma has yet to do this, so anything that reads Figma files is likely reverse engineered and prone to breakage when Figma inevitably changes their undocumented format.
If I were searching for a Figma alternative, its file format being documented would be a priority because otherwise, one is subjecting themselves to some degree of lock-in.
Their specs help, but we also support their old format which was basically a dump. We had to reverse engineer it.
Also, we'll import from Figma this fall. You're right, it's never easy. It's a bug valley of countless files that render a little distorted.