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Figma-linux is an unofficial Electron-based Figma desktop app for Linux.

Installation

Universal

You can install Figma-linux from Snap here.

Alternatively, type

sudo snap install figma-linux

in your terminal.

To use local fonts when using the snapd version create a symbolic link:

sudo ln -s $HOME/.local/share/fonts $HOME/snap/figma-linux/current/.local/share/

There is also an AppImage available. Get it on our Releases page, then make it executable and install using these terminal commands:

chmod +x figma-linux-*.AppImage
sudo ./figma-linux-*.AppImage -i

This is not a portable AppImage - it will install figma-linux on your system, after which you can run it from terminal or from your app list. For more info, execute

./figma-linux-*.AppImage -h

Debian-based Distros

Firstly, install libgconf-2-4:

sudo apt install libgconf-2-4

Download the .deb package from the Releases page, and install it with dpkg or your favorite .deb installer.

sudo dpkg -i figma-linux_*_amd64.deb

Ubuntu

On Ubuntu, you can use our PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chrdevs/figma && sudo apt update && sudo apt install figma-linux -y

If you receive a NO_PUBKEY error while running apt update, then you must add the key manualy:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 70F3445E637983CC

Alternative Ubuntu install

Download the .deb package from the Releases page, and install it with apt.

sudo apt install figma-linux_*_amd64.deb

Arch-based distros

Figma-linux is available on the AUR. You can use an AUR helper like yay to install it:

yay -S figma-linux-bin

Other AUR packages:

• figma-linux - the package install binary version from release tag
• figma-linux-bin - the package install binary version from release tag
• figma-linux-git - the package build the app from Githab from latest release tag
• figma-linux-dev-git - the package build the app from Githab from latest commit on the dev branch

RPM-based distros

Download the .rpm package from our Releases page, then install it:

sudo dnf install figma-linux-*.x86_64.rpm

Nixos

On Nixos, you may add figma-linux in the environment.systemPackages list of your /etc/nixos/configuration.nix and run:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Building from source

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Figma-Linux/figma-linux
cd figma-linux

2. Install prerequisites from npm:

npm i

To run Figma-linux from npm in dev mode execute this:

npm run dev

Aside from that, you can also run:

• npm run dev to run the app in development mode
• npm run build to built the app for production
• npm run start to run the built version
• npm run builder to package the app for distribution.
• • The build targets are listed in ./config/builder.json. You can remove the ones you don't need or don't have dependencies for.
• npm run pack to remove old packages from the installer directory, then pack the app.
• • This depends on AppImageTool being installed.

Example of .env for local development:

NODE_ENV=dev
DEV_PANEL_PORT=3330
DEV_SETTINGS_PORT=3331

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