
How to sync your Storybook design system into Figma
Reading Time: 5 minutesAnima’s Design System Automation Solution establishes and maintains a single source of truth between design and code. Here’s how it works using MongoDB’s open source library.
How to turn MUI code components into a native Figma library
Reading Time: 5 minutesAnima’s Design System Automation platform turns any Storybook into a native Figma library—including variants, Auto Layout, and Figma Styles—then keeps it synced with the code. Here’s how I did it with components from MUI’s open-source design system.
Introducing Codegen 2.0: reusable React components from Figma
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week, Anima released a powerful code generation engine that turns Figma components into clean React components. It maintains each component’s design, structure, layout, and style, and enables overrides in the code without altering the original design.
8 software demo tools for SaaS sales teams
Reading Time: 7 minutesThese tools can help you build tailored, interactive software demos for every prospect fast—without a developer.
8 free React app hosting services
Reading Time: 10 minutesWanna launch your React app fast and easy, with the option to scale? These serverless hosting solutions can help you go live in a jiffy, deploy updates on a dime, and slash the cost of delivering your app to users.
How to use AI-generated art in digital product design
Reading Time: 4 minutesProduct designers can use AI to create more engaging, delightful digital experiences in a fraction of the time. Here's how.
Design systems: what they are, why you need one, and where to start
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhether you’re an early-stage startup or a multinational enterprise, a design system can help you build and scale your product quickly and cost-effectively. Here’s everything you need to know.
How I built a design system in Figma using MUI components
Reading Time: 4 minutesImagine joining a startup as the sole designer and delivering a new product without a design system. It’s every product designer’s nightmare. I didn’t have the time or resources to create one from scratch, so I adapted someone else’s. 💡
Gartner discusses design-to-code and Anima’s benefits for enterprises
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn Gartner's assessment of the shifting design-to-code landscape for decision makers, Anima was front and center.
8 design system tools for any organization
Reading Time: 8 minutesDesign systems create consistency, scalability, and efficiency across complex products and distributed teams. They’re also a drain on resources and a struggle to keep synced in dynamic organizations. These tools can help.
Will frontend development be automated?
Reading Time: 5 minutesA number of tools automatically generate some or all of the code for your UI, but not all automation is the same. Here are the 6 levels of frontend automation, and what each means for designers, developers, and organizations.
What is the single source of truth: Storybook or Figma?
Reading Time: 3 minutesA single source of truth between design and code helps product teams build faster and more consistently. But is it Figma or your code base (through Storybook or directly)?truth.
Figma vs Adobe XD vs Sketch: best design tool for 2022
Reading Time: 9 minutesChoosing the right design tool is hard. Here's everything you need to know about Figma, Adobe XD, and Sketch to choose the right tool for you, your team, or your organization.
Build a blog with Anima’s React code + Contentful’s headless CMS
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this tutorial, we'll build a completely functional blog by connecting Anima’s generated frontend code to Contentful's headless CMS for dynamic content.
How to build a Shopify store with a custom UI using Figma + Anima
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe built a live eCommerce app in Figma using Anima's React Component Library. Then we turned it into a Shopify template and deployed it on Netlify using Anima's generated code. Here's how.
How technology solutions can partner with Anima to expand market reach
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Anima Partners Program. Join us to help our shared users create the perfect tech stacks and ship their products 10x faster!
How to build a React app fast with Figma + Anima + Strapi.io
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this tutorial, we redesigned SVBs banking dashboard using Anima's open source Component Library for Figma, then connected our data using Strapi's headless CMS. Now you can launch fullstack React apps at lightning speed using the same approach.
Build MVPs faster with ready-to-use components in Figma
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnima's bringing live UI components into Figma—from the same open-source React libraries developers use in production. Now you can ship new products faster, with minimal investment.
Figma to React: building and publishing an app to Netlify
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollow these steps to build a React app with Figma + Anima, then launch it on Netlify using Anima's generated code. Give it a try, and go live in a fraction of the time.
Build React apps 10x faster in Figma
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnima's bringing ready-to-use React components into Figma—from the same open source libraries developers use in production. Now you can launch better apps, faster, with fewer resources.
Automatic AI-Driven Icon Naming
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnima’s AI can now analyze an icon's visual characteristics and accurately name its class.