🚧 Publish a file to the Community
Before you Start
🚧This feature is currently in beta
You can join the Figma Community beta on any Figma plan
Only members of the Figma Community beta can publish Files
Only users with Edit Access can publish a file
Which profile(s) you can publish to depends on your permissions within a team or Organization. We recommend reading our Who can publish Files and Plugins? article before getting started.
Your Community profile showcases your contributions to the Figma Community. We support Community profiles for Creators, Teams and Organizations.
You can publish both Plugins and Files to your Community profile. Files can be any resource you want to share with the Community.
People have shared templates, wireframes, asset libraries, portfolios, presentations, and other creative tools and resources.
Files and Remixes
When you publish a file, we will add a snapshot of that file to your Community profile.
Unlike sharing a file via link sharing, this isn't a live version of your file. People won't be able to access the Version History or any Comments from the original file.
You can continue to make changes to the original file after you have published it. To share those changes with the Community, publish an updated version of the file.
At the moment, there is no notification to current users that an update is available.
To provide easier attribution and a joyful experience, Figma also tracks Remixes. Remixes are files you publish that originated from another Community file.
When you publish a remix, we will:
- Add an attribution to the file page to show the original file and creator
- Add this file to the Remixes section of the original file page
When you have more than 3 remixes of your file, you can view all remixes for your file on one page.
Copyright and licensing: Files published to the Figma Community are shared with an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This isn't a public domain license.
This means that you are free to share and adapt these files, but you must give credit to the original creator.
Learn more about attribution and licensing in our Copyright and licensing in the Figma Community article.
Publish a File
You can only publish a File when it's open in the Editor.
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Open the File in the Editor.
- Click the Share button in the toolbar.
- Select the Publish to Community tab at the top of the modal.
- Click Publish to open the publishing modal. You'll need to add some information about your file
- Preview: We use the current file thumbnail. Our Set a custom File thumbnail article includes our recommended dimensions and steps you through the process.
- Name: Give your Community File a name. Give your Community file a name. This can be different than the current name of the file.
- Description: Use this field to explain the file's contents or share any instructions. We support plain text - numbers, symbols and spaces - but no formatting or markdown. There's no character limit.
- Tags: (Optional) Add up to 12 keywords or tags to classify your File. We support alphanumeric characters (a-z and 1-9), but no special characters or punctuation. Max 25 characters per tag.
- Support Contact: Add an email address or website where people can contact you for help, or questions.
- Preview as: Choose between a File preview or an interactive Prototype. We'll show a preview of the thumbnail below.
Note: Your prototype must be on the first page of your file to preview it.
- Author: Confirm which Community profile to publish the file to.
If you are a member of an Organization, or a Team Admin, you may more than one option here. Learn more in our Who can publish Files and Plugins? article.
- License: Files published to the Figma Community are shared with an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
- Remix of: If this File is a remix of another Community file, Figma will show the original file here. This includes the File creator, and a preview of the File.
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Check the box to agree to the licensing terms and click Publish to confirm.
- Figma will add the file to your Community Profile. Click the View Community page link to preview your file.
Figma will send you an alert via your notifications when other Community members like or duplicate your file. Figma will also send you a weekly summary, via email, that shows your total likes and installs across your files and plugins.
Publish Updates to your File
When you publish a file, we will add a snapshot of that file to your Community profile. This isn't a live version of your file.
This means you can continue to make changes to the original file after you have published it. To share those changes with the Community, you can publish an updated version of the file.
Any File statistics, including likes and duplicates, will be maintained across versions.
Note: At the moment, there is no notification to current users that an update is available.
- Open the File and click on an empty spot on the Canvas.
- Click the Share button in the toolbar.
- Select the Publish to Community tab at the top of the modal.
- Click Publish update to open the publishing modal. You can add or update the following information:
- Title
- Description
- Tags
- Author
- Preview as
- Check the box to agree to the licensing terms and click Publish to confirm.
Remove a published File
If you no longer want to share your File, you can remove it from your Profile. You can do this from the File itself.
If you no longer want to share your file, you can remove it from your Profile. When you remove the file, we will:
- Remove the File from your Community Profile
- Prevent anyone else from finding and using this File
Note: We won't remove the File from anyone who has already duplicated it
From the File
- Open the File in the Editor.
- Click the Share button in the toolbar.
- Select the Publish to Community tab at the top of the modal.
- Click the Unpublish button to remove the file from your profile.
From the File Page
- Open the File page in the Figma Community.
- Click the Unpublish button at the bottom of the page.
