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• Publishing to Community disabled

  Before you start

  🚧 This feature is currently in beta

  Only members of the Figma Community beta can publish files.

  You can join the Figma Community beta on any Figma plan.

  Only users with can edit access to a file can publish files.

  If you're currently blocked from publishing to the Figma Community, it's because you have early access to our new component architecture, which we've recently started to roll out. The updates make using components in Figma faster, use less memory, and help pave the way for upcoming features like Variants.

  Since these updates aren't compatible with the previous version, it's not safe to publish to the community until they are available to everyone. Publishing files will become available again once the new components are rolled out to 100% of Figma users. We currently expect the change to be complete by November, 2020.

• Publish a file to the Community

  Before you start

  ⚠️ This feature is currently in beta

  Only members of the Figma Community beta can publish files to the Community.

  Only users with Edit access to a file can publish it to the Community.

  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.

  Community files are snapshots of design files that creators have shared with the Community. Create files to share with the Community:

  • Templates and wireframes
  • Asset libraries and design systems
  • Portfolios or presentations
  • Tools and resources

  Anyone with a Figma account can duplicate, inspect, and remix your Community files.

  Publishing files to the Community is currently in beta. Only members of the Figma Community beta can publish files to the Community.

  Before you publish

  When you publish a file, Figma will add a snapshot of that file to the Community.

  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.

  At the moment, it's only possible to publish a file to one Community profile. This can be an individual, team, or Organization profile. Other collaborators can still contribute to the file itself, but they won't be identified on the file listing.

  You can continue to make changes to the original file after you have published it. Only the person who originally publishes the file to the Community will be able to publish updates.

  Copyright and licensing

  Any files you share in the Community will have an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

  This means other members are free to share and adapt these files, but they must give credit to the original creator.

  Learn more about copyright and licensing →

  Remixes

  Remixes are files in the Community that originated from another Community file. Other Community members can duplicate your files, make them their own, and share them again.

  Figma tracks remixes to provide easier attribution and a joyful experience. If people remix your file, Figma will:

  • Add an attribution to their file page that links to your original Community file page.
  • Add a Remixes section to your file page
  • When there are more than three remixes for your file, Figma adds a remix page to your file page. Click the See All link to open the remix page.

  Prepare to publish

  Every file will have its own page in the Figma Community. This allows other members of the Community to browse, search, and find your file.

  You'll need to provide some information about your file, which Figma will display on the file page.

  • Figma will use your file thumbnail as the preview for your file. Set a thumbnail for the file. Recommended dimensions are 1920 x 960 (safe area: 1600 x 960). Figma has frame presets for the Community →

  • Choose a name for your file. Users can search for your file using this name, or via relevant keywords (tags). You can give the file a different name than the original file.

  • Write a description for your file. Use this space to give directions for how to use the file, or credit other contributors. You can format your description using some basic text formatting.

  • Choose to preview your file as a file or a prototype. Members can still access the entire file, including any prototypes, when they duplicate it. Choose to Preview as:

    File: Members can view, pan, and zoom around your file. Members can preview other pages in your file using the page selector.

    Prototype: Members can click on hotspots to interact with the prototype, use the arrows to navigate between screens, or restart the prototype.

  • Think of 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.

  

  Publish a file

  Publish files to the Community directly from the Editor.

  1. Open the file in the Editor.
  2. Click the Share button in the toolbar.
  3. Select the Publish to Community tab at the top of the modal.
  4. Click Publish to open the publishing modal.
  5. Give the file a Name, this can be different than the name of the original file.
  6. Add a Description of the file to appear on the resource page. Figma supports the following formatting:
     • Bold
     • Italic
     • Strikethrough
     • Header 1
     • Header 2
     • Bulleted list
     • Numbered list
     • Add hyperlink
     • Inline code
     • Code block
  7. Add any relevant Tags for your file.
  8. Choose whether to Preview as a file or prototype.
  9. Set the scale of the preview. Choose from Fit, Fill, or 100%.
  10. What profile you can publish to will depend on your permissions in a team or Organization. Use the Author field to select the Community profile you want to publish the file to. Learn more in the Choose author note below.
  11. Check the box to agree to the licensing terms and click Publish to confirm.
  12. Figma will add the file to your Community Profile. Click the View Community page link to preview your file.

  

  Choose author If you are an Admin of a team, or an Organization Admin, you may be able to publish to more than one profile.

  Choose which profile you want to publish to via the Author field.

  • Select the Organization name to publish to the Organization's profile.
  • Select the team name to publish to the team's profile.
  • Select your name to publish to your own profile.

  If you aren't a member of an Organization, or a Team Admin, this will be your name in Figma. Learn more in our Who can publish files and plugins? article.

  Community notifications 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 file updates

  When you publish a file, Figma will add a snapshot of that file to your Community profile. This isn't a live version of your file.

  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.

  Figma will maintain your file statistics, likes and duplicates, across versions.

  Warning Only the person who originally published the file to the Community will be able to publish updates. If you have multiple contributors to your file, you will need to pick one publisher.

  Publish an update

  Publish updates the same way you originally published the file.

  1. Open the file in the editor.
  2. Click the Share button in the toolbar.
  3. Select the Publish to Community tab at the top of the modal.
  4. Click Publish update to open the publishing modal.
  5. Add or update the title, description, tags, and publish as settings (optional).
  6. 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 Community profile. This will prevent anyone else from finding and using this file.

  This will not delete any duplicates of the file. Anyone who duplicated the file can continue to access and edit their copy of the file.

  You can remove a published file in a couple of places.

  From the file

  1. Open the file in the editor.
  2. Click the Share button in the toolbar.
  3. Select the Publish to Community tab at the top of the modal.
  4. Click the Unpublish button to remove the file from your profile.

  From the Community

  1. Open the file page in the Figma Community.
  2. Click the Unpublish button at the bottom of the page.