Publish shaders to the Figma Community

When you're ready to share your shader, you can submit it to the Figma Community for others to discover and use in their designs.

Shader review process

Before Figma lists a shader in the Figma Community, it needs to go through our review process. Figma doesn't review any shaders you choose to share privately within an organization. Learn more about Figma's Shader Review Guidelines.

When you first submit a shader for review, Figma will add an In review under your shader.

Figma will contact you via your Figma account email to notify you of our decision. Our goal is to be thoughtful and reasonably prompt in our review. Approval times vary depending on current volume and the team’s availability.

Once approved, you’ll be able to view the published version as well as the local version of your shader. If Figma rejects your shader, you can address any feedback and submit again.

Publish your shader

To publish a shader to the Figma Community:

1. Open the workspace where your shader lives.
2. From a Figma Design file, navigate to the Tools tab in the navigation bar on the left to locate your shader
   • You can narrow your search by using the Source filter and selecting Created by you.
3. Next to the shader, click and select Publish.
4. From the modal, select Publish to Community.
5. In the Describe your shader section, include the following:
   • Enter a name for your shader
   • Provide a description that describes what your shader does and the features it provides
   • Select a category, such as Image editing or Pattern generation.
   • (Optional) Choose up to 5 tags to help others discover your shader.
   • (If applicable) Choose a shader property, like Animated or Interactive.
6. In the Choose some images section:
   • Set an icon for your shader (Recommended size 128 x 128 px)
   • Set an image or video as the thumbnail. (Recommended size 1920 x 1080 px)
   • (Optional) Add up to nine images and videos to the carousel for your shader.
7. In the Add the final details section:
   • Choose whether to publish the shader as yourself, one of your teams, or your organization
   • (Optional) Add additional contributors
   • (Optional) Allow or disallow comments from Community members
   • Add a support contact
8. Click Publish to submit your shader for review.

Publish an update

Publish updates to your shader if you've made changes to the code or fixed a bug. You can also edit the details of your shader page at any time without publishing a new update. Learn how to publish updates to and manage your shader.

Share your shader

Published shaders have their own listing in the Figma Community, which allows other Figma users to find and install them.

Every shader has a unique URL that you can copy and share with others. Find the shader URL in the Share section of a shader listing. It will look something like this: https://www.figma.com/community/shader/uniqueidentifier

If you have more than one shader, you may want to share your creator profile instead. Learn more about Community profiles.