Figma-Native (Unofficial Desktop Client)

Figma-native is my own home made an unofficial Electron wrapper for Figma web app for a native desktop experience on Linux.

Installation

Building from source

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/NehemiahAklil/figma-native
cd figma-native

2. Install prerequisites from npm:

npm i

To run figma-native from npm in dev mode execute this:

npm run start 

Aside from that, you can also run:

• npm run start to run the built version
• npm run build to built the app for production
• npm run make_icon to generate icon for all builds for the app.

To fully build the app and automate generating icons

chmod 700 ./build.sh
./build.sh

To install the app on your linux machine.

chmod 700 ./install-linux.sh
sudo ./install-linux.sh

Note: this has only been test on arch linux

Removal

Running into problems after install or want to reverse your steps we got you covered run the script below to uninstall the app

chmod 700 ./uninstall-linux.sh
sudo ./uninstall-linux.sh