Useful Design system / Asset management tools for designers

Syed Ali
2 min readNov 9, 2020

Invision DSM

The design system platform for collaborative teams, InVision Design System Manager connects design and code so teams can work smarter, faster, and more in sync.

  • Managing a design system with DSM
  • Building your design language
  • Members, roles, and permissions
  • Managing design system versions
  • Customizing a design system web view
  • Uploading Sketch Libraries to DSM
  • Syncing with your team’s Sketch Libraries
  • Using the Inspect DSM integration
  • Setting up Storybook in DSM

DSM. is Free

Get free design system essentials
https://www.invisionapp.com/design-system-manager

Abstract App

Design collaboration without the chaos, Integrates with Sketch on macOS

Version Control, Collaboration, Developer Hands off

  • Centralize “the latest” files
  • Design together, in parallel workspaces
  • Document progress, right on the work
  • Consolidate feedback, reviews, and approvals so no one has to ask, “Is it done?”
  • Merge what’s approved, roll back to previous versions without worry
  • Move design to development, without another tool

Try Abstract, free for 14 days

Starter $9 /Month
https://www.abstract.com/

Lingo App

The visual home for your brand
Stop wasting time looking for files buried in folders. Visually organize all your assets in one place with Lingo. Create and share living style guides, asset libraries, and more.

Get startedBook a demo

Files

Store logos, photos, icons, illustrations, and more. Lingo supports JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, SVG, EPS, PDF, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote, Powerpoint, Pages, and Word.

Colors

Document your brand’s digital and print color palette and ensure everyone uses the right shade of gray, not all 50.

Fonts

Store fonts alongside other brand assets. Add TTF, OTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 font files. Add fonts that are already installed on your Mac, or add fonts from Google Fonts.

Sketch Assets

Store all components of your Sketch design system. Lingo supports Symbols, Text Styles, Layer Styles, Artboards, Groups, and Layers.

Code Snippets

Add a code snippet to help your team’s developers translate design into code.

$15/Month for small teams

Get started with
https://www.lingoapp.com/

Relay for Figma — (Figma only app)

DesignOpsBegins Here.

Relay allows you to push graphics in Figma straight to your GitHub Repo.

  • Output optimized images with one click
  • Connect design files with your live site
  • Branching and Pull Requests

Relay free for the first project.

$12/Month Up to 10 Relay Projects
https://relay.graphics/

Design Lobby App — (Beta)

Home for Design Assets, Design Lobby helps you manage images, icons, fonts, and colors. Built for high-performance design teams and freelancers

All Design Stuff in One Tool,

Images, Icons, Fonts, Colors palettes/gradients, all assets you can think of in a single place

Access anywhere anytime

Design Lobby is a Cloud-based design asset manager, you can access your assets anywhere you want!

Visually browsable

Stop wasting time searching through complicated folders. In Design Lobby all your assets are visible and easy to locate within collections.

Taggable and searchable

Optimized for efficiency with powerful tagging mechanism and searching algorithms.

Clean User Interfaces

Design Lobby is crafted with a minimal and sleek design, inspired by designer all around the globe

Dark Mood

Light or dark, your choice. — Coming Soon

Get Design Lobby Early Access or
Want to know about product updates?

Free for Beta
https://designlobby.app/

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