Unlike design layers, Flows in Zeplin use dynamic connectors, labels, and shapes that snap into place and move as screens are added or removed. They’re also conveniently separate from actual design elements.

Designers can spend more time on designing, less time manually drawing user paths for the rest of the team.

Organize complete user journeys

Cluster screens and flows into Flow Groups and Boards, with quick sharing links that are easy for the team to digest and reference.

With a clean snapshot of all of your user journeys, Flows are another way Zeplin helps your team build faster.

Capture all paths with Shapes

As the design nears finalization, use Shapes to map actions, decisions, and branches. In Zeplin, PMs, QA, and Support can easily identify gaps and add missing use cases.

No more scrambling or shipping delays from overlooked edge cases!

Design version control & why it matters

Take back control by creating versions when you want, not when a design tool does an autosave. Publish your finalized designs to Zeplin to provide clarity to the team on exactly what to build and keep everyone in sync.

Tame the version challenge

Design version control shouldn’t slow the product development process or create rework. Zeplin helps designers & developers address these challenges with features to help take control over versions.

Publish locked designs

Screens and artboards published to Zeplin tell the team they’re ready for development. They’re also locked, so unintended edits are never a problem.

Commit Messages

No need for a magnifying glass. Document changes between versions intentionally using commit messages in Zeplin, so everyone knows what changes were made, and why.

Design version history

Want to go back to a previous version? No problem. With version history in Zeplin, you have your own time machine where you can easily review past versions.

Purpose-built for versioning

Design tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD are great for creating designs. However, an infinite canvas isn't the best place to manage versions and iterations.

This is where Zeplin comes in. Zeplin handles version control by design, making precisely clear what’s ready for development — without manual workarounds like duplicate design files or enrolling the team in a crash course in naming conventions.

Inclusive for the entire team

Design tools can be overwhelming for non designers. The majority of features aren’t applicable to them and scrolling through endless screens can be disorienting.

With Zeplin, everyone on the team — developers, testers, UX writers, product managers, and more — can collaborate without extra training or documentation.

Build your DesignOps toolstack

Zeplin’s shared workspace is made for DesignOps. Scale design collaboration and organization in ways that aren’t possible in your design tool.

The right designs for the whole team

It’s hard to move fast if your team can’t find what they need. Zeplin gives clarity on what to build — down to precise screen versions.

80% of designers say that developers miss changes to designs because of poor version management.

Streamline design project management

Follow and collaborate on design projects as they go from review, development, QA, to production.

Go even further by syncing to Jira, Trello, Slack, Teams, and more.

Zeplin for Jira is here — enabling two-way collaboration

Managing design variants has never been easier

Zeplin automatically organizes variants of design components and screens in an uncluttered workspace that makes it easy for anyone to understand design intention. No more extra meetings to explain design variants, more collaborating to deliver awesome designs.

Connected Components—connecting design systems and engineering

Access components in your codebase right on the designs, with links to Storybook, GitHub and any other source of documentation.

Bring development context to designs

Make your components visible within designs, promoting reusability. Access a summary of your component with:

Documentation

Bite-sized code snippet describing how to initialize it

Links to Storybook, GitHub and so on

Help your team get familiar with your design system

Familiarizing yourself with an evolving design system usually happens over time. Help your team naturally discover and learn more about your components, as they’re viewing designs.

Onboard new engineers to your UI components

Your design system is constantly evolving, so are the UI components in your codebase. Onboard new engineers to your codebase as they’re working on designs, making sure that they have quick access to up-to-date documentation.

Design Tokens in Zeplin

Zeplin makes it simple to create or manage design tokens from tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD, so developers and designers stay in sync.

Automatically generate Design Tokens

Automatically generate design tokens from your colors, text styles, and spacing values in your Styleguide. As your brand and tokens evolve, simply update your Styleguide and your whole team will get the memo.

[With Zeplin] we started to engage both UX and engineering teams in the same conversations and suddenly that opened our eyes to what was going on, and overall streamlined our build process.

Robert Burton

Design Operations Manager

Align

Collaborate asynchronously

Unite workflows across functions, lifecycles, and geographies – in a way your design tool can not.

Assign

Tag specific team members to communicate the next steps and track the status of your designs.

Review

Capture feedback in a central, shared space where everyone can contribute from anywhere, anytime.

Approve • New!

Get the green light from stakeholders and move projects forward on time.

Given that we are spread across different offices and different time zones, the ability to centrally comment on any screens and provide consistent and quick feedback is invaluable for rapid design and development.

Tizz Chapman

Head of Design

Build efficiently

Accurately translate design to code — the first time.

Connect to design systems

Surface design system information on every screen. Match design components with their codebase counterparts.

Integrate with developer-first workflow tools

Speed up dev cycles by syncing with tools you already use, like Slack, Teams, Jira, ADO, Storybook, and VS Code.

Provide best-in-class development resources

Centralize designs and documentation. Automate manual front-end tasks and QA. Build excellent products at scale.

Figma allows [our designers] to work really fast, but doesn't allow a space for engineers to contribute. Likewise, engineers work in code and GitHub, but designers are not in that space. Zeplin provides an equal, shared space to discuss designs and development.

Brian Alfaro

Design Lead

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