Creating design systems with Penpot components

Penpot is a free open design tool that offers a number of powerful opportunities. One of them is a new system of components, which facilitates the creation of more stable and scaled design systems.

Components are re -used elements that form the basis of modern user interfaces. They embody part of the interface or functionality that can be reused.

🧩 Composition is a key characteristic of a modern web development that allows you to create complex systems from less complex, re -used parts.

• 📌 One source of truth: changes in the component are displayed wherever it is used, which provides consistency.
• 📌 Flexibility with simpler dependencies: components can be easily replaced or updated without exposure to the entire system.
• 📌 It is easier to perform maintenance and scale: with the growth of your system, the components help to manage complexity.

🚀 Penpot allows you to create variants of your components that retain the same basic structure, but differ in specific aspects such as color, size or condition.

💡 Penpot components can be inserted, which allows you to create complex UI elements from simpler parts.

⚡ In addition, the components you use do not have to be left with the same file or even from the same organization. You can easily exchange component libraries between projects as you import the code from different addictions into your code base.