Figma

What it is

Figma is a design tool that runs in a browser tab. Files live online rather than on one person's machine, so several people can open the same file and work in it at once, and a link is enough to hand a design to someone else.

What people use it for

• Designing app and website screens, and turning them into clickable prototypes.
• Keeping a shared component library so a team's buttons and type stay consistent.
• Handing designs to developers, who can read sizes, colors and spacing from the file.

Worth knowing

There is a free tier with a limit on how many files a project can hold. Everything is stored online by default, which is the point of it and also the thing to check if your work cannot leave your own machine.