Figma

Figma is a cloud-based design tool for creating user interfaces, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes. Designers, developers, and stakeholders can work on the same file in the browser at the same time.

It’s widely used in UI design and UX design because comments, versions, and shared libraries live in one place. Teams often build a design system as Figma components (buttons, colors, typography) so screens stay consistent before anything is coded.

A real-life example of Figma

A product team sketches a checkout flow: the designer arranges frames, the developer inspects spacing and exports assets, and the founder leaves comments on a button label — all without emailing files named final-v3-REALLY-final. That’s Figma’s collaborative model.

You can start from templates, run usability walkthroughs with prototype links, and hand off specs to front-end work. For prototyping on a budget, see app development with Figma prototypes.