Backlight
backlight.devSummary
Ask questionsBacklight is a collaborative platform designed for front-end teams to build, manage, and ship design systems. It provides an online IDE, version control, visual review tools, and integrations with design tools like Figma, enabling efficient collaboration and consistent development of digital products.
Features12/18
See allMust Have
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Centralized Asset Storage
Brand Guideline Editor
Shareable Brand Guide URL
Version Control & Updates
Asset Organization & Search
Other
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Color Palette Definition
Typography Settings
Customizable Sections
Preview Mode
Google & Custom Fonts
Real-time Collaboration
Automated Notifications
Logo Variant Upload
Asset Generation Tools
Browser Extension Access
AI Consistency Checker
Whitelabel Agency Mode
Integration with Design & Dev Workflows
PricingSubscription
See allStarter
- Unlimited users
- Up to 2 design systems
- Online IDE and Command-line
- Instant share
- GitHub & GitLab integrations
- Visual review of Pull Requests
- Markdown, MDJS, MDX2, MDVue, MDsveX and Nunjucks
- Real-time editing
- Auto-versioning
- Community support on Discord
- 100 Visual regression reports
- Publish on scope `@backlight-dev`
Pro
- All Starter features
- Up to 5 design systems
- 1000 Visual regression reports
- Publish to any registry
- Publish to any scope
- Publish private packages
- Export documentation static site
- Email support
Enterprise
- All Pro features
- Unlimited design systems
- ∞ Visual regression reports
- Email support with SLA
- story.to.design included with Backlight. Automatically generate and maintain Figma UI Kits.
Rationale
Backlight is a platform for building and managing design systems, which aligns closely with the concept of brand guideline and asset management. It offers features like centralized storage for design tokens and components (which serve as brand assets), an online editor for documentation (akin to a brand guideline editor), and instant sharing/publishing of the design system (similar to a shareable brand guide URL). While it's more code-centric and focused on design systems for front-end teams, the underlying functionalities for organizing, documenting, and sharing brand-related elements are present. The platform also supports versioning, real-time editing, and various documentation formats, which can be used to define and manage brand guidelines.