Anima 4 (YC S18) – Turn design work into developer-friendly React code
Hi everyone! We’re Avishay, Or, and Michal, co-founders of Anima (www.animaapp.com). Anima converts design (Figma/Sketch/XD) into code automatically. Up until today, we only produced HTML/JS/CSS. With our latest release, we can now also generate developer-friendly React code. We’re here to replace image-based handoff, which involves a lot of grunt work for the engineers who have to translate all those images into code that does the same thing. For designers, the pain we solve is the ping-pong, and their vision getting lost in translation. The bottom line is that teams can…
Anima 4 (YC S18) – Turn design work into developer-friendly React code launched on November 18, 2020 with 22 votes, #860 of 3,461 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Anima automatically converts designs from Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD into code, eliminating manual translation work between designers and developers. The tool now generates developer-friendly React code in addition to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with clean, runnable output that requires no dependencies. It's designed for product teams looking to reduce back-and-forth communication and accelerate delivery by replacing image-based design handoffs with functional code.
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Hi everyone! We’re Avishay, Or, and Michal, co-founders of Anima (www.animaapp.com). Anima converts design (Figma/Sketch/XD) into code automatically. Up until today, we only produced HTML/JS/CSS. With our latest release, we can now also generate developer-friendly React code. We’re here to replace…
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