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Variables Xporter

Variables Xporter is a professional Figma plugin that supports exporting Figma Variables as shadcn/ui theme variables, Tailwind CSS configuration files, or CSS Variables, making it easy to synchronize Design Tokens with your development environment.

shadcn/ui Theme Variable Support

Variables Xporter supports exporting Figma Variables directly as shadcn/ui theme variables, giving your shadcn/ui components complete theme customization capabilities.

Learn how to export Figma Variables as shadcn/ui theme configurations, supporting light/dark modes, brand color modes, density modes, and more:

shadcn/ui Theme Export

Export Modes

  • shadcn/ui (Tailwind CSS V4) ⭐: Generate shadcn/ui theme variables and Tailwind CSS V4 configuration
  • shadcn/ui (Tailwind CSS V3) ⭐: Generate shadcn/ui theme variables and Tailwind CSS V3 configuration
  • Tailwind CSS V4: Generate Tailwind CSS V4 configuration files and corresponding CSS
  • Tailwind CSS V3: Generate Tailwind CSS V3 configuration files and corresponding CSS
  • CSS Variables: Generate standard CSS Variables

Features

Variables Xporter provides various practical features to help you better manage and export design variables.

Variable Organization Suggestions

We provide comprehensive Figma Variables organization suggestions to help you build a standardized design system variable structure:

Properly Organize Your Figma Variables

Getting Started

Organize your Figma Variables according to organization suggestions

This is a crucial step, especially for shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS projects. If you’re using shadcn/ui, we recommend checking the shadcn/ui Theme Export Guide first.

Open Variables Xporter in your Figma file

Open Variables Xporter

Open Variables Xporter

Select collections and groups to export

Choose collections and groups

Choose collections and groups

Choose the appropriate export format

Choose format and export

Choose format and export

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