How I Built a Figma Plugin Without Coding Knowledge! | by Punit Chawla | Apr, 2025 | Prototypr


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Building Figma Plugins Without Coding

This article explores building Figma plugins without extensive coding knowledge. The author, despite having a web development background, emphasizes the time-saving aspect of no-code solutions.

Artifig AI: The No-Code Method

The primary method discussed is using Artifig AI, a Figma plugin designed to create other Figma plugins. The process involves:

  • Describing the desired plugin functionality, UI, and visuals.
  • Optionally uploading a UI image for reference and customization.

Artifig AI allows for plugin creation with or without code, making it accessible to beginners.

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Building your own Figma plugin is a super power. One moment you have a problem/idea and the other moment you have a custom plugin to solve that exact problem.

Full honesty, I actually did web development for 2 years, so I’m not unfamiliar with some clean Javascript, but coding a Figma plugin would mean re-learning a lot and spending hours coding and fixing bugs.

Here are 2 methods I used to build the plugin without writing a single line of code; Use whichever seems more useful/convenient to you.

Artifig AI β€” The Beginner Approach

Artifig AI is a Figma plugin that builds Figma plugins! It opens as a little popup with a prompt window.

  • Describe the plugin you want to build with details such as functionality, UI and visuals that you want in the plugin.
  • You can even upload an image of how the UI of the plugin should look like and even edit with/without code.

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