Do you use a UI kit to start a Figma project or not?

[pseudo saffron]

Hello, I have a question 🙂

When you start a web application project (Figma design), do you begin with a specific UI kit or do you do everything by hand?

[junior atlas]

Hi! It depends entirely on the goal of the project:

1. For custom/brand-heavy work: I use a UI kit as a baseline but rework it to fit the client’s vision. I might build complex components from scratch to control every state, eventually delivering a small design system with the app.

2. For lean/MVP projects: I’ll drop in an existing UI kit and use it as-is. It’s much faster and usually comes with pre-baked themes (Dark mode, High Contrast, etc.) so I don't have to build them."

[pseudo saffron]

Hello, thank you for your quick reply and advice.

I need a UI kit to help me quickly achieve an MVP for my application.

Could you recommend something for me? I use Tailwind a lot 🙂

[junior atlas]

I did a quick Figma community search as I don't often design for tailwind apps. (I usually grab Material 3 design UI kit FYI for basic web applications) Try these for starters:

1. shadcn/ui (Community resources) If you are using the shadcn component library in your code (which is huge right now), search for 'shadcn/ui' in the Figma community.

2. Flowbite (Free Community File) Flowbite is built specifically for Tailwind.The components are supposedly visually consistent with standard Tailwind utility classes, so translating design to code would be very intuitive.

[pseudo saffron]

Thanks a lot, i will try them

[rough hazel]

Are you copying this from chatgpt? Lol

[junior atlas]

nope!!! I am a real girl lol