Sync Your Local Icons with Figma

A Node.js tool to keep your local icons in sync with your design team's Figma files and optimize them using SVGo.

CLI mode is also available.

Installation

Install it via npm:

npm install -g figma-icons-sync

How It Works

Every time you run the tool:

1. it scans the Figma frame that contains the icons,
2. checks if anything has changed compared to the local versions,
3. fetches the updates and optimizes them using SVGo with your settings.

No special frame structure required — feel free to use Auto Layout, nested frames, groups, descriptions and memes. Just make sure the icons are components (individual components or component sets).

The tool will notify you if:

• a remote icon's name changes,
• a new icon name conflicts with an existing one in your local files.

Prerequisites

You’ll need a Figma personal access token for a user who has access to the icons.
For Professional or higher plans, you can add a dummy read-only user to the project and generate a token for them.

API Usage

To use the module, import it in your project:

import { sync } from 'figma-icons-sync';

Or if you're using require:

const { sync } = require('figma-icons-sync');

Then call sync, passing in the URL of the Figma frame with the icons:

const options = {
    apiToken: '%Insert your token here%',
};

// Copy the frame link from Figma (Right-click → Copy Link) and pass it as the first argument:
sync(
    'https://www.figma.com/file/71UBnODS8DUi06bjMlCH/UI-Kit?type=design&node-id=4909-11807', 
    options
)
.catch(error => console.log(error))
.then(response => { 
    console.log(response);
});

To force a re-fetch of all icons, pass true as the third argument: Note: This will overwrite any local files if there's a remote icon with the same name.

sync(
    'https://www.figma.com/file/71UBnODS8DUi06bjMlCH/UI-Kit?type=design&node-id=4909-11807', 
    options,
    true
)
.catch(error => console.log(error))
.then(response => { 
    console.log(response);
});

You can also customize the options for your needs:

const options = {
    // Figma token, required to work
    apiToken: '%Insert your token here%', 

    // Folder to save icons, default: ./icons/
    output: './icons/',

    // Ignore subfolders in icon names. When set to true, an icon like «socials/facebook» 
    // will be renamed to «socials_facebook» instead of being placed in a «socials» subfolder. 
    // Default: false
    ignoreSubfolders: true,

    // Show output in the console as in CLI mode (default: false)
    enableConsoleOutput: true,

    // Settings for removing fill and stroke in monochrome icons
    monochrome: {
        // Icons will be considered monochrome if filled with one of the matching colors (remove leading #).
        // Default: ['black', '000000']
        colors: ['FFFFFF'],

        // Remove the fill color attribute
        removeFill: true,

        // Remove the stroke color attribute
        removeStroke: true,
    },

    // SVGo configuration. See documentation here:
    // https://github.com/svg/svgo/tree/main#configuration
    svgoConfig: {
        multipass: true,  // Run optimization multiple times
    }
};

CLI Usage

Run the tool from the command line with default settings:

icons-sync -t FIGMA_TOKEN "https://www.figma.com/file/..."

To specify a custom output folder (default is ./icons/):

icons-sync -t FIGMA_TOKEN -o "./public/icons/" "https://www.figma.com/file/..."

To use a custom SVGo config:

icons-sync -t FIGMA_TOKEN --svgo-conf "svgoconfig.json" "https://www.figma.com/file/..."

For more options and advanced usage:

icons-sync --help

Contribution & Support

Found a bug or have an idea? Open an issue or feel free to submit a PR!