Section

Systems

Company design systems with docs and tokens you can actually read.

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15 of 15 entries

PrimerGitHub's design system: React components and CSS with accessibility in the API.PolarisShopify's system for admin interfaces, strong on judgment over widgets.Atlassian Design SystemFoundations with unusual depth on content, terminology, and tokens.CarbonIBM's data-dense enterprise system, open-sourced with unusual rigor.Material Design 3Google's full-stack spec: color, type, motion, and interaction in one place.Apple Human Interface GuidelinesThe platform canon on restraint: every control justified by a human reason.Fluent 2Microsoft's cross-platform tokens with per-component accessibility requirements.SpectrumAdobe's system, notable for cleanly layered global, alias, and component tokens.Lightning Design SystemSalesforce's blueprints for dense admin UI, with a pragmatic utility escape hatch.Base WebUber's React system built on overrides instead of theming props.GOV.UK Design SystemProof that boring is a feature: tested patterns starting from user needs.U.S. Web Design SystemThe federal system, with maturity and contribution guidance worth copying.PajamasGitLab's Figma-first system with honest docs about what's stable.StacksStack Overflow's utility-first CSS with atomic classes and content guidelines.BBC GELThe BBC's global experience language, with accessibility as the first chapter.