Alva
Create living designs, connected to your components.
Overview
Alva is an open-source design tool that allows you to design with real code components. It connects to your component library and provides a visual interface for designing with your components. Alva helps to create a single source of truth for your design system and ensures that your designs are always in sync with your code.
✨ Key Features
- Design with code components
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Real-time collaboration
- Integration with component libraries
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Focus on designing with code components
- Developer-friendly workflow
Unique Value: Alva bridges the gap between design and development by allowing designers to work with the same code components that developers use, which leads to a more efficient and consistent workflow.
🎯 Use Cases (3)
✅ Best For
- Creating a design system in Alva that is directly connected to a React component library
- Designing a new feature using the same components that developers will use to build it
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Teams not using a component-based development approach
- Low-fidelity wireframing
🏆 Alternatives
While other tools allow you to design with code components, Alva is open-source and self-hostable, which gives teams more control over their design process.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Open-source and free to use.
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