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A way to find out which components are used in a file?

  • August 5, 2026
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Julia57

All the plugins I’ve looked at require you to first specify which component you want to find, and then surfaces other instances of that component. But I have a different use case.

When handing off designs to dev, they want to know which components from the Design System are being used, and they need me to mark which ones have already been developed, and which ones are new. This allows them to estimate the effort needed. 

I have no idea how to just find out which components/instances are present in my file. I don’t want ❖CTA-button listed 5 separate times in some kind of layers panel. I just want ❖CTA-button (5), ❖text-input (3), etc. 

In the best case, it would even tell me where the component comes from (local or external library).

 

Has anyone found a good way to do this?

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    Jaycee Lewis
    Figmate

    Hey hey ​@Julia57 👋 Happy to do a bit of digging for us. Just looking at what’s out there (I found a few plugins that do most of what you want. happy to share)

    I think this part of your list is what our roadblock will be:

    In the best case, it would even tell me where the component comes from (local or external library).

    I don’t see a public endpoint that want to expose this data 😢 (Sounds like a good candidate for a feature request to meeeee!🕵️‍♀️) 

    I’ll follow up here by the end of the week and share what I find. Please add any additional details or nice-to-have ideas. Who knows, maybe we get you close enough? 😊 Talk soon! — Jaycee

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