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Best practices for managing large design systems in Figma

  • January 26, 2026
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james kala

I’m currently working on a fairly large product with an expanding design system (multiple components, variants, and shared libraries).

I wanted to ask:

  • How do you manage performance and organization as the design system grows?

  • Do you prefer a single main library or splitting components across multiple libraries?

  • Any tips for keeping components easy to maintain without breaking existing designs?

Would love to hear how others are handling this in real-world projects. Thanks in advance!