Super slow for me… macbook pro m3 was all good before your updates… please bring performance back,

The whole problem started a while back, when variables were introduced. Ever since everything has suffered in performance. First, it was noticeable on prototypes, especially when using variables, conditionals, the whole lot. Prototypes became slower and slower. By now, we have to look into other options to utilize prototypes as Figma is becoming more and more unusable.

Now with the latest updates it is only getting worse. No matter the platform, whether browser or desktop app, it is laggy. All files, all components. The more nested they are, the worse it seems to get. The whole “what made Figma so good” is suddenly not there anymore. And now you are even charging us more for less performance from March on.

How about you stop pushing features and actually fix your issues for a while? You are market leader, so we can live without new features for a bit. 🙏

Figma’s growing bugginess and declining speed are making it increasingly unusable.

I think there’s a bug right now, if I open my file my memory is at 6%, I change one tiny thing it jumps to 30% and seems to look into almost every frame in my file according to the memory manager? This used to only happen when I was updating components but I’m not doing that right now

I know this post doesn’t suggest any direct means for Figma to improve but performance and speed isn’t related to a single feature.

I want to keep this thread alive and strong because, to me, the core difference between Figma and previous tools has always been that “Figma is fast”. In 2024, speed and quality have suffered a huge drop and when I’m working everyday I start to feel Adobe’s and other bad software’s vibes. It’s looking like when a tool has forgotten it’s essenc, lost track of their users needs and started prioritizing growth and money above else.

I’m having worse and worse slowness & lagging across all my files. Support’s suggestion was to “Restart and clear cache”, which helps, but I’m now having to do it multiple times every day to keep Figma usable. Library updates take forever (up to 5 minutes for a few components), and it seems like the more child components are in a file, the slower it runs. Frustrating!!!