Official Linux Support

Why there is still no Linux app guys?

Please, it’s now 2025, make it happen

Was really surprised that this has been an issue for 3 years and no updates from Figma. It’s an Electron app, what obstacles are you facing to achieve this? After 3 years I think an explanation is deserved.

Linux has become more accessible, user-friendly, and enjoyable to use. Companies like System76 are even building computers specifically designed for and shipped with Linux onboard. As a UI designer and WordPress developer (ex MacOS user) using Pop!_OS (an Ubuntu-based distro), I believe it’s time for Figma to join the revolution. MacOS is no longer the only designer-friendly system. Let’s make it happen!

It's incredible that there's still no native Linux version of Figma after more than three years of requests!
Come on, guys! Make it happen!

You add a dev mode, devs mostly use linux, you have no linux app and don't prioritize it... ad the linux app or remove the dev mode.

​@Celine_D 

Dear Figma: Where the hell is the Linux app?

Every year we get flashy CONFIG announcements. Every year — shiny features nobody asked for. AI suggestions that don’t understand basic UI, endless updates to stuff we didn’t even know was broken. But still, after all this time — no native Linux app.

Meanwhile, thousands of designers, devs, open-source contributors, and product teams use Linux as their main OS. We’re out here running Figma through a browser like it’s 2009, juggling memory leaks and GPU glitches, while begging you for something real.

We’re not asking for a time machine or a mind-reading AI.
We’re asking for a basic, native Linux app — just like Windows and macOS users have had for years.

You say Figma is for teams, for the future, for creators.
Well, creators use Linux. Builders use Linux.
And we’re tired of being left out.

You keep dropping features we don’t need, but the one thing people actually ask for? Still ignored.

If Figma wants to stay the standard for digital design — you need to stop treating Linux like a second-class citizen.

The community’s been patient. But the patience is running out.

Build the damn Linux app.

Dear Figma team,

I have to agree with many others in this thread. As a senior UX designer, I have delayed switching over to Linux for quite a while now. The primary obstacle has been Figma’s lack of Linux support. At this point, there is literally no other reason keeping me on Windows (and I would not touch a Mac with a 10-foot pole). Even Figma will not be keeping me much longer. I too would much rather see a Figma Linux App and sometimes a more reliable implementation of existing functionalities that we all rely on instead of more new AI features providing questionable ‘help’ for designers.

Figma does need a Linux version.

I just have been soft-locked from changing a design, because a fellow designer used fonts that are not from any of the supported stores. Now, despite having the font locally installed, I can not edit any of the texts. With a proper Linux version that used my locally installed fonts, this would not happen.

I hope with the end of Windows 10 support later this year, and a respectable amount of users switching to Linux, Figma will finally put this on their agenda.

exty wrote:

 

Unfortunately, it's only the web version( This version at least doesn't have access to fonts on the system.  And it only works in the browser. 

As far as I can tell, Figma's policy is not to release the app for Linux users, as it's not profitable for the company.  

This is especially needed since the MCP looks like it can only use the desktop app. If we can get a linux desktop or an MCP that works with the web version either would work.

I don’t see it happening. This post has been up for three years, and the company reps haven’t acknowledged it even once. 🙁

Please pay attention to this.

What he says, would probably not miss a thing on Mint these days, but still no Figma Support.

Okay maybe a native linux version is still a long way to go (or not at all?) but can you guys release a font helper at least?? It's ridiculous that only linux is left out of this feature

Product please pay attention to this. 

As far as I can tell, Figma's policy is not to release the app for Linux users, as it's not profitable for the company.  

I can not agree with this. It can be profitable a lot. For example a lot of developers are running on linux and they need paid feature - dev mode. So it is profitable. 

Came here for the same reason everyone else did. Figma is not just for designers anymore, or that’s what Figma is trying to accomplish, if you want to lean closer to devs, Linux is where they are at.

MCP Server without Linux support is just incomplete. Get it together Figma, it’s a wrapper around a web app, probably using Electron anyway, how hard can that be?

Hi there,
It seems to install but for some reason it get locked so there is no way to work offline.
It looks like most of work ready software get bought as soons as they go on linux so linux user can never get it even though they would be happy to buy a license for it.

Sorry to point this out, I really hope it will change in the future.

I’ve fully switched to Linux — it gives me everything I need.
I’ve paid for Figma for 3–4 years, working with different teams.
But I don’t understand why there’s still no official Linux version.
It’s just an Electron app, so why not make it a Flatpak and let the whole Linux community use it?

One random developer made a Linux wrapper for free.
But Figma, which charges €15/month per user, can’t assign even one dev to package it properly?

We’re not asking for special features — just the web version with access to system fonts.
That’s all. It’s crazy that a big company can’t manage even that.

Figma could even support the guy who built the Linux client and make it official.

Companies like Figma, Adobe, and Affinity are the last real blockers.
They tell us: “Use Windows or get something worse.”

But Linux is ready. Only these companies hold it back.