Scripts repository to export design data like colors, fonts & text, and map them to design tokens.
The backbone of the Hubble ecosystem, this scripts repository exports design data like colors, fonts & text, and maps them to JSON design tokens to integrate in your applications. This repository is an attempt to further automate design systems & tooling at In The Pocket. Assets can also be exported as platform-friendly PNG & SVG formats.
For parsing Sketch:
- A recent bash version ([email protected] recommended)
- macOS with Sketch 60+ (latest Sketch recommended)
For parsing Figma:
- A Figma access token
For parsing Adobe XD:
- Recent version of Adobe XD
The easiest way to install is to download one of the releases and download the hubble-cli binary. This can be executed by most shells and will only output design tokens.
If you're looking to also export assets for Sketch, download sketchtool.sh
, which is a shell script wrapper around Sketch's sketchtool binary.
There is a sample .sketch file, .xd file and Figma file ID in the mocks folder with sample output that would be generated for this file.
hubble-scripts works best with a separate Sketch, Figma or Adobe XD library file. Take a look at the examples and short bits below, or refer to our the relevant documentation for your design tool.
You can use the hubble-cli
binary to export design data out of your file and map it to a generic JSON design token format.
# This will generate a `hubble-data.json` file with text styles & colors found in a Sketch document:
$ ./hubble-cli "__mocks/sketch/sample_sketchfile.sketch"
$ ./hubble-cli --token "29-206..." HbgJuBVOwIOcoZMVnpG01LqA
# You can optionally specify a config output dir. Otherwise current working directory will be used:
$ ./hubble-cli "__mocks/sketch/sample_sketchfile.sketch" --outputDir="/var/hubble/"
$ ./hubble-cli "__mocks/sketch/sample_sketchfile.sketch" --outputDir="/var/hubble/"
If you need more fine-tuning over this export flow, Hubble provides even more options to customize your design token output.
hubble-scripts supports a variant on our default generic design tokens, which is compatible with the Style Dictionary build system. By taking advantage of Style Dictionary's structure, we can slot in their existing transformers to output to various platforms or languages.
For more information on our Style Dictionary output, check the wiki.
Assets can be exported using the sketchtool.sh
script. This process exports all layers marked as exportable or that have been sliced.
# This will export normalized (lowercase, underscore) assets as SVG (for web) and PNG (1x, 2x, 3x for native)
$ ./sketchtool.sh "__mocks/sketch/sample_sketchfile.sketch"
# You can optionally specify an asset output dir. Otherwise current working directory will be used:
$ ./sketchtool.sh "__mocks/sketch/sample_sketchfile.sketch" "/var/hubble/assets/images"
TODO:
Please see the Caveats
Copy hubble-cli
and sketchtool.sh
to a scripts folder in your project. This example uses npm run-tasks to describe the export flow:
{
"scripts": {
"hubble:tokens": "./scripts/hubble-cli ...",
"hubble:assets": "./scripts/sketchtool.sh ...",
"hubble": "npm run hubble:tokens && npm run hubble:assets"
}
}
❤ We appreciate every form of contribution, but before you contribute please make sure you have read the contribution guidelines
hubble-cli
is a compiled binary of cli.js
, a Node.js CLI wrapper around our index.js
script. If you have Node you can run this script directly:
$ node cli.js --help
Usage
$ hubble-cli <input> [options]
Options
--outputDir=<dir>, -o The directory where parsed files will be placed after a run. Defaults to current working directory.
--useStyleDictionaryOutput, -s Generate Style Dictionary compatible output instead of the generic design token format.
--dump, -d Generate a raw JSON dump from your design parser, before Hubble exports its tokens
Options: Sketch
--useColorArtboards Use artboard formatting to export colors instead of using the document colors.
--useGradientArtboards Use artboard formatting to export gradients instead of using the document gradients.
--ignoreTextStylePaths Textstyles that use slashes to enable navigation in Sketch will be ignored
and their id will be the first part of the path.
Options: Figma
--token, -t Authorization token when accessing the Figma API.
--exportAssets, -e Export assets from Figma.
Examples
$ hubble-cli "__mocks/sample_sketchfile.sketch"
$ hubble-cli "__mocks/sample_sketchfile.sketch" -d --useColorArtboards --outputDir="config/"
$ hubble-cli --token "29-206..." HbgJuBVOwIOcoZMVnpG01LqA
$ hubble-cli --token "29-206..." HbgJuBVOwIOcoZMVnpG01LqA --useStyleDictionary
For more on running in development mode, check the [wiki].