Export to JSON

Isotop supports exporting variables and collections to JSON. This feature is designed for saving, transferring, and analyzing your design system structure outside of Figma.

Depending on your file setup, you can:

• export the current collection, or
• export all collections at once into a single JSON file.

This works equally well for small systems and for projects with multiple collections and more complex architectures.

The export includes:

• all design tokens,
• all core variables,
• all alias relationships between them.

Relationships are preserved even when:

a core variable and a design token live in different collections,

multi-level dependencies are involved.

As a result, the exported JSON represents not just a list of colors, but the entire structure of the color system.

JSON export can be used for:

• backing up a design system,
• analyzing token structure,
• sharing systems between teams,
• preparing for migrations or automation.

In an upcoming release, Isotop will introduce support for importing collections from JSON. This will make it possible to restore and migrate design systems while preserving their structure and relationships.