Engramma
Engramma is a free, open-source editor and converter for design tokens used in design systems.
What Engramma is
Engramma is a free, open-source editor and converter for design tokens used in design systems. Its web editor previews values such as color, typography, and spacing, and supports tokens including dimensions, durations, font families and weights, borders, shadows, and gradients. It imports DTCG JSON based on the 2025 specification, JSON from the 2022 draft, and CSS variables. Aliases can connect abstract values to semantic roles, support design variations, and reduce repeated entries. When tokens are ready, users can export DTCG-shaped JSON, CSS custom properties, or SCSS variables, and create a share URL containing the current token data. Developers can embed Engramma as a web component to edit CSS variables on a page in real time. The project is licensed under MIT. Its maker, Bogdan Chadkin, says he began building it as a design token app. Synchronization with project code and integrations with graphics editors and website builders are future ideas; code sync is unavailable. The project also uses anonymous analytics.
Good
- Imports DTCG JSON and CSS variables
- Exports DTCG-shaped JSON, CSS, or SCSS
- Aliases support semantic roles and design variations
- Share URLs contain current token data
Watch out
- Code synchronization is unavailable
- Graphics-editor and website-builder integrations remain future ideas
- Uses anonymous analytics
Who it suits
Engramma suits people working with design systems who need to edit, convert, share, or preview design tokens. Developers may find the web component useful for editing CSS variables in a page.
Verdict
Engramma covers token editing, conversion, previewing, and sharing in a free, open-source project. Teams needing code synchronization or the planned integrations will need another workflow for those tasks.
The facts
Each one read from Engramma's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Aliases
- Token aliases can create semantic layers, support theme variations, reduce repeated values, and reference tokens inside composite tokens.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data and analytics
- The maker described Engramma as using anonymous analytics.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Exports
- It exports tokens as JSON, CSS custom properties, and SCSS variables.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Import
- It imports DTCG JSON from the 2025 specification, JSON from the 2022 draft, and CSS variables.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Imports
- Users can import DTCG 2025 JSON, DTCG 2022 draft JSON, or CSS custom properties.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker describes synchronizing tokens with project code and integrations with graphics editors and website builders as future ideas.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended audience
- The maker invites people who work with design systems to try Engramma and provide feedback.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under the MIT License.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The project is open source and licensed under the MIT License.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Engramma is a web based editor and converter for creating, previewing, and exporting design tokens for design systems.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Share drafts
- The app can create a share URL containing the current token data.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- The app can create a share URL containing the current token data.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The app invites users to support ongoing development by sponsoring the project and lists [email protected] as its sponsor and contact email.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Token previews
- The editor previews colors, typography, spacing, and other design token values.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Token types
- It supports color, dimension, duration, number, font family and weight, cubic Bézier, stroke style, border, shadow, transition, typography, and gradient tokens.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Web component
- An embeddable web component can detect CSS variables on a page and let developers edit them in real time.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- Bogdan Chadkin says he started building Engramma as a design tokens app.checked 4 Oct 2026
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