GuideGuide is a plugin that makes it easy to construct columns, build baselines, mark midpoints, and respect ratios, all by manipulating guides in your favorite design tools — now in Figma. Finally.
Howdy 🤠,
I'm the guy that created GuideGuide. I launched the first version for Photoshop back in 2010 when we were still shuttling web mockups around between PSD files. A lot has changed since then, but I'm still as unsatisfied as ever with the grid tools our design apps provide.
Don't get me wrong, Figma is probably the best of them — but I still think GuideGuide can do better. It's a plugin that manipulates the built-in guide feature of the software it supports to create grids. This is great for when you're not using autolayout, or need nonstandard grids that grid layouts can't handle.
GuideGuide can do all the vanilla stuff: margins, columns, rows, and gutters. It's even got a few buttons for quickly adding edge and midpoint guides.
The real power lies in it's *grid notation*, a way to create any kind of grid you might need. Want a sidebar along with your columns? Easy. Factoring in aspect ratios? Done. Are you a math pervert? Use GuideGuide to put Fibonacci everywhere.
If you're any sort of designer, you probably use a tool that GuideGuide supports. Now with Figma support, GuideGuide is ready to help you line stuff up with other stuff wherever you like to work.
About GuideGuide for Figma on Product Hunt
“A plugin for powerful grids and guides in Figma”
GuideGuide for Figma launched on Product Hunt on February 13th, 2024 and earned 89 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #33 on the daily leaderboard. GuideGuide is a plugin that makes it easy to construct columns, build baselines, mark midpoints, and respect ratios, all by manipulating guides in your favorite design tools — now in Figma. Finally.
On the analytics side, GuideGuide for Figma competes within Design Tools, Graphic Design and Web Design — topics that collectively have 271.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how GuideGuide for Figma performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted GuideGuide for Figma?
GuideGuide for Figma was hunted by Cameron McEfee. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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