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Knighn and Figma
Figma is the standard tool for design teams. Knighn is for people who design with agents and ship the result as code.
Pick Figma when you want
- Live multiplayer editing for large teams.
- Prototypes with flows, smart animate and a mature viewer.
- A very large plugin and community file library.
- Dev Mode for handoff, and an MCP server that can write to the canvas (beta).
Pick Knighn when you want
- A design is code. Each layer is a TSX element with Tailwind classes, so nothing changes in the handoff.
- Agents edit with React and Tailwind, which they know well, not with a plugin API.
- Knighn opens .fig files and pastes from Figma as layers, so you can bring your work across.
- Open a Next.js, Vite, TanStack Start or Expo project in the Mac app and edit its pages on the canvas.
| Knighn | Figma | |
|---|---|---|
| File format | TSX and Tailwind in one .html file that draws itself in any browser. | A closed format in the Figma cloud. |
| Agents | One MCP address (mcp.knighn.com) with search and execute, in the Claude connector directory. Claude Code and Codex also chat inside the editor. | A remote MCP server. Write to canvas is in beta on some clients. |
| Platforms | Web editor, Mac app (Apple silicon) and an iOS app. | Web, Mac and Windows apps. |
| Collaboration | Share links. No live multiplayer yet. | Live multiplayer, comments and branches. |
| Code | The design is the code. Copy a frame as React or Expo. | Dev Mode inspects layers and gives code hints. |
| Price | Free, or Pro at AU$9.99 a month. | Free, then paid seats per editor. |
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Checked on 5 October 2026 against each tool's own site. Tell us at admin@ljk.dev if something changed.