Collaborative development environment purpose-built for design systems.
Why we recommend it
Backlight gives designers and engineers one place to build, document and publish components — closer to a real workshop than a docs site.
Strengths
- Design and code in one environment
- Publishes real component packages
- Built-in documentation
Drawbacks
- Requires committing to their workflow
- Small ecosystem
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