Overview
Zeplin is a design delivery platform focused on streamlining the handoff process between designers and developers. By providing a structured space outside of design tools like Figma or Sketch, Zeplin allows developers to access finalized designs, specs, assets, and code snippets tailored to their development stack. Its architecture supports features like version control for designs (inspired by Git), automated specs generation, and integration with development tools such as Jira, Storybook, and VS Code. The platform's value proposition centers around increasing clarity and efficiency in design delivery, reducing back-and-forth communication, and ensuring that developers build exactly what is intended. Use cases include standardizing design organization across teams, documenting requirements in context, and connecting design systems to real product work through component linking and code generation.