# Gestalt

Pinterest's design system, with a React component library and written design guidelines.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/gestalt/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-27
Updated: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-27

## Record

### Links

- home: https://gestalt.pinterest.systems/
- repository: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Pinterest
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: react

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 177
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-01-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4383
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 54786
- contributors: 139
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 215
- dependentPackages: 10

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt/blob/HEAD/README.md (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://gestalt.pinterest.systems/ (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt (read 2026-10-27)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt/releases/tag/v0.57.0 (read 2026-10-27)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinterest/gestalt/master/README.md (read 2026-10-27)
- language: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt (read 2026-10-27)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinterest/gestalt/master/README.md (read 2026-10-27)
- basedOn: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinterest/gestalt/master/README.md (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pinterest/gestalt/master/README.md (read 2026-10-27)
- license: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt (read 2026-10-27)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-27)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt/releases/tag/v177.0.13 (read 2026-10-27)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt/releases/tag/v177.0.13 (read 2026-10-27)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt (read 2026-10-27)
- contributors: https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt (read 2026-10-27)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/gestalt (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/gestalt (read 2026-10-27)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/gestalt (read 2026-10-27)

## Notes

Gestalt is Pinterest's design system. It includes a React component library, which the README says is installed from npm with `npm i gestalt --save`.

The [homepage](https://gestalt.pinterest.systems/) describes the system, and the source is in the [pinterest/gestalt repository](https://github.com/pinterest/gestalt).

## Worth knowing

The repository README opens with a notice that the project is no longer actively maintained and has reached end of life.

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