# Style Dictionary

Build system that exports design tokens defined once in JSON or JavaScript to platform formats such as CSS, iOS, Android and JavaScript.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/style-dictionary/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://styledictionary.com/
- repository: https://github.com/style-dictionary/style-dictionary
- docs: https://styledictionary.com/getting-started/installation/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Style Dictionary
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install -D style-dictionary

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4871
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 2725285
- contributors: 177
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1909
- dependentPackages: 1019

### Sources

- urls: https://styledictionary.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://styledictionary.com/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://api.github.com/users/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://styledictionary.com/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/v5.7.1/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://styledictionary.com/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://styledictionary.com/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/style-dictionary/style-dictionary/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/style-dictionary (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Style Dictionary is a build system that takes design tokens defined once in JSON or JavaScript files and exports them to platform formats such as CSS, iOS, Android and JavaScript. It runs on Node.js and, according to its installation page, in browsers as well. A project installs it as a dev dependency with npm or Yarn and runs it as a build step. The homepage says it is forward-compatible with the Design Tokens Community Group specification.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0