Figma is a collaborative web application for interface design, with additional offline features enabled by desktop applications for macOS and Windows. The feature set of Figma focuses on user interface and user experience design, with an emphasis on real-time collaboration, utilizing a variety of vector graphics editor and prototyping tools. The Figma mobile app for Android and iOS allows viewing and interacting with Figma prototypes in real-time on mobile and tablet devices.

Figma allows users to create designs in three different modes: design mode, prototype mode and developer mode.

Design mode enables users to draw shapes, frames and components, apply styles and modify layers to organize your canvas.

Prototype mode creates interactive flows between frames and screens so that users can test UX, link frames to simulate navigation and set interactions like "On click" or "While hovering".

Developer mode or dev mode allows users to inspect elements for code snippets, download assets marked for export, see variables and tokens, and view dimensions easily.

These tools combined allow users to use Figma to create interactive designs for uses like web development.

In May 2025 at Figma Config 2025, Figma announced Figma Sites in Beta. The feature allows designers to publish designs directly to the web.

Dylan Field and Evan Wallace began working on Figma in 2012 while studying computer science at Brown University. Wallace studied graphics and was a Teaching Assistant for the Computer Science Department, while Field chaired the CS Departmental Undergraduate Group.