DAES Token Manager is an open source Figma plugin that stores design tokens in the W3C DTCG 2025.10 format, the shape Style Dictionary already reads. Author every token type, resolve aliases live, apply them to nodes and variables, and push plain JSON to your own repo. No server of ours in between.
The spec is the storage format, not an export target.
No server of ours between you and your tokens.
Reach your token store from an agent running on your own machine.
Apache-2.0. Read it, fork it, run your own build.
Most token workflows convert between three or four shapes on the way from Figma to code. This one doesn't convert at all; it stores exactly what the DTCG 2025.10 spec describes.
Every token type the spec defines, stored in the shape DTCG 2025.10 describes, not converted into it on the way out.
Reach the token store from an agent over a local MCP bridge and work next to it in one interface, instead of describing your tokens in a prompt.
Create a theme and link the token sets that belong to it, so the same token stops being maintained twice in two places.
Connect the token repository you already have: GitHub, GitLab, or a plain remote URL for read-only sources.
Bind tokens straight to Figma nodes, so a layer carries the decision instead of a copied value.
Skip the long first pass at a token architecture. The wizard scaffolds a working three-tier system, contrast-checked, and you take it from there.
Your tokens never reach our infrastructure. The plugin talks to Figma and your Git provider directly. Accounts and login are the only things we host, and they run in Germany.
Push tokens into Figma variables and pull changes back into the plugin. The round trip runs in both directions.
Sync copy alongside design decisions. Share access once and text changes stop being another round of manual edits, without buying more Figma seats.
Three ways to run a token system today. Where a competitor is ahead, the table says so.
| Criterion | DAES Token Manager | Tokens Studio | Style Dictionary + Git |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTCG 2025.10 as the storage format | Native, with no legacy format underneath | Optional; legacy is the default, further types listed for future releases | Whatever you write |
| Token types beyond colour and number | Ten types including shadow, transition, cubicBezier and strokeStyle. Typography and gradient in progress. | Broad type coverage, including composite types | Whatever you implement |
| Guided setup for a new token architecture | The wizard generates a three-tier system across brand, mode and density, contrast-checked before it writes | Starter kits to duplicate, no guided generator | You design the tier structure yourself |
| Live alias resolution while editing | Computed value shown inline; cycles and dangling references rejected on save | References resolve in the plugin | Resolved at build time, if at all |
| Apply tokens to Figma nodes | Typed applicators write the matching Figma property | Yes | Not applicable |
| Figma variables round trip | Push and pull, both directions | Yes | Custom script against the Plugin API |
| Themes across brand, mode and density | Token sets linked per axis, switched together | Themes and token sets | You model it yourself |
| Git sync | GitHub, GitLab, or a read-only remote URL | Yes, across a longer list of providers | Native |
| Agent access over MCP | Local MCP bridge over a localhost websocket, with no vendor cloud in the path | MCP access, from the paid Starter Plus tier upwards | Write the server yourself |
| Copy and localisation keys alongside tokens | Phrase keys sync with your design decisions, without buying more Figma seats | Design tokens only | A separate i18n pipeline |
| Vendor infrastructure in the token path | None. Accounts and login are hosted in Germany, token data is not stored at all. | None for plugin sync; platform tiers run on their cloud | None |
| Plugin licence | Apache-2.0, with an explicit patent grant | MIT | Not applicable |
| Price | Free during the beta, pricing after that undecided | Free plugin tier; platform from €17 to €499 per month billed annually | Engineering time |
| Maturity | Closed beta, 2026 | Years of production use and a broad ecosystem | As mature as your team |
Tokens Studio has years of production use, a longer list of sync providers, and a hosted platform your organisation can buy on a purchase order. DAES Token Manager stores tokens in the DTCG 2025.10 shape with no legacy format underneath, keeps your token data out of any vendor infrastructure, and scaffolds a three-tier architecture for you if you are starting from scratch. If the storage format matters to you, or a vendor cloud in your token path is a problem, start here. If you need a mature ecosystem today, start there.
One token store, authored in Figma, committed to your repo. That's the whole loop.
Tap a step to see the panel it happens in. You need a Figma file and somewhere to put the JSON. That is the entire prerequisite list.
The spec is still moving and every design system carries an edge case this plugin hasn't met yet. Those edge cases are the roadmap, which only works if the people hitting them can reach the people building it.
Support questions, spec arguments, and half-formed ideas. The quickest way to get unstuck, and where most work is discussed before anyone opens an issue.
Bugs, feature requests, and the roadmap. A report with a token value and a repro gets picked up fastest. The failing case usually writes the test.
Read it, fork it, audit it, run your own build. A tool that decides what your design system may express should not be a black box.
Support questions, feedback on the token model, and early looks at what's next. No ticket queue: the people building it are in the same channel.
Can't find what you're looking for? Email contact@daes.app.
dimension, duration, number, cubicBezier, fontFamily, fontWeight, strokeStyle, border, shadow and transition are implemented against the 2025.10 spec. color is supported with 14 color spaces; its full migration to the 2025.10 shape is in progress. typography and gradient are planned.Tell us what your token setup looks like and we'll send you in.