figma-mcp-rs

Figma/FigJam MCP server in Rust — free, no rate limits. Rust port of vkhanhqui/figma-mcp-go with a rewritten SolidJS plugin and FigJam support.

Open-source MCP server with full read/write access to Figma and FigJam via plugin — no REST API, no rate limits. Turn text into designs and designs into real code. Works with Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and any MCP-compatible AI tool.

Highlights

• No Figma API token required
• No rate limits — free plan friendly
• Read and Write live Figma/FigJam data via plugin bridge — 87 tools total (73 from the Go reference, plus get_status, execute_code, eight FigJam tools, the use_figma escape hatch, and four design-system tools: update_style, update_variable, set_variable_mode, bind_variable_to_style)
• Full design automation — styles, variables (values, aliases, scopes, modes), components, prototypes, and content
• Colors accepted anywhere as hex, rgb(), hsl(), or oklch(); get_styles and export_tokens emit any of them via colorFormat
• Design strategies included — 12 MCP prompts built in
• Native binary, fast startup, low memory
• Plugin bundled in the binary — the server self-installs it on first run, no download step
• Built on rmcp 3.2; negotiates MCP protocol revision with each client

Why this exists

The official Figma MCP servers go through the REST API, which is rate limited per plan:

This server never calls the REST API. It talks to a plugin running inside Figma Desktop over a local WebSocket, so every read and write is unlimited and free — and unlike REST, the plugin can write to the open file.

Performance

Measured on Apple M4 Pro: ~6 MB RSS idle, ~7 MB with a plugin connected during tool round trips; startup < 10 ms. The Go reference runs ~15–25 MB.

Installation & Setup

1. Configure your AI tool

Claude Code CLI

claude mcp add -s project figma-mcp-rs -- npx -y figma-mcp-rs@latest

Or build from source:

make build   # cargo build --release + plugin build
claude mcp add -s project figma-mcp-rs -- /path/to/figma-mcp-rs/target/release/figma-mcp-rs

Codex CLI

codex mcp add figma-mcp-rs -- npx -y figma-mcp-rs@latest

Claude Code plugin marketplace (also installs the 15 skills)

/plugin marketplace add <this-repo>
/plugin install figma-mcp-rs@figma-mcp-rs

.mcp.json (Claude and other MCP-compatible tools)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "figma-mcp-rs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "figma-mcp-rs"]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json (Cursor / VS Code / GitHub Copilot)

{
  "servers": {
    "figma-mcp-rs": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "figma-mcp-rs"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

docker build -t figma-mcp-rs .
docker run -i --rm -p 1998:1998 figma-mcp-rs

.mcp.json with Docker:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "figma-mcp-rs": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-p", "1998:1998", "figma-mcp-rs"]
    }
  }
}

The image listens on 0.0.0.0:1998 (baked into the default CMD), so the Figma plugin connects to ws://127.0.0.1:1998 as usual through the port mapping — keep the host port at 1998 or update the host in the plugin UI. Run one container per plugin connection; for multiple simultaneous MCP clients on one machine prefer the native binary, whose leader election shares a single plugin connection. The self-installed plugin path inside the container is not host-accessible — import the plugin from this repo's plugin/ directory or the release plugin.zip instead.

Server flags: --ip (default 127.0.0.1), --port (default 1998).

2. Install the Figma plugin

The plugin is bundled inside the server binary — no download or build step.

1. Start the server once (any method above). On startup it writes manifest.json, dist/code.js, and dist/index.html to ~/.figma-mcp-rs/plugin/ (Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.figma-mcp-rs\plugin\) and logs the path.
2. In Figma Desktop: Plugins → Development → Import plugin from manifest → select ~/.figma-mcp-rs/plugin/manifest.json
3. Run the plugin inside any Figma or FigJam file — it connects to the server over ws://127.0.0.1:1998 (host/port configurable in the plugin UI)

If a tool fails with plugin not connected, call get_status — it diagnoses the bridge and returns setup instructions.

Multiple server instances are safe: the first to bind the port becomes leader and owns the plugin connection; others become followers that proxy tool calls and take over automatically if the leader dies.

FigJam & Slides support

The plugin loads in every editor (editorType: ["figma", "figjam", "slides", "dev"]):

• Reads work in both: get_document/get_design_context serialize FigJam node types (STICKER, CONNECTOR, MARKER, WIDGET, EMBED, MEDIA…)
• FigJam writes are eight named tools: create_sticky, create_stickies, create_connector, create_shape_with_text, create_table, create_code_block, auto_arrange, get_board_contents
• Figma-only tools (styles, variables, components, prototype reactions, auto-layout) return a clear error in FigJam files
• Remaining gaps — Slides, team-library variables/styles (figma.teamLibrary.*, importVariableByKeyAsync), and anything else unwrapped: use use_figma

Available Tools

Status

Escape hatch

Write — Create

Write — Modify

Write — Prototype (Figma only)

Write — Styles (Figma only)

Write — Variables (Figma only)