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Best Plugin Finalist

Instancer

Aplo Digital

About the plugin

Instancer allows you to transform any Figma component, instance, or component set into a comprehensive table showing every possible variant combination. It allows you to Explore all your component states in one clear, labeled layout.

Why it's valuable

Instancer was built to solve a simple problem that is surprisingly complex to achieve – how do I see all the variants of a single component?

A designer is building a design system component (e.g., a Button) with multiple properties like size, color, state, icon position, etc. Manually creating and checking every combination (like Small + Disabled + Icon Left) is tedious. They often miss edge cases. This plugin helps in solving by laying out all combination of a component.

On the developer side, designers often create component variants in Figma, but don't show all states together. Developers has to guess combinations that are valid or rely on back-and-forth Slack messages to clarify. This plugin solves the issues by laying out all the properties available + all combinations available in a single click.

Highlight

"This is a game changer for design systems. Instancer looks like a massive time saver, especially for QA and consistency checks. Really well thought out." — Instancer user

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Timeline

  1. Nominations will be open from Tuesday 13 May. If you have any questions about the nomination process, then check out the FAQs, or if your question isn't answered, please get in touch at community@zeroheight.com

    13 May, 2025

  2. Once the nominations are closed, we'll be collating the longlist and working through it to determine a shortlist. The shortlist will be determined by the team at zeroheight, and will be based on uniform judging criteria (which we will share in a month or two). With the shortlist creation, we aim to remove as much bias as possible and give everyone a fair chance across the board.

    22 August, 2025

  3. In September, the shortlist will be announced, including public voting! We'll notify all folks as to whether they made the shortlist. The judges will then individually judge each shortlisted entry. We'll also have public voting on each category live on the site!

    15 September, 2025

  4. Once all the judges and public votes are counted, we'll then be able to determine the winner for each category, based off a weighted compilation of votes.

    3 November, 2025

  5. In December, we'll gather the community together at an event in London to announce the winners live. We'll also be live-streaming the ceremony for those who can't make it. The live event will be invite only, but we'll offer the community a chance to apply for a ticket later in the year! We'll also post the results to the zeroheight site the day after the event.

    December 2025 (TBA)

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