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Migrating a design system to DrumKit

A step-by-step plan for moving your components, styles and documentation without a freeze.

Archie Young

Published in Software Engineering

Most teams we talk to are nervous about moving a design system, and they are right to be: a system is a promise to everyone who depends on it. The trick is to move it without ever breaking that promise.

  • Import your styles first and publish them as a library nobody uses yet.
  • Move components one family at a time, starting with the most used.
  • Point new work at DrumKit while old files keep their links.
  • Retire the old library only when its usage report reads zero.

Done this way, a migration is a series of small, reversible steps. Our customer success team runs it with you if you’d like, on every paid plan.

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