Figma Agent for Linux

(a.k.a. Font Helper)

Installation

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neetly/figma-agent-linux/main/scripts/install.sh)"

Arch Linux

paru -S --needed figma-agent-linux
systemctl --user enable --now figma-agent.socket

Uninstallation

systemctl --user disable --now figma-agent.{service,socket}
rm -rf ~/.local/share/figma-agent
rm -rf ~/.local/share/systemd/user/figma-agent.{service,socket}

Features

• Support Variable Fonts
• High Performance (Thanks to Fontconfig)

Comparisons

	Figma Agent for Linux	Figma Linux Font Helper
Variable Fonts	✔️	❌
XDG Base Directory	✔️	✔️
Fontconfig Integration	✔️	❌
Run as a non-root user	✔️	✔️

Alternatives

Another option is to use Wine to run the official figma_agent.exe binary. I use this approach during development for the reverse engineering proposal.

Credit

This project was inspired by Figma Linux Font Helper.