InVision Is Gone: What Replaces Its Prototypes, DSM and Workflows
InVision ended its design collaboration services on December 31, 2024. Here is what replaced its prototypes, design system manager and whiteboards, and how to move on.
Core Takeaway
InVision discontinued its design collaboration services, including prototypes and its design system manager (DSM), at the end of 2024; all services shut down on December 31, 2024. Most teams moved prototyping to Figma or Penpot, design systems to Figma libraries with tokens in Git, and whiteboards to Miro or FigJam. For interactive motion, tools with runtimes such as Rive and ExodeUI replace prototype hand-offs.
What happened to InVision
In early 2024, InVision announced that it would discontinue its design collaboration services, including prototypes and DSM, at the end of that year. Fast Company noted that the company, founded in 2011, had been valued at nearly $2 billion at its peak. InVision later confirmed that its services shut down on December 31, 2024, and invisionapp.com now points to Miro.
Where each workflow went
InVision did several jobs, so there is no single replacement.
- Clickable prototypes: Figma or Penpot for most teams; ProtoPie for very realistic, logic-heavy prototypes.
- Design system manager (DSM): shared libraries in your design tool, with design tokens stored in Git as the source of truth.
- Freehand whiteboards: Miro or FigJam.
- Interactive motion that must ship: tools with runtimes, such as Rive or ExodeUI, which we make.
If you still have InVision-era files
Content was deleted after the shutdown, so anything not exported is gone. If you exported prototypes or screens as images or PDFs, treat them as reference and rebuild the key flows in your new tool. Use the move to clean up: retire screens nobody uses and rebuild components properly, with tokens, instead of copying old artboards.
Lessons for choosing the next tool
InVision's shutdown is a reminder that design files can disappear with a vendor. Favour tools that let you export or self-host your work, keep design tokens in your own repository, and prefer open file formats where you can. Penpot can be self-hosted, and ExodeUI saves interactive components as open JSON you can keep in Git.
Key Principles to Remember
- InVision services shut down on December 31, 2024
- Prototypes moved mostly to Figma or Penpot; ProtoPie for complex logic
- Design systems: shared libraries plus tokens in Git
- Whiteboards: Miro or FigJam
- Prefer exportable, self-hostable or open formats next time
Frequently Asked Questions
Sources
- InVision, a UX trailblazer, is shutting down in the era of Figma — Fast Company
- InVision services shut down on December 31, 2024 — InVision on LinkedIn
- Penpot pricing and features — Penpot