Choosing a UI library that makes everyone's life easier
I'm a product designer exploring a Saas side project. My skillset is Figma, and knowledge of building is limited. At work we use React so my thinking has gone: pick a UI library that's got a Figma version and React components and a dev will be able to make my Figma designs quicker / more easily. Logical so far? If you were an engineer building something, what would you hope your designer had done it in? What's the future fit choice to make today? I want high design quality, but not at the cost of build complexity. My Google adventures so far have turned up:
- Ant Design - Seems to tick both boxes (Figma, React) if a little underwhelming IMO on the design side
- Material UI - Seems super comprehensive but would it be custom work to make it not look too Googly?
- Soft UI Pro - A version of MUI that looks more like the design feel I'd want
- Joy UI - Seems to have the benefits of MUI without the Googlyness
- Untitled UI - Great design and super comprehensive on the Figma front, but would a dev have to build everything? I haven't seen a React library
And a few others that appeared in searches, keepdesign.io, Shadcn, Elastic UI. Would really love input, thanks.