# Please add the design tokens in a shared library

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/please-add-the-design-tokens-in-a-shared-library/9566>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** design, design-tokens, shared-library\
**Created:** [August 5, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-add-the-design-tokens-in-a-shared-library/9566 "2025-08-05T17:30:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dylan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/dylan/32/8603_2.png) [@Dylan](https://community.penpot.app/u/Dylan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-add-the-design-tokens-in-a-shared-library/9566/1 "2025-08-05T17:30:57Z")

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When making a shared library, the design tokens are gone. Please add them to the libary. Now i need to export and import them.

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**Author:** ![ImpactNeel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/impactneel/32/9608_2.png) [@ImpactNeel](https://community.penpot.app/u/ImpactNeel)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-add-the-design-tokens-in-a-shared-library/9566/2 "2025-08-05T20:49:24Z")

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I also asked for the same thing today, it will be very fast for us

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**Author:** ![carolina.portugal](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/carolina.portugal/32/36_2.png) [@carolina.portugal](https://community.penpot.app/u/carolina.portugal)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-add-the-design-tokens-in-a-shared-library/9566/3 "2025-08-06T07:45:30Z")

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> [@What’s Next for Penpot Design Tokens](https://community.penpot.app/t/what-s-next-for-penpot-design-tokens/8789):
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> Almost a couple of months ago, we [launched Design Tokens in Penpot](https://community.penpot.app/t/penpot-2-6-only-way-out/8350). Since then, we can proudly say that Penpot has become the first design tool to offer native support for design tokens. This release has brought us plenty of joy and just as many learnings. The data we are gathering shows that the usage of tokens is growing steadily every week, and community feedback tells us that the idea of a built-in design tokens engine that adheres to standards at a design tool really resonates and is appre…

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Loret\_de\_Mola](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/alex_loret_de_mola/32/10471_2.png) [@Alex\_Loret\_de\_Mola](https://community.penpot.app/u/Alex_Loret_de_Mola)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-add-the-design-tokens-in-a-shared-library/9566/4 "2026-05-19T19:15:33Z")

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I’d love to see this feature added!

I’m using Penpot to make card game mockups, and it’s working great so far: but it would be fantastic to either be able to share design tokens between files, or to allow colors picked for stroke, shadow, etc be from the shared color assets.

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**Author:** ![almu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/almu/32/2194_2.png) [@almu](https://community.penpot.app/u/almu)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/please-add-the-design-tokens-in-a-shared-library/9566/5 "2026-07-01T14:54:03Z")

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This is now available in Penpot 2.16! You can import token sets from a

linked library you already attach to your file 🎉 → [Import design tokens directly from a linked library · Issue #9635 · penpot/penpot · GitHub](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/9635)