story2sketch 💎

Convert Storybook stories into Sketch symbols.

Uses the amazing and experimental html-sketchapp. Only supports web.

Quickstart

Firstly, get Sketch and npm. Then either clone html-sketchapp or download it as a zip, installing the included Sketch plugin called asketch2sketch.sketchplugin:

Install story2sketch:

npm i story2sketch -g

Now navigate to your Storybook 3.3 (or newer) project. You'll want to take full control of your Storybook webpack.config.js if you haven't already done so, adding:

module.exports = (storybookBaseConfig, configType) => {
  const newConfig = {
    ...storybookBaseConfig
  };

  // Add this:
  // Export bundles as libraries so we can access them on page scope.
  newConfig.output.library = "[name]";

  return newConfig;
}

Run story2sketch, pointing towards a Storybook iframe URL. See configuration for more options, or if you have a lot of stories.

story2sketch --url https://localhost:9001/iframe.html --output stories.asketch.json

Import the generated file into Sketch via Plugins > From *Almost* Sketch to Sketch in Sketch menu bar.

Success!

Why?

As stated by react-sketchapp, it's complicated to manage assets in a design system. Many teams building design systems or component libraries already produce Sketch files for distributing designs and use Storybook to prototype and present the developed components. It can become difficult to keep designs up to date with the latest components, with designers ever playing catchup. story2sketch generates a Sketch file from your components via Storybook, so your Sketch designs always stay up to date.

Configuration

You can configure story2sketch using the API via the CLI, configuring your package.json or adding a story2sketch.config.js file.

CLI

Simply call story2sketch with options from the API.

$ story2sketch --stories all --output dist/great-ui.asketch.json

package.json

Add the following to your package.json:

{
  "story2sketch": {
    "stories": "all",
    "output": "dist/great-ui.asketch.json"
  }
}

story2sketch.config.js

Create a file called story2sketch.config.js on the root of your project:

module.exports = {
  output: "dist/great-ui.asketch.json",
  stories: "all"
}

API

Parameter	Explanation	Input Type	Default
--output	Specifies the filename for the generated asketch.json file.	string	"dist/stories.asketch.json"
--input	The location of Storybook's generated iframe.html. Use this over --url if possible for performance.	string	"dist/iframe.html"
--url	Storybook iframe URL. Will end in iframe.html. Prefer --input for performance if possible.	string	"http://localhost:9001/iframe.html"
--stories	Stories to extract from Storybook. You should probably override the default.	object/string	"all"
--concurrency	Number of headless Chrome tabs to run in parallel. Drastically impacts performance.	integer	4
--symbolGutter	Gutter to place between symbols in Sketch.	integer	100
--narrowViewport	Narrow viewport dimensions	object	{ width: 320, height: 1200 }
--standardViewport	Standard viewport dimensions	object	{ width: 1920, height: 1200 }
--querySelector	Query selector to select your node on each page. Uses document.querySelectorAll.	string	"*"
--verbose	Verbose logging output.	boolean	false

Example story2sketch.config.js

module.exports = {
  output: "dist/great-ui.asketch.json",
  input: "dist/iframe.html",
  concurrency: 2,
  symbolGutter: 200,
  narrowViewport: { width: 320, height: 1200 },
  standardViewport: { width: 1920, height: 1200 },
  pageTitle: "great-ui",
  stories: [
    {
      kind: "Buttons/Button",
      stories: [
        {
          name: "Button"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      kind: "Buttons/ButtonGroup",
      stories: [
        {
          name: "Default",
          displayName: "Horizontal"
        },
        {
          name: "Vertical"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      kind: "Table",
      stories: [
        {
          name: "Table"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Questions

Why does my stuff look bad?

Because this project is experimental, and so is it's core dependency. If your stuff looks bad, either it's not supported by html-sketchapp yet (see support here), or you need to configure story2sketch.

Why don't you use react-sketchapp instead of html-sketchapp?

react-sketchapp only supports React Native, or forces you to use React Native component naming conventions. html-sketchapp supports good ol' fashioned HTML, and doesn't care what web framework you're using.

Can I use this on anything other than Storybook?

Not yet, but we have plans to add support for multiple and custom adaptors.