Abstract is without question the best way to manage design files. Full stop. A saved and synced file this is not. It’s a whole new way to consider design files, how they evolve, and how other stakeholders interact with those files. If you’re a designer looking for something more than just dumb files and destructive versioning, this is finally your day in the sun.

Is it weird that I'm super happy about this launch?

Abstract is one of those new product that changed the way we work from day one and we never looked back. Happy to see it available to everyone 👌🏼

Congrats for the launch guys, this is great, I think I've been waiting for something like this all my life! :) Definitely going to give it a try soon!

Before Abstract, a non-insignificant amount of our Design workflow was spent managing files. Right-click, duplicate, rename. The struggle is real, and every designer knows it well. It's a waste of time, void of context, and a disk-space vampire. Engineers solved this problem years ago with tools like Git and Subversion. It's time Designers had their own version-control renaissance. That time is now, and the team at Abstract is leading the charge. Abstract has freed us to focus on Design, not file management. We've been using Abstract at Mesosphere now for close to a year, and it has truly changed the way we work. Every project we work on goes through Abstract. Designers on the team make branches for working changes and new features. It's an excellent way to not only store our files, but keep everyone up-to-date with all work in progress. I don't know if we could ever go back to a world where our team was working in Google Drive or Dropbox.

We've been using this like crazy at MetaLab. It's completely changing how our team works in all the best ways 🎉

Love the framing around being a designers home, also loved the product during testing!

I'm already seeing teams kill it with Abstract on their tool belt. What a great product.

And so it goes, good bye duplicate files. In the past we've had to structure project files with "WIP" and "Final" + syncing new additions between designers. This looks promising. Excited to try it out. Good work!

Our team started using Abstract last August, when the updates were zip files that we'd install from AWS. We've stuck with it and saw it grow, and I can say it's changed just about everything about our process. Also, the seamless integration with Sketch basically put the nail in the coffin for using any Adobe apps. Kudos team! It's been awesome to see the product come around.

Abstract changed our design team organization at itsalive.io

Great job guys, keep the good work.

Pros:

Really impressive, fast and automated : a GIT for your sketch designs

Cons:

Buggy but improving quickly

Thanks @bentossell for hunting us! My name is Josh Brewer CEO and co-founder at Abstract. We are happy to finally show the world what we’ve been working on. Engineers have GitHub. Sales teams live in Salesforce. Even our friends in marketing have embraced Marketo as their home. What about us designers? When you think about it, designers are a pretty flexible bunch. We're willing to do whatever it takes to bring great ideas to life. We have workarounds. Not workflows. It’s clear that we need help managing the rest of our work. Team coordination, collaborating with stakeholders, and interpreting feedback are part of the design process. Designers have long wished for a system of record like what developers have come to rely upon with Github. We need a secure, reliable, stable place we can call home for our design work. We’ve spent the last year designing and building Abstract. Welcome home. We'll be here all day to answer any questions you might have, so ask away!

Been using the private alpha for months now. And there is no going back. It's a little tricky initially getting some designers to understand git workflow and best practise, but abstract makes it simple enough. For anyone designing in teams I cannot recommend highly enough.

Congrats @jbrewer! I tried abstract for the first time today and it's amazing! Reading the comments here also feels like you guys are onto something great. Just a question if I was to seriously consider moving to abstract for my team. How does the file management work for non sketch files. Say prototype files like principle or origami. Do I still have to keep my Dropbox team account and use abstract only for sketch documents? How have others done this?

Whatever you do, please do not sell out to InVision.

goabstract is awesome. But these things would be great: - difference between old and new (like Github or Splitscreen) - activity stream in the app

Congrats team! This is clearly the fruits of hard work, looks awesome!

I love abstract!

Our team at Canvas has been using the alpha for the last 3-4 months and we absolutely love it. Congrats to the Abstract team for the public launch, beautiful new website as well! 🙌🏽

I've only used it for a little while, but I like Abstract as a management system for polished assets and final designs. I haven't gotten used to using it for design files that are sketches or explorations. Curious to know if other Abstract adopters are going all-in?