Origami Studio

What Is Origami Studio?

Origami Studio is a free UX prototyping tool developed by Meta (formerly Facebook) for designers to create interactive prototypes of apps and interfaces. It fits into the design workflow after initial wireframing or mockup creation in tools like Figma or Sketch, enabling experimentation with user interactions, animations, and logic before development. As a UX toolavailable at no cost, Origami Studio supports high-fidelity prototypes that simulate real app behavior on macOS and iOS devices.

What Origami Studio Does

• Uses a patch-based visual programming system to connect nodes for building interactions, animations, and gestures.
• Supports import of designs from Figma and Sketch, preserving editability of layers pasted into the tool.
• Provides layout features like Canvas for vector drawing and dynamic layouts to handle complex design flows.
• Handles device inputs including multi-touch gestures, accelerometer, gyroscope, camera, microphone, and haptic feedback.
• Enables logic and state management with patches for conditional branching, switches, timers, and data loops.
• Allows previewing and sharing prototypes on Mac, iPhone, or iPad, with support for scrolling views, text input, and live data integration.

How Origami Studio Can Be Used

• Prototype gesture-driven mobile interfaces such as swipe-to-delete, pull-to-refresh, or drag-to-reorder with physics-based animations.
• Build scrolling views, including vertical lists, horizontal carousels, and paginated content like app stores or notifications feeds.
• Create prototypes with user input handling, such as text fields for forms, conditional logic for branching flows, and state persistence across screens.
• Test advanced interactions like timed animations, interactive loops for grids or tables, and device sensors for orientation or motion-based UI.
• Develop prototypes for XR experiences, including spatial interactions and 3D elements for VR/AR on Meta Quest devices.
• Hand off to developers by recording interaction videos, exporting timing specs, or running prototypes directly for review.

Who Is Origami Studio For?

Origami Studio serves designers working on complex UX prototypes requiring precise control over interactions, animations, and logic, particularly for mobile apps, web applications, or XR experiences. It suits UI/UX designers and product designers at intermediate to advanced levels who use Mac and need to bridge design tools like Figma or Sketch with developer handoff, without coding. Teams prototyping features like Stories, Shops, or notifications—as done internally at Meta—find it applicable for realistic testing of user flows on actual devices. Visit Origami Studio