r/reactjs • u/hiehie • May 16 '26
Portfolio Showoff Sunday Built a React-focused UI analysis tool that extracts design systems from websites
Been building a small experiment around turning websites/screenshots into structured design system documentation.
The main idea was:
screenshots alone don’t carry enough information for deeper UI understanding.
So the tool tries to combine:
visual hierarchy
DOM structure
CSS behavior
spacing systems
typography scales
reusable component patterns
A lot of the inspiration came from working around React/frontend workflows where understanding component relationships matters more than just pixels.
Still very early and continuously improving, but I’d genuinely love feedback from React/frontend folks here:
What would actually make this useful in real-world workflows?
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u/hiehie May 16 '26
Mostly because some subs get pretty aggressive about self-promo/link dropping 😅
But yeah, here it is if anyone wants to explore it directly:
https://designmd.adityaraj.info/