
Orbit
Kiwi.com's open-source design system for consistent, accessible travel booking interfaces.
Product Overview
Orbit is Kiwi.com's official open-source design system, providing reusable UI components, patterns, guidelines, and tools to build consistent, accessible, and performant digital experiences for travel-related products like flight booking platforms, apps, and websites. It emphasizes modularity, internationalization, and developer-designer collaboration with React components, Figma libraries, and comprehensive documentation, supporting high-traffic e-commerce environments with a focus on user trust and efficiency. Component Library: Reusable elements like buttons, inputs, cards, modals, date pickers, and travel-specific widgets (e.g., flight selectors) with variants for themes and states. Design Tokens: Semantic colors, typography, spacing, icons (Orbit Icons), and motion for brand consistency. Accessibility: WCAG compliance with ARIA support, keyboard navigation, and inclusive patterns. Tools: Figma kit for prototyping; React library with TypeScript; Storybook for component exploration.
Best For
Teams building scalable, consistent digital products.
Key Features
- Component Library: Reusable elements like buttons, inputs, cards, modals, date pickers, and travel-specific widgets (e.g., flight selectors) with variants for themes and states.
- Design Tokens: Semantic colors, typography, spacing, icons (Orbit Icons), and motion for brand consistency.
- Accessibility: WCAG compliance with ARIA support, keyboard navigation, and inclusive patterns.
- Tools: Figma kit for prototyping; React library with TypeScript; Storybook for component exploration.
Pros
- +Open source
- +Real-time collaboration
- +Extensive icon library
- +Color palette generation
Cons
- -Adoption requires team alignment
- -Customization can be complex
/// SPECS
- Pricing:Free
- Platform:Browser

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