A “Spotify Wrapped” for your Figma files

Why does Playback exist?

Every December, music lovers get their stats and developers get their commit history. Designers get a dashboard of files called Final_Final_v3. They spend thousands of hours on versions, comments and reviews, and never see the big picture.

Playback turns that history into a year in review you can play with and share. It doesn't just count versions: it looks for the stories in a file, like who argued the most, who worked late into the night and which day everything happened at once, and turns each one into a small game. It's a little cheeky on purpose.

How did it start?

As an entry for Figma's #FigmaMakeathon in September 2025. Jinson built the first version in Figma Make and called it Figma Rewind: paste a file's URL, and get an interactive, Wrapped-style report of its year.

A month later, Friends of Figma Dubai held a Figma Make event with a showcase of projects from the community. Figma Rewind was one of four finalists, and Jinson demoed it on stage to the community and the Figma team.

Then it grew into Playback, with its own home at playback.design. Jinson launched it for 2025 on 29 December with “Your Year in Pixels”, and on Product Hunt the next day.

What's in a Playback?

Eight slides, from the cast to the finale. Every slide has the same shape: an interactive motion area on top, and the data insight below, so you play with the numbers instead of just reading them.

• The Roll Call. Everyone who touched the file. Hover over a person to see their versions and comments, and who contributed what.
• The Chief Comment Officer. Whoever had the most to say, with their comment count. Pull the hanging string and their comments tumble out, like that one review that went on too long.
• The Midnight Oil Burners. The night owls. The slide goes dark, and you find them with a torch.
• The Day Everything Happened. The single busiest day of the year, and the people who got through it.

• The Zen Moment. The quietest day, with the team lounging by a pool, until you stir things up.
• The Need for Speed. The fastest replier, and the slowest, buried under a pile of unanswered comment bubbles. Click to pop them and dig them out.
• The Great Debate. The thread with the most replies fills the screen. Type its letters to clear it away and finally settle the argument.

• The Grand Finale. The whole team together, with the key numbers and the badges they earned along the way.

How does it work?

1. Open playback.design. It runs in any browser, with no plugin to install and nothing to download.
2. Log in with Figma. You give Playback read-only access to your account.
3. Paste a file's URL. Playback fetches the file's history and plays it back as your report.

It works on personal files, but it's best on a team project. Finding the slowest replier, or the people who pulled all-nighters, turns a year of data into a team-bonding moment, or a friendly roast. It's a good way to close a year of working together.

Is my file safe?

Yes. Playback uses the official Figma API and asks only for the metadata it needs: versions, people and comments. It never reads your designs or their pixels. Everything is processed in your browser: Playback fetches the data, shows it to you, and it's gone. Nothing is saved to a server.

Timeline

1. Sep 2025Built in Figma Make as Figma Rewind, an entry for Figma's #FigmaMakeathon
2. Oct 2025One of four finalists in the Friends of Figma Dubai Figma Make showcase, demoed on stage
3. Dec 2025Launched as Figma Playback with “Your Year in Pixels” on Medium, then on Product Hunt
4. Jan 2026Featured in the Figmalion (issue 237) and Product Disrupt (issue 198) design newsletters