FigpeaYour .fig file won't open? Read it here instead.
A file that will not open is not necessarily a broken file — sometimes it is simply not recognised as a Figma design file. It cannot repair a genuinely damaged file, but it will tell you straight away which situation you are in. A .fig file is either a Figma design file or a MATLAB figure — a saved plot — and Figpea opens Figma design files, not MATLAB figures.
Everything you need to open Figma files
No version check to fail
Figpea reads the .fig structure directly, whichever build wrote the file.
No account or permission wall
Nothing is authenticated and no design server is contacted — the local file is all it needs.
A straight answer when a file really is broken
One plain-language message naming the file type and what went wrong, never a silent failure.
A reporting path you control
Report a file that won't open — the exact fields to be shared are shown first, and the file is never attached for you.
Read on your device
Your file is read by code running in your browser and is never uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Why won't my .fig file open?
There is no need to guess which case you have: when Figpea cannot open a file, it tells you in plain language what it found. One reason is that the file is not a Figma design file at all — a MATLAB figure uses the same .fig extension, and some exports arrive with stray characters in front of the file's real start. Such a file is often not damaged in any way: one 25 MB price-list export opened whole once two stray leading characters were accounted for. And if a file genuinely cannot be read, Figpea says that too, instead of failing silently.
Will a file written by a newer version of Figma open here?
Yes. Figpea does not check which version wrote a file; it reads the file's own structure. Anything inside it that Figpea does not recognize is skipped rather than being a reason to refuse the whole file.
Can Figpea repair a damaged .fig file?
No — and treat anything that claims otherwise with suspicion. Figpea has no way to rebuild a damaged file for you. What it does is read the file as it stands and tell you the truth about it, which on a partly readable file is often enough to get your frames and text back out.
What happens if Figpea cannot open my file either?
You get one plain-language message naming the file type and what went wrong, instead of a silent failure. From there you can report the file: Figpea shows you exactly which details would be shared before anything is sent, and your file is never attached automatically.
Does the file get uploaded while Figpea reads it?
No. Figpea is a web page, so you load the page over the internet — but your file is read on your own device and is never uploaded.