wireframy

Wireframy is a term used in UI/UX design to describe a curated collection of wireframes, intended as a reusable library of low‑fidelity screen layouts. A wireframy represents the skeleton of a product’s interfaces—grid structures, navigation placement, content blocks, and interactive regions—without typography, imagery, or detailed styling. The goal is to communicate structure and functionality quickly and to support rapid iteration during early design stages.

A wireframy is typically organized by user flow or screen type and can be shared as static sketches, annotated screenshots, or interactive prototypes within design tools. Common contents include login and onboarding screens, home or dashboard layouts, product lists, detail views, and checkout paths. By consolidating these patterns in a single repository, teams aim to promote consistency and reduce repetition during product development. Wireframy are often integrated with design systems so that updated patterns propagate across projects.

Tools and formats vary; practitioners use digital tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or Balsamiq to build and maintain wireframy, with components or templates that can be reused across pages. They may be exported as pages, components, or shareable links.

Notes: The term is not universally standardized and appears mainly in informal discourse or regional design communities. Some contexts treat wireframy as a literal set of reused screens, while others prefer the more general term “wireframes” or “wireframe library.” See also wireframe, prototyping, design system.