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Leaderboard

30 curated sites scored by the same deterministic 34-check engine that scores designesy.org. No LLM, no paywall, no pay-to-remove.

Scores reflect what the engine measures on the live fetched surface — token architecture, motion hygiene, accessibility primitives, typography discipline. A site can look world-class and still score low if it doesn’t ship the contract primitives at :root. That is the point.

Submit a site

Enter a URL to score it against the same 34-check engine. Submissions are scored instantly and curated into the seed list on the next weekly batch. No paywall, no pay-to-remove.

Cohort snapshot

30Scored
1A grade
11D grade
9Needs work (<50)
07-28Last scored

Policy. Curated seed (30 sites) + open submission. Scores are deterministic — 34 checks, no LLM. Sites scoring below 50 are flagged "needs work", not hidden. No paywall, no pay-to-remove. Scores re-run weekly. The seed list is curated across five tiers (reference, competitors, design-system exemplars, inspiration, high-traffic). Open submission is a follow-up — for now, mail hello@designesy.org.

Ranking

Ranked by total score. The top site is the only A-grade site in the cohort. Select any row to re-score it live at /score.

Design verification leaderboard — 30 of 30 sites scored. Sorted by total score descending.
#SiteGradeScoreChecksAction
01
Designesyselfdesignesy.orgT2 · Design Systems
A100.0%31p · 0f · 0w · 3sre-score →
02
GitHub Primerprimer.styleT3 · Design Systems
C75.3%21p · 5f · 4w · 4sre-score →
03
Desy Guardgetdesy.comT2 · Design Systems
C73.4%12p · 2f · 15w · 5sre-score →
04
Figmafigma.comT5 · SaaS
D69.9%13p · 4f · 13w · 4sre-score →
05D67.7%18p · 6f · 6w · 4sre-score →
06D67.4%15p · 4f · 11w · 4sre-score →
07
zeroheightzeroheight.comT2 · Design Systems
D66.1%13p · 4f · 13w · 4sre-score →
08
Xx.comT5 · Consumer
D66.1%11p · 2f · 17w · 4sre-score →
09
Appleapple.comT1 · Hardware
D64.6%12p · 5f · 13w · 4sre-score →
10D64.2%16p · 7f · 7w · 4sre-score →
11D63.9%14p · 6f · 10w · 4sre-score →
12
Roast by AIroastbyai.comT2 · Design Systems
D63.0%12p · 4f · 14w · 4sre-score →
13D62.0%10p · 4f · 16w · 4sre-score →
14
Notionnotion.soT5 · SaaS
D62.0%11p · 5f · 14w · 4sre-score →
15
Radix Colorsradix-ui.comT3 · Design Systems
F58.5%10p · 6f · 14w · 4sre-score →
16F57.0%8p · 5f · 17w · 4sre-score →
17
V&A Museumvam.ac.ukT4 · Cultural
F56.3%9p · 6f · 15w · 4sre-score →
18F55.4%10p · 7f · 13w · 4sre-score →
19
Wikipediawikipedia.orgT5 · Reference
F53.5%8p · 6f · 16w · 4sre-score →
20
Awwwardsawwwards.comT4 · Inspiration
F52.5%8p · 5f · 18w · 3sre-score →
21F52.5%8p · 5f · 17w · 4sre-score →
22F49.7%5p · 3f · 22w · 4sre-score →
23
Material 3m3.material.ioT3 · Design Systems
F48.7%4p · 4f · 22w · 4sre-score →
24
FWAfwa.orgT4 · Inspiration
F48.7%6p · 5f · 19w · 4sre-score →
25
Vercel Geistgeist.devT3 · Design Systems
F46.8%5p · 3f · 21w · 5sre-score →
26F45.9%5p · 4f · 20w · 5sre-score →
27
Mozaikamozaika.designT2 · Design Systems
F44.9%4p · 3f · 22w · 5sre-score →
28F44.9%4p · 3f · 22w · 5sre-score →
29
IBM Plexplex.ibm.comT3 · Typography
F43.0%3p · 4f · 22w · 5sre-score →
30F39.2%4p · 6f · 19w · 5sre-score →

How to read this

What the engine measures

34 deterministic checks across 11 weighted categories — token architecture, motion hygiene, accessibility primitives, typography discipline, reduced-motion handling, AI disclosure, forced-colors readiness. Not an LLM impression. Not a roast. The same engine scores designesy.org itself, in public, at /score?url=designesy.org.

The engine measures what is shipped, not what is documented. A design-system site can publish a rich token taxonomy in storybook and still score low if the marketing surface doesn’t expose those tokens at :root. That gap — between documented and shipped — is exactly what the leaderboard surfaces.

Leaderboard v0.2 · curated seed (30 sites) · last scored 2026-07-28 · open submission is live — use the form above. Scores are deterministic and re-run weekly. The JSON endpoint lives at /api/leaderboard. Submit via the form above or POST to /api/leaderboard/submit.