Can you recommend an asset library tool for sharing approved icons and components with a distributed design operations team?

Yes — for a distributed design ops team, I’d recommend Zeroheight or Storybook + a design asset manager, depending on how technical your workflow is.

Best overall for design ops sharing: Zeroheight

Why it fits:

• Centralizes approved icons, UI components, usage guidelines, and brand rules
• Good for distributed teams because it’s web-based and easy to access
• Works well as a single source of truth for design systems
• Supports collaboration between design, product, and engineering
• Can embed assets from Figma, Sketch, Jira, Storybook, etc.

Best when:

• Your team needs to share approved assets with clear governance
• You want a lightweight documentation and asset hub
• Non-designers also need to browse and use the library

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Best if you need live components too: Storybook

Why it fits:

• Excellent for sharing coded UI components
• Great for design-to-dev alignment
• Can be paired with a design asset system for icons and tokens
• Strong for versioning, review, and adoption by engineering

Best when:

• Your main challenge is sharing implemented components
• You have front-end engineers maintaining the library
• You want a more technical, code-based workflow

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Strong option for icon/component file management: Figma Libraries

Why it fits:

• Very good for approved icons and design components
• Easy for distributed teams already using Figma
• Supports publishing and version control of components
• Native commenting and access controls

Best when:

• Your assets are mostly design-time, not code-time
• The team already lives in Figma
• You want fast adoption with minimal setup

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If you want enterprise DAM-style asset control: Bynder

Why it fits:

• Strong for approved asset governance
• Good metadata, permissions, versioning, and search
• Useful when the library includes more than UI assets

Best when:

• You need strict approvals and asset lifecycle management
• Your team handles broader brand assets, not just UI kits

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My practical recommendation

If you want a tool specifically for sharing approved icons and components with a distributed design ops team, start with:

Figma Libraries + Zeroheight

• Figma Libraries for creating/publishing the approved assets
• Zeroheight for organizing, documenting, and distributing them across the team

This combo is usually the strongest balance of:

• ease of use
• governance
• accessibility for distributed teams
• documentation and discoverability

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a comparison table of these tools, or
2. a recommendation based on your stack, team size, and budget.