Empty states

What the product says when there's nothing to show. The systems with dedicated empty-state components treat first-run as a designed moment, not an edge case.

Also appears as: Empty State · Zero state · Blank slate

2 systems with a documented take

Atlassian Design System
Atlassian
Empty State
Composable zero-data and onboarding-blank patterns.
Read the Atlassian Design System breakdown
Mailchimp Design System
Mailchimp
Empty State Library
First-run, no-results, and lapsed-user states tuned for SMB onboarding.
Read the Mailchimp Design System breakdown

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