Framer to React: The Practical Migration Path

The practical way to get from Framer to React is a Next.js export. Framer has no "export to React" button, and tools that promise raw JSX from a design tool typically produce unmaintainable output. But since Next.js is React, converting your published Framer site to a Next.js project gives you a real React codebase — deployable, extendable, and pixel-identical to your design — in about a minute.

Framer is already React (that's the good news)

Framer's published sites are rendered by a React-based runtime. Your design was born as React components — the problem is that Framer doesn't hand you the source. When people search "Framer to React," they usually want one of three things:

1. A React codebase they can deploy and own → solved by the Next.js export below
2. Components to reuse inside an existing React app → partially solvable (see the honest limits)
3. To stop paying for Framer hosting → solved by any export; see self-hosting

The route that works: Framer → Next.js (which is React)

The Framer to Next.js converter takes your published URL and generates a complete Next.js App Router project — one statically-prerendered route per page, with Framer's runtime kept so animations and interactions behave exactly like the original.

What that gives you as a React developer:

• A standard project structure — app/ routes, package.json with next, react, react-dom; npm install && npm run build works immediately.
• A foundation to extend — add new React pages and API routes alongside the converted ones; migrate pages to hand-written components at your own pace.
• Normal tooling — Git, CI/CD, preview deploys, code review.

This is the "strangler pattern" for design-tool migration: ship the converted site today, rewrite pieces in idiomatic React only where it pays off.

Why not raw JSX extraction?

Converting rendered DOM back into clean, semantic React components is a lossy, heuristic process — auto-generated JSX from any such tool tends to be div soup with inline styles that's harder to maintain than rebuilding. The honest options are: keep the rendered output verbatim inside a real framework (what the Next.js export does), or rebuild components by hand where you truly need them. Anything promising "clean React components from your Framer site" deserves skepticism.

If you just need it fast and static

When the goal is speed rather than a codebase, skip React entirely: the HTML export strips Framer's runtime, self-hosts images as WebP, and typically lands 90–100 Lighthouse Performance on desktop. You can compare both outputs against your original with real Lighthouse scores and decide with data. More on the trade-off in HTML export vs Next.js export.

Honest limitations

• The converted routes serve your pages verbatim — you get a React project, not hand-crafted per-component JSX.
• Public pages only; password-protected pages can't be converted.
• Framer's form backend stays behind — repoint forms to your own endpoint or a service.

Get your React codebase

Paste your published Framer URL into the converter — free, about a minute, and the output is yours to build on.