Framer to React: The Practical Migration Path

The practical way to get from Framer to React is a Next.js export. Framer has no built-in "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 FNJ's exports, as long as the Framer project stays published (Framer's free plan is enough), since the runtime still loads from it; 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, each split into named React components (Hero.tsx, Pricing.tsx, Footer.tsx, from the section names used in Framer) that render the original DOM exactly, with Framer's runtime kept so animations and interactions behave as they do on Framer.

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; rewrite section components by hand 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 Next.js export takes a different route: it splits each page into named section components whose JSX still renders the original DOM exactly. The markup inside them is Framer's, not clean semantic React, but it doesn't drift from your design, and you rebuild components in idiomatic React by hand only where you truly need to. Anything promising hand-written-quality React from your Framer site deserves skepticism.

If you just need it fast and static

When the goal is a lighter static site rather than a codebase, skip React entirely: the HTML export self-hosts images as WebP and removes trackers, though Framer's runtime still loads, so there's no guaranteed Lighthouse score. You can compare both outputs against your original with real Lighthouse scores in PageSpeed Insights and decide with data. More on the trade-off in HTML export vs Next.js export.

Honest limitations

• The section components reproduce your pages' original DOM exactly — named files, but Framer's markup rather than hand-crafted idiomatic JSX.
• Framer's runtime and fonts still load from Framer's CDN, so the Framer project should stay published.
• 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. It takes about a minute, conversion is part of a one-time FNJ Lifetime purchase, and the output is yours to build on.

Adding sign-in is one of the most common reasons to move to code: adding user login to a Framer site compares the Framer membership tools with Next.js authentication libraries.