Subframe — AI-native design tool built for code
Visual UI design with real React components—drag-and-drop editing, design systems, deterministic code export, and MCP sync for Cursor and Claude.
- Design to Code
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- Design Systems
- Publisher
- Subframe
- Type
- Design to Code
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Reviewed
- 22 August 2026
Quick verdict
Use when
- Visual design → real React
- Tailwind component mapping
- Deterministic exports
- Design + code sync
Skip when
- Static mockups only
- Marketplace without canvas
- Non-React stack
Try instead
Subframe vs common alternatives
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What is Subframe?
What it costs
- Free tier
- Yes
- Pricing summary
- Subframe offers a free plan with limited projects, pages, prototypes, and AI usage. Pro unlocks unlimited projects, pages, prototypes, and AI for paid plan rates—with free viewer seats on all plans. Enterprise pricing is custom—confirm live tiers on the official site.
Reviewed on 22 August 2026 · Subframe — official site
What Subframe provides
Visual editor with real components
Drag, duplicate, and edit layers that map directly to React components—not abstract shapes detached from code.
Deterministic code export
Pages and components export as clean React and Tailwind without LLM misinterpreting your layout.
Design system sync
Build components with variants, props, and slots; sync them to your codebase via CLI as production source.
AI design assistance
Generate pages, themes, and components from prompts or images grounded in your system context.
Interactive prototypes
Share prototypes built from the same components used in exported code—confirm limits on free tier.
MCP and IDE workflows
Connect Cursor, Claude Code, and other MCP tools to export pages and iterate with codebase context.
How to use Subframe
Set up your system
Start from the prebuilt library or define custom components, tokens, and documentation in Subframe.
Design pages visually
Compose screens on a responsive canvas with auto layout and real component instances.
Sync or export code
Sync components via CLI to your repo and export pages through copy-paste or the MCP server.
Add business logic
Wire exported presentation code to APIs, state, and auth in your IDE—with or without AI assistants.
Who Subframe is for
Product designers on React stacks
Design with components developers actually ship—reducing handoff friction and pixel drift.
Startup engineering teams
Move from screen design to production-ready UI faster without maintaining parallel Figma specs.
Design-system owners
Keep documentation, visual editing, and component source aligned in one tool.
When Subframe is the right pick
Tech specs
- Output stack
- React and Tailwind CSS built on Radix primitives—confirm version details in docs.
- Sync model
- CLI syncs components to your repo; pages export via MCP or copy-paste inspect panel.
- Collaboration
- Unlimited team members with free viewer seats; paid editor seats for design work—confirm on site.