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
Official site

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

Subframe vs common alternatives

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Pricing

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    • Free tier
    • Paid Pro
    • Freemium
    • Paid teams/Dev Mode
    • Credit-based AI UI
  1. Subframe — official site
  2. Figma — official site
  3. v0 — official site

Preview of Subframe - not the live app. Confirm details on the official site.

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What is Subframe?

Visual UI design with real React components—drag-and-drop editing, design systems, deterministic code export, and MCP sync for Cursor and Claude.

What it costs

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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

Core capabilities of the public Subframe product.
  • 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

A practical design-to-code workflow.
  1. Set up your system

    Start from the prebuilt library or define custom components, tokens, and documentation in Subframe.

  2. Design pages visually

    Compose screens on a responsive canvas with auto layout and real component instances.

  3. Sync or export code

    Sync components via CLI to your repo and export pages through copy-paste or the MCP server.

  4. Add business logic

    Wire exported presentation code to APIs, state, and auth in your IDE—with or without AI assistants.

Who Subframe is for

Teams that benefit from design-to-code in React.
  • 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

Choose Subframe when design and dev should share one React component source of truth with predictable exports. Skip it when Figma-only mockups or prompt-only UI generation are enough for your stack.

Tech specs

Snapshot of the Subframe platform.
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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers about this tool—open a question to read more.