For most frontend teams, the journey from a beautiful Figma design to functioning UI code isn’t as smooth as it sounds. The design might be pixel-perfect, but the development process often involves back-and-forth clarifications, rework, and a lot of manual translation of static visuals into structured components.

Codespell’s Figma Plugin changes that.

It bridges the design-development divide by converting Figma designs directly into production-ready code for React, Angular, and React Native, with styling options and structure tailored to your tech stack. This isn’t about generating generic HTML; this is real componentized code ready to plug into your frontend.

Let’s break down how it works and why it’s a big deal.

From Static Design to Framework-Ready Code

Most tools that claim “Figma to code” produce markup-heavy exports that developers usually rewrite. They miss the nuances of framework-specific structuring, reusable components, and maintainable styling.

Codespell takes a fundamentally different approach. It understands that real development doesn’t stop at visuals, it must align with project architecture, coding standards, and team conventions.

Using its Figma Plugin, developers can now extract actual UI components, assign them to web or mobile projects, and get clean, framework-specific code with a few clicks.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Sign In & Access Your Workspace

Once installed in Figma, Codespell’s plugin prompts users to sign in using AWS Cognito, ensuring secure access linked to your team’s workspace. This integrates seamlessly with the existing Codespell ecosystem, where projects and teams are already defined.

2. Choose a Project or Create a New One

Users can either select from existing projects or create a new one. When creating, you define:

• Platform: Web or mobile ‍
• Framework: React, Angular (for web), React Native (for mobile) ‍
• Language: TypeScript or JavaScript ‍
• Styling Preference: Choose from Material UI, Styled Components, Bootstrap, and more.

This selection helps Codespell generate code that’s not just compatible but opinionated in the way your team prefers to work.

3. Select Components or Screens to Convert

Inside the plugin, the Figma file is scanned for reusable components and screens. Developers can select individual UI elements or full-page layouts using checkboxes or go all in with “Select All.”

The tool then identifies the structure of your design, mapping it intelligently to code-ready segments.

4. Get a Summary Before You Generate

Before generating the code, Codespell shows a summary:

• Project details
• Framework/language/styling selections
• Number of screens and components selected

This gives you a last-minute review checkpoint before proceeding to code generation.

5. Generate and Download

Click “Generate,” and Codespell gets to work. In the background, it analyses:

• The Figma structure
• Layer hierarchy
• Component nesting
• Selected styling frameworks

The result? A clean, zipped folder containing your frontend codebase, complete with screens, components, stylesheets, and all supporting files.

You can now import this directly into your code editor, commit it to version control, and get building.

Frontend Code That’s Ready to Build On

What makes Codespell’s Figma integration powerful is its focus on actual development needs. The generated code is built to scale and collaborate on. Whether you’re building a complex dashboard or a simple landing page, you don’t have to start from scratch or clean up messy exports.

It also supports real-world use cases:

• Maintainable folder structures
• Compatibility with existing CI/CD pipelines
• Naming consistency across components and classes
• Easy integration into React/Angular codebases

End note

Design-to-code tools aren’t new but Codespell raises the bar by giving developers code they can trust, not just tweak. It fits neatly into the broader Codespell vision: simplifying the entire Software Development Lifecycle, from UI to API to infrastructure.

By automating what used to take days, Codespell frees your team to do what they do best - build smarter software, faster.

Ready to skip the handoff chaos? Try Codespell’s Figma Plugin today - https://www.codespell.ai/start-free-trial