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Show HN: From Figma to Site with one click. Fully responsive

8 points by johndamaia 5y ago

johndamaia 5y ago
John here, I’d love to show you Makers: a website builder inside Figma. Makers is a Figma Plugin to build and publish sites without ever leaving Figma. Here’s a demo [0]. As a front-end developer I constantly go from Figma to code / site, but it’s tedious… I decided to automate the process with this plugin. It works great for simple projects. I can see it working well for: - Landing Pages - Portfolio / Personal sites - Resume sites - Careers / Wiki sites So, not a Webflow / Framer competitor (yet). If this seems interesting, you can install it here [1] and give it a try. — For a bit of context, I'm a solo-founder and I started Makers after sharing my idea on the Figma subreddit [2] about how awesome it would be to have a button in Figma to publish my designs. A good amount of people seemed to agree, and that was enough to start working on it. This is turning out to be a super fun project, and I’ve been working full-time for the last two months. [0] - https://twitter.com/joaodmj/status/1488216877511884805?s=20 https://twitter.com/joaodmj/status/1488216877511884805?s=20 [1] - https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/991438050654881175 https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/991438050654881175 [2] - https://www.reddit.com/r/FigmaDesign/comments/p65vnp/should_i_build_a_plugin_to_publish_sites_directly/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FigmaDesign/comments/p65vnp/should_...
makeee 5y ago
This looks pretty useful for getting a landing page up quickly. Do you have any examples of sites built with it?
- johndamaia 5y ago
  Yes, absolutely. I've created a few templates to help people get started. Have a look here: https://makers.so/templates https://makers.so/templates
csmeder 5y ago
I tried this Figma plug-in a couple weeks ago. It is magical! What previously took me hours in Webflow, now only takes 30s (+ the extra 10-20 mins to format things correctly in Figma). I’m looking forward to using this next time I make a portfolio. The feature set still has some gaps but I’m quite impressed for how far it’s come in a few months.
- johndamaia 5y ago
  Thanks so much for the great feedback. Anything you need, just let me know.

8 points by johndamaia 5y ago

John here, I’d love to show you Makers: a website builder inside Figma. Makers is a Figma Plugin to build and publish sites without ever leaving Figma. Here’s a demo [0]. As a front-end developer I constantly go from Figma to code / site, but it’s tedious… I decided to automate the process with this plugin. It works great for simple projects. I can see it working well for: - Landing Pages - Portfolio / Personal sites - Resume sites - Careers / Wiki sites So, not a Webflow / Framer competitor (yet). If this seems interesting, you can install it here [1] and give it a try. — For a bit of context, I'm a solo-founder and I started Makers after sharing my idea on the Figma subreddit [2] about how awesome it would be to have a button in Figma to publish my designs. A good amount of people seemed to agree, and that was enough to start working on it. This is turning out to be a super fun project, and I’ve been working full-time for the last two months. [0] - https://twitter.com/joaodmj/status/1488216877511884805?s=20 https://twitter.com/joaodmj/status/1488216877511884805?s=20 [1] - https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/991438050654881175 https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/991438050654881175 [2] - https://www.reddit.com/r/FigmaDesign/comments/p65vnp/should_i_build_a_plugin_to_publish_sites_directly/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FigmaDesign/comments/p65vnp/should_...

makeee 5y ago

This looks pretty useful for getting a landing page up quickly. Do you have any examples of sites built with it?

johndamaia 5y ago
Yes, absolutely. I've created a few templates to help people get started. Have a look here: https://makers.so/templates https://makers.so/templates

csmeder 5y ago

I tried this Figma plug-in a couple weeks ago. It is magical! What previously took me hours in Webflow, now only takes 30s (+ the extra 10-20 mins to format things correctly in Figma). I’m looking forward to using this next time I make a portfolio. The feature set still has some gaps but I’m quite impressed for how far it’s come in a few months.

johndamaia 5y ago
Thanks so much for the great feedback. Anything you need, just let me know.