All the ways to import from Lovable to Figma

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Lovable excels at rapid prototyping and generating functional React apps through AI prompts. But when you need to polish designs, hand off to design teams, or iterate on visual details, Figma remains the go-to tool. Moving between these platforms used to mean manual recreation. Now you can capture your Lovable preview and import it directly as editable Figma layers.

Import Lovable into Figma - Quick Guide

  1. Generate your designs in Lovable
  2. Open the html.to.design plugin in Figma
  3. While previewing your Lovable designs, click the html.to.design Chrome extension icon, then Capture Preview
  4. Click Copy and paste in Figma, or send the capture to the plugin
  5. Edit your fully layered design

The html.to.design browser extension captures any webpage—including Lovable and most AI tools—and converts it to editable Figma layers. This is the fastest way to import Lovable designs into Figma. Simply install the extension and use it to capture anything that renders in the browser.

Step 1: Generate your design in Lovable

Open Lovable and prompt it to create a design. Lovable generates a preview for more complex content like webpage layouts, UI components, and web apps. The preview appears in a dedicated window on the right side of the chat.

Example prompt: “Create a pricing page with three tiers, a dark theme, and gradient accent colors.”

Screenshot of Lovable chat interface.

Step 2: Preview your design

Click the “Preview” button to open a preview of your Lovable project in the right hand window. This renders the HTML/React code as a visual webpage and shows exactly what you’ll capture.

Screenshot of Lovable preview interface.

Step 3: Capture with the extension

With your Lovable project open to the preview, click the html.to.design extension icon in your Chrome toolbar, then click Capture Preview.

Then choose what to do with the capture:

A Lovable project preview with the html.to.design extension popup open, showing Capture Preview with Lovable.dev under it.

Step 4: Edit in Figma

If you opted to save your Lovable capture as an .h2d file, finish importing it into Figma using the html.to.design plugin.

Your Lovable preview is converted into editable Figma layers, maintaining the structure, styling, and layout of your design - autolayout included!

Screenshot of editing Lovable designs in Figma.

Method 2: Publish your Lovable designs → Import URL to Figma

Lovable also lets you publish your Lovable project to a public URL. The html.to.design Figma plugin can then import that URL directly—another way to get your Lovable designs into Figma without the browser extension.

Step 1: Generate and publish

Generate or open your Lovable project. Once the design looks right, click the “Publish” button at the top of the preview window to generate a public link.

Note: Published Lovable designs are visible to anyone with the link. Your chat conversation remains private.

Screenshot of how to publish a Lovable design.

Step 2: Copy the URL

After publishing, click “Copy link” to get the public URL. It follows the format ...lovable.app

Step 3: Import via the plugin

Next, open Figma and run the html.to.design plugin. Paste the published URL into the input field and click “Import.”

The plugin fetches the page and converts it to editable Figma designs—same result as the extension method, but using the URL workflow.

Screenshot of the AI-generated site converted into Figma designs by the html.to.design plugin.

When to use this method?

This approach works best when you want to share the Lovable URL with others or when the browser extension isn’t available. The published page also serves as a live preview that stakeholders can view before the Figma import.

What gets converted from Lovable to Figma

When you import from Lovable to Figma, you’ll get:

  • Layout structures as Figma frames and groups
  • Text content as editable text layers
  • Colors and styling properties
  • Component arrangements
  • Responsive design spacing

The import creates fully editable layers, so you can adjust colors, typography, spacing, and layout directly in Figma.

A few limitations:

  • Complex animations don’t transfer (Figma doesn’t support CSS animations)
  • Custom fonts require manual installation in Figma

Tips for best results

✅ Prepare your Lovable preview: Before capturing, set your browser to the viewport size you want to work with in Figma. The extension captures what you see.

✅ Capture key states: If your design has different states (logged in/out, expanded menus, modals), capture each state separately for a complete design system.

✅ Clean up after import: Once in Figma, you may want to rename layers, create components, and organize the structure for easier collaboration.