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Framer

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Also called Framer Motion

A visual web building platform that allows designers to design, animate, and publish high-performance websites directly from a freeform canvas, without writing code.

What it is

Framer bridges the gap between a design tool and a website builder. It feels like designing in Figma, but the output is a live, highly optimized React website. It is particularly famous for its incredibly smooth, complex animation capabilities (powered by the Framer Motion library) and built-in AI generation tools.

When you would use it

You use Framer when you want to bypass the development phase entirely and publish a top-tier, highly animated website directly from your visual design canvas.

Common operations

  • Visually building and instantly deploying a highly animated marketing website.
  • Generating a complete landing page layout from a text prompt using Framer AI.

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