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Need a way to export Figma Make and make it run locally

  • August 7, 2025
  • 2 replies
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Roberto Ochoa

I used the Figma Make export tool to generate a React site, and it initially worked beautifully — it saved me an incredible amount of time. I was able to deploy the site and fortunately saved the generated source code. However, the export only included the source files, not the necessary config files (package.json, tailwind.config.js, tsconfig.json, vite.config.ts), which makes it extremely difficult to rebuild or modify the project. After many attempts and major code changes, I still can't get it working — especially the CSS.

Worse, after using the tool again with a second prompt, the entire project broke and became unbuildable, throwing errors (specifically from figma_app.min.js). There is no way to undo this or roll back. While there is a "Save local copy" feature, there's no way to open it again — a major missing feature that could have saved the project.

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luismilabs
  • New Member
  • September 5, 2025

were you able to make it run? I am facing the same issues!


Naveen P
  • New Member
  • October 12, 2025

If anyone is still looking for this, checkout this thread - it worked for me: