What does Fronty actually do?

Fronty is an AI tool that takes a screenshot or image of a website design and generates HTML/CSS code from it. Input is an image, output is code. It's an image-to-code converter, not a Figma tool. If you're trying to get a website into Figma (web-to-Figma), Export to Figma is the dedicated tool for that direction.

Can Fronty export to Figma?

Fronty's output is HTML/CSS code, not a Figma file. To get the result into Figma you'd need a separate code-to-Figma step, which roundtrips through code and loses fidelity. Export to Figma skips that — captures the live page directly into Figma as editable layers in one click.

What if I only have a screenshot, not a live URL?

If the screenshot is of a real website, check whether the URL still exists. The Wayback Machine often has archived versions. Capture the URL with Export to Figma for real editable layers. If the URL is genuinely gone, your options are AI image-to-design tools (which produce approximate output) or manual rebuild.

How does Fronty compare to Anima or Locofy?

Fronty starts from an image; Anima and Locofy start from a Figma design. Both produce code, but the input direction differs. Anima and Locofy are designer-to-engineer handoff tools. Fronty is more useful when you only have a visual reference and no Figma file. None of these capture live websites into Figma — that's a separate category.

Is there a free designer-focused alternative to Fronty?

If your goal is editable Figma layers from a website, Export to Figma is the dedicated tool — 10 free captures/month, no card required. If your goal is HTML/CSS code from a screenshot specifically, you'd compare Fronty against other image-to-code tools rather than Export to Figma.

Can I capture an authenticated page with Fronty?

Fronty takes an uploaded image, so 'authenticated' isn't quite the right framing — you'd screenshot the page yourself first. The real question is whether you have a clean reference image to feed Fronty. If you have the URL, Export to Figma captures from your logged-in browser session directly without the screenshot step.

Fronty Alternative: Export to Figma (Free Chrome Extension)

TL;DR

Fronty is an AI tool that converts website images into HTML/CSS code. Input: a screenshot. Output: code.

Export to Figma captures live websites into Figma as editable layers. Input: a URL. Output: real Figma frames.

The tools serve different goals (code vs. Figma) and accept different inputs (image vs. URL). If you arrived at "Fronty alternative" and want Figma layers from a live website, Export to Figma is the dedicated tool — and you skip the screenshot step entirely.

When each tool actually fits

Fronty fits when:

You only have a screenshot of a design and no live URL (the URL is gone, or the screenshot came from somewhere you can't access).
Your goal is HTML/CSS code, not Figma layers.
You're comfortable with the output being approximate — AI image-to-code tools produce something close-to-the-image but not pixel-perfect.

Export to Figma fits when:

You have a live URL (you almost always do — most "I only have a screenshot" situations turn out to have an accessible URL).
Your goal is editable Figma layers, not code.
You want exact, deterministic output (the DOM is the source of truth — no AI guessing).
The page is authenticated, JS-rendered, or AI-generated — cases where image-to-code tools work but Export to Figma works better because the source is the actual DOM, not an image of it.

Quick comparison

	Export to Figma	Fronty
Input	Live URL (any site Chrome can render)	Uploaded image
Output	Editable Figma layers	HTML/CSS code
Where it runs	Chrome extension	Web app
Goal	Figma design workflow	Code generation
Captures sites behind login	(uses Chrome session)	N/A (image upload)
Element-level capture		Whole image
Free tier	10 captures / mo, forever	Limited
Works on AI-generated apps	Optimized	N/A

The screenshot trap

The reason people search for "Fronty alternative" often comes down to a misconception about screenshots.

The instinct is: "I want this website's design — I'll screenshot it and feed the screenshot to an AI." That works, but it's the slow path. You're:

Taking a screenshot (lossy — fonts get rendered as pixels).
Feeding the screenshot to an AI (lossy — AI infers structure from pixels).
Getting output (approximate — AI guesses at typography, colors, spacing).

If the URL exists, you can skip the entire screenshot step. Export to Figma reads the actual DOM — the real fonts, real colors, real spacing values, real layer hierarchy. No AI inference required. The output is deterministic and matches the source.

The only case where the screenshot path makes sense is when the URL is genuinely unreachable — the page is deleted, archived behind a paywall you can't access, or you only have a Loom recording someone shared. For everything else, the URL is the better input.

For the longer version of this argument, see why screenshots fail as Figma source material.

When Fronty is genuinely the right tool

Despite the above, there are real cases where Fronty (or similar image-to-code tools) is the right pick:

You have a marketing mockup from a brand designer (not in Figma) and want shippable HTML from it.
You have a screenshot of a competitor's email or PDF that you can't get a URL for.
You're prototyping rapidly from rough visual references and want code outputs.

For those cases, Export to Figma can't help — there's no URL to capture. Fronty (or Anima's image-to-code, or v0.dev's image-to-React) is the right category.

When Export to Figma is genuinely the right tool

The source is a live website (your own, a competitor's, your logged-in dashboard).
The source is an AI-generated app preview from Lovable, Bolt, v0, Cursor, or Claude Code.
You want to design on top of the captured result, not ship code from it.
You need element-level capture — just a hero, just a pricing card.
You're doing frequent captures and want a real free tier instead of paid AI inference credits.

Pairing them (if you really need both)

Some designers use both for distinct workflows:

Export to Figma for capturing real live UI — competitors, AI-generated apps, your own SaaS dashboards.
Fronty (or similar) for the rare case where they have a static image and need code from it directly.

They don't conflict — different inputs, different outputs. The pairing question rarely comes up in practice because most designers either work in Figma (Export to Figma's job) or generate code from designs (Anima, Locofy, Visual Copilot's job). Pure image-to-code is a narrower workflow.

How to install Export to Figma

Install Export to Figma from the Chrome Web Store — free, 30 seconds.
Pin the extension to your Chrome toolbar.
Open any website. Click the extension. Paste into Figma.

Pricing

Export to Figma — Free: 10 captures per month, forever, no credit card.
Export to Figma — Pro: $1/month during the launch promo. Unlimited captures.
Fronty: Tiered pricing based on conversions. Check their site for current rates — the relevant question is whether you need image-to-code at all.