The gap between design and development is one of the major problems in product design. All too often, what we have in design and what we have in code are not the same. Depending on the skills of both…

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Bridging the gap between design and development can be achieved using the right tools. Lovable and Anima are two solutions for converting Figma designs into code, each with its process and challenges. Lovable relies on Builder.io for exporting designs and often needs tweaks post-export, while Anima offers a more integrated process with fewer visual defects and a better AI understanding of user prompts. Both tools help streamline the design-to-code workflow, though they come with their own pros and cons.

Turn Figma design into Code: Lovable vs Anima

Step 1: Ensure we use auto layout in Figma

Step 2: Using Builder.io to prepare code for export

Step 3: Choosing a version of design for export

Step 4: Exporting design to Lovable and first tweaks in Lovable

<p>Anima definetly has the upper hand, but the technology overall still isn’t quite there yet, close, but not yet.</p>
