The Figma Make alternative that runs on your agent.
Figma Make turns prompts and Figma designs into working React apps inside Figma. Prototyper puts the same idea on an open canvas: your own coding agent builds running screens beside the team’s sketches, and the work commits to your GitHub.
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What Figma Make does well
Your Figma designs as context
Attach frames, components and library content to a prompt and Make builds from them. For teams whose design system lives in Figma, that is a real head start.
Inside the tool designers already use
Make sits in the Figma account, seats and file browser the team already has, and its preview can be copied back into Figma Design as layers.
Publish and backend
Apps publish to a figma.site URL or a custom domain, and a Supabase integration adds login, stored data and secrets.
Where Prototyper is different
Bring your own agent
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another MCP client connects to the canvas and builds there, on the subscription you already pay for, instead of a platform-metered model.
Many screens on one canvas
An infinite multiplayer canvas holds several running screens, their sketches and the team’s stickies together, so options get compared side by side.
Sketches are input
Draw a rough layout, select it and send it to the agent. The working screen lands next to it, and the sketch stays as the record of the ask.
Straight into your repository
Connect GitHub to a workspace, commit the agent’s work and open a pull request. No zip download in between.
Side by side
| Prototyper | Figma Make | |
|---|---|---|
| Generates React code | Yes | Yes |
| Builds from existing Figma designs | No | Yes |
| Your own coding agent edits the files directly | Yes | Figma MCP reads Make code |
| Commit and open pull requests on GitHub | Yes | Download as a zip |
| Publish to a public URL | No | Yes |
| Backend integration (Supabase) | No | Yes |
Checked against Figma Make's official pages on 6 October 2026; tell us if something is out of date.
Which one to pick
Pick Figma Make when
- Your design system and screens already live in Figma
- Your team has Full seats on a paid Figma plan
- You want a hosted prototype with a Supabase backend
- You want to paste the result back into Figma Design
Pick Prototyper when
- You want Claude Code, Codex or Cursor to do the building
- You are comparing several screens or flows on one canvas
- You start from sketches, screenshots and notes, not Figma files
- You want the work to land as a pull request in your repository
Same goal, different home
Figma Make and Prototyper agree on the main point: a prototype should run. Make generates a React and TypeScript app from a prompt, lets you edit the code, and publishes it. Its home is Figma, which is its biggest strength. Your designs, components and libraries are one click away as context, and the result lives in the same account as the rest of the design work.
Prototyper’s home is an open canvas. It holds as many running screens as the idea needs, with the sketches and notes that produced them, and the whole team works it at once. That suits the messier stage of a project, when the team is still comparing directions rather than refining one.
Whose AI does the work
Make’s generation runs on Figma’s AI, with usage counted in Figma’s AI credits, and full access sits with Full seats on paid plans. That is simple to buy if your company already pays for Figma. Figma’s MCP server can hand Make code to an outside agent as context, but the building inside Make is done by Figma’s agent.
Prototyper is model-agnostic by design. A built-in agent is there, and any MCP client can join: Claude Code, Codex or Cursor connects to the workspace, reads and writes its files, runs commands and places objects on the canvas. If your engineers already pay for one of those, the design team can use the same agent on the same terms.
Where the code goes
Make lets Full and Dev seats download a project as a zip, and it can publish the app to a Figma-hosted URL with a Supabase backend. Those are real advantages if you want a hosted prototype with stored data. Prototyper does not host apps or provide a backend.
Prototyper’s exit is your repository. A workspace connects to GitHub, and the agent’s work can be committed and opened as a pull request where engineers review it like any other change.
Using both
Many teams will keep Figma for brand, libraries and polished design, and that includes Make. Prototyper fits next to it as the place where product ideas get explored with an agent and reviewed live by the team.
Prototyper has no Figma import. To carry a design across, paste a screenshot onto the canvas or describe it, and the agent builds the running version. To go the other way, commit the work to GitHub and share the repository.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Prototyper a Figma Make replacement?
- For exploring and reviewing product screens with your own coding agent, yes. If you need a hosted prototype with a Supabase backend built from Figma designs, Make covers that and Prototyper does not.
- Do both generate React?
- Yes. Figma’s docs describe App.tsx as the main file of a Make app. Prototyper screens are React and TypeScript styled with Tailwind.
- Can I bring Figma designs into Prototyper?
- Not as files. Paste a screenshot onto the canvas or describe the screen, and the agent builds a running version of it.
- Does Prototyper need a Figma seat?
- No. Prototyper is separate from Figma and has its own free plan.
- Can my developers keep the code?
- Yes. Connect a GitHub repository to the workspace, and the agent’s work can be committed and opened as a pull request.
Sources
- Figma: Figma Make product page, accessed
- Figma Help: Explore Figma Make, accessed
- Figma Help: Edit code in Figma Make, accessed
- Figma Help: Add a backend to Figma Make, accessed
- Figma Help: Publish Figma Make apps, accessed
- Figma Help: Figma Make FAQs, accessed
- Figma Help: Guide to the Figma MCP server, accessed
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