FrontAlign Builder: A Visual UI Builder With Free, Premium, and From-Scratch Blocks

Every FrontAlign project starts the same way: you know the utilities, you know the components, and you still spend the first afternoon just assembling a layout. A hero section here, a pricing table there, a footer that actually matches the rest of the page.

We built FrontAlign Builder to remove that afternoon entirely.

What FrontAlign Builder Is

FrontAlign Builder is a visual, drag-and-drop UI builder that sits directly on top of the FrontAlign framework. Unlike generic page builders that export markup you then have to clean up and reconcile with your codebase, everything you build in FrontAlign Builder is FrontAlign — the same utility classes, the same Smart Components, the same theme tokens you'd write by hand.

There are three ways to start:

• Free Blocks — a full, open library of navbars, heroes, feature sections, testimonials, and footers, free for any project.
• Premium Blocks — a deeper collection of production-grade sections: pricing tables, dashboards, onboarding flows, and complex forms with built-in validation states.
• Start From Scratch — a blank canvas for composing directly from FrontAlign's utilities and components, for when you want full creative control.

Why Build a Visual UI Builder for FrontAlign

FrontAlign was already designed so utilities and components share one system — one set of design tokens, one theme, no reconciling two libraries. FrontAlign Builder extends that same idea into the design phase itself. There's no gap between "what I designed" and "what ships," because the Builder never leaves FrontAlign's own markup.

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Once you export a layout from the Builder, it's just FrontAlign markup — the built-in JIT compiler scans it like any other file in your project and ships only the CSS you're actually using.

Free Blocks vs. Premium Blocks vs. From Scratch

Start with free blocks to prototype fast, reach for premium blocks when a page needs to look finished today, or drop onto a blank canvas when the layout is genuinely custom. All three export the same clean, framework-native markup.

How It Works

1. Choose a starting point — a free block, a premium block, or a blank canvas.
2. Design visually — spacing, color, and typography map directly to your FrontAlign theme tokens, so nothing drifts from your design system.
3. Export production markup — standard FrontAlign HTML with fa-component attributes, ready for React, Vue, Astro, Laravel, WordPress, or plain HTML.
4. Build for production — run the JIT compiler and ship only what you used.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is FrontAlign Builder free to use? Yes. The free block library and the from-scratch canvas are available at no cost. Premium blocks are available as a paid upgrade for teams that want a deeper, ready-made section library.

Does the exported code depend on the Builder to run? No. The Builder exports standard FrontAlign markup. Once exported, it runs exactly like any hand-written FrontAlign component — no runtime dependency on the Builder itself.

Can I mix free and premium blocks on the same page? Yes. Free and premium blocks share the same design tokens, so they can be combined freely on a single page without any visual inconsistency.

Does it work outside of React? Yes. Because the output is plain FrontAlign markup, it works the same way in Vue, Astro, Laravel, WordPress, or static HTML — the same as the rest of the framework.

Try FrontAlign Builder Today

FrontAlign Builder is live now, with free blocks and a from-scratch canvas available to every FrontAlign user. Upgrade to premium blocks whenever your project needs to look finished, fast.

Read the full documentation at frontalign.dev/docs, or start building at frontalign.dev.