Kris Rasmussen, CTO of Figma: ​“When we announced Figma Sites at Config, we shared that we’ll be rolling out a CMS for it in the months ahead. Figma CMS will make life easier for marketers and designers who need to update website content, and Payload brings all the stuff developers love—a powerful, customizable backend for building scalable websites and apps, plus an intuitive admin panel for editors. By teaming up with Payload, we’re creating something special.”

This is huge! A few months ago, I wanted to use Framer for a marketing website but ended up recommending building a custom website only because its CMS was so lacking. When Figma announced that Figma Sites CMS is ​“coming soon”, I expected something just as barebones in the beginning. Getting a proper CMS in addition to code layers and Figma Make components makes Sites insanely customizable and powerful.

You can now add custom interactions and animations to your Figma Sites using code layers. Code layers let you create, edit, and manage live code on your site. Use built-in AI chat or write your own code with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind support.

Ran Segall from Flux Academy shares his first impressions from using Figma Sites.

Nice to see that Figma addresses some of the early accessibility concerns with Figma Sites.

Alex Einarsson teamed up with Figmates Luis Ouriach and Noah Levin to build a plugin for converting your Read​.cv profile into a Figma Design file, which can be easily copied and pasted into Figma Sites as a functional resume website.

“Today, we’re launching Figma Sites, an all-in-one tool for you to design and build custom, responsive websites. Here, we share how you can go from design to production in the most efficient — and expressive — ways.”