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Export your Framer CMS

Your blog posts, case studies, and job listings live in Framer's CMS — and Framer gives you no way to bulk-export them. SiteDownload reads your collections through the Framer API and writes each one out as JSON, Markdown, and MDX side-by-side, with every referenced image downloaded into the export and re-pathed.
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The problem: your content is trapped

The Framer CMS is pleasant to write in, but it's a one-way door. There's no “download collection” button, no bulk export, and if you ever leave Framer, re-typing a hundred blog posts by hand is not a migration plan.

Meanwhile every modern stack — Next.js, Astro, Hugo, or an AI coding tool like Cursor — wants content as plain files: Markdown with frontmatter, MDX, or JSON. That's exactly the shape SiteDownload produces.

What comes out, per collection

FormatWhat it's for
JSONEvery item with every field, machine-readable — feed it to scripts, databases, or a headless CMS import.
MarkdownOne file per item with YAML frontmatter — drop into Hugo, Jekyll, or any classic SSG.
MDXMarkdown with component-ready syntax — the native content format of Next.js and Astro projects.
ImagesEvery image referenced by a CMS field is downloaded into the export and the references are rewritten to relative paths.

How to export Framer CMS collections

  1. 1

    Scan your published site

    Paste your live URL into the exporter. The free scan shows your pages and flags the CMS as locked — that's expected, since public pages don't expose the structured collection data.

  2. 2

    Generate a Framer API key

    In your Framer project, open Site Settings → Generaland generate an API key. Framer's server API is read-only for this purpose — SiteDownload never writes to your project and never stores the key.

  3. 3

    Connect and re-scan

    Click Unlock CMS, paste the API key and your project URL (the one from the Framer editor, not the published site). The scan re-runs with full CMS access and lists every collection and item count.

  4. 4

    Download everything

    The export bundles your pages and the CMS: each collection as JSON, Markdown, and MDX, with images pulled in. One ZIP, one one-time payment, unlimited re-exports.

FAQ — Framer CMS export

Can I export the Framer CMS without an API key?

Partially. The URL-only scan captures every published CMS-driven page as rendered HTML, but the structured data — fields, items, collections — requires an API key. Every Framer plan can generate one.

Is my API key safe?

Yes. Keys are used once per request and are never stored, logged, or shared. You can revoke the key in Framer the moment your download finishes.

What about draft or unpublished items?

The export covers what the Framer API exposes for your published site. Unpublished drafts that aren't available through the API aren't included — publish first, then export.

Do rich-text fields survive?

Yes. Rich-text fields convert to Markdown/MDX body content, and inline images inside them are downloaded and re-pathed like any other asset.

Ready to try it?

Paste your site URL, scan it for free, and only pay when you download. CMS collections come out as JSON, Markdown, and MDX.

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Last updated July 12, 2026