There’s a better way to clone Figma designs than Figma MCP, and you probably don’t know about it

What could be better at cloning Figma designs than Figma MCP, the thing Figma actually ships for this, right?

I thought the same, so I took Kombai and Figma MCP, gave them the exact same Figma frames, and went through the code line.

I took two Figma files:

• a simple personal portfolio template
• a pretty complex learning dashboard with sidebar, stats, cards, table, etc.

Then I did the same thing with both tools: give them the frame, ask them to clone it into clean, production style code, and see what comes out. On the MCP side, I used Sonnet 4.5 and also played with a couple of other SOTA models, just to make sure it was not just a “bad model” problem.

What I saw with Figma MCP:

• Figma MCP gets you "this works" level code pretty fast
• Hard coded heights and widths that match the frame, not a real app
• Components are there, but a lot of layout feels hard coded to the original frame

Kombai took a bit more time to think, but the output felt closer to how I structure frontends.

Kombai on the same files felt very different. It behaved more like someone who understands this is part of a bigger app and not just a clone:

• Sets up classes and text utilities that closely mirrors Figma styles
• Creates proper types and a mock data file for the dashboard
• Builds components that are designed to work with dynamic data instead of layout hacks

There are still a few things that need improvement here, but if I had to pick one version to keep in a real project, I would keep the Kombai output every time.

And by no means am I trying to sell you either of the tools. This is just my personal take and experience after working with it on some projects so far.

I have a complete blog post on freeCodeCamp where I show the entire workflow and share raw video demos for both tests if you want to check it out: Figma MCP vs Kombai: Cloning the Front End from Figma with AI Tools

I highly recommend checking out the blog to get the bigger picture.

It is still early, but Kombai keeps winning these tests for me. I say give it a shot on any of your own design files and see if things start to click.