Designing beautiful interfaces is easier than ever, but turning those screens into clean, production‑ready code still slows most teams down. The new 1UI.dev → v0 workflow removes that gap: you design once in 1UI.dev, export HTML, and let v0 generate a Next.js + Tailwind implementation that you can ship and own in your repo.
The Core Workflow
With this flow, your UI pipeline becomes simple:
- Create and refine your layout in 1UI.dev using AI‑assisted design tools.
- Export the result as clean HTML using the Download Figma / HTML option.
- Start a new project in v0 and choose to initialize from existing code or files, then upload the HTML (or zip).
- In the v0 chat, prompt something like: “Make this the same, but production‑ready” and let it convert your markup into a structured Next.js + Tailwind codebase.
You move from design to working UI in minutes, without manually rebuilding every component from scratch.
Why This Matters for Developers
For developers, the value is speed plus control. v0 generates React/Next.js components styled with Tailwind and modern patterns, so the output is much closer to how you would structure a frontend by hand. Instead of fighting opaque page‑builder markup, you get readable, refactorable code that drops cleanly into your existing Git workflow and CI/CD.
That means more time spent on data models, business logic, and integration work—and less time re‑implementing layouts that already exist in design tools.
Ideal Use Cases
This workflow shines in a few scenarios:
- Product teams rapidly prototyping new dashboards, landings, or internal tools where UI is important but not worth days of hand‑coding.
- Solo founders and small teams who want high‑quality UI without hiring a separate frontend specialist for every iteration.
- Design‑heavy apps where pixel‑matching the original mock is critical, but the code still needs to be maintainable and extendable over time.
Anywhere you’re currently screenshotting Figma, rewriting components by hand, or copy‑pasting snippets from previous projects, this flow can compress hours into a few prompts.
How to Try It Today
To try the flow end‑to‑end:
- Open 1UI.dev, generate a page, and export HTML.
- Go to v0.app, create a new project from existing code, and upload the files.
- Use a clear prompt in v0 describing your goal (for example, “turn this into a clean Next.js + Tailwind app with reusable components”).
From there, treat the generated project like any other app: sync it to GitHub, review the diff, refactor where needed, and deploy with Vercel or your preferred platform.