v0 by Vercel turns a Figma design or a screenshot into a working React app and I use it at the start of every project now

I am a designer who works closely with developers. The handoff between design and code has always been one of the most friction-heavy parts of the process. Designs built in Figma become specs that developers interpret, and what gets built is close but not exact, and the back and forth to close the gap takes time. v0 by Vercel has genuinely changed how I work at the start of a project.

The visual input capability is the feature that matters most for my use case. You can attach a screenshot of an existing app or import designs directly from Figma and v0 generates a fully functional React codebase from it. Not a static mockup, actual working code using React, Tailwind CSS and Lucide icons that a developer can take and extend. The gap between the design and the initial code output is significantly smaller than what the traditional handoff process produces.

You can also start from a plain English prompt if you are in the ideation phase before a Figma file exists. Describe the application and it generates a working UI to react to. That is useful for exploring directions quickly without committing to a full design process first.

The element-level editing lets you select a specific part of the generated UI and prompt changes to it. Change this button color, adjust this layout, add a dropdown to this section. Targeted changes without regenerating everything from scratch.

One-click deployment to Vercel gives you a live shareable URL immediately, which is useful for getting feedback from stakeholders on something interactive rather than a static design file. The full project history is saved so you can revisit any iteration.