Guides

Framer CMS and site backup

Short, practical guides for keeping a safe copy of your Framer CMS content and published pages, written from running a Framer backup service.

• Free tool: export your whole Framer CMS

  Every collection as one JSON file plus a CSV per collection. No account, nothing stored.

• Can you export a Framer site to HTML?

  Framer has no HTML export. How to keep an offline copy of every published page, and what it leaves out.

• How to recover a deleted Framer CMS item

  What to do first, what Framer can and cannot bring back, and how to restore from a saved copy.

• Framer MCP: back up before an AI agent edits your site

  How to connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to Framer, what Framer lets you undo, and a safe-setup checklist before the first run.

• Letting an AI agent edit your Framer CMS

  What Framer 3.0 Branching protects when Agents, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor change CMS items, and a checklist before you merge.

• Back up your Framer CMS translations before Auto Translate

  What Framer stores for each translation, what it doesn't document, and a checklist before Translate All.

• How to copy a Framer CMS collection to another project

  Framer's CMS Export plugin and CSV import, what doesn't carry over, and what to save before you import.

• Framer CMS backup options compared

  Manual exports, scripts on the Server API and backup services: what each protects and what it costs you.

• How to export Framer CMS content: CSV vs JSON

  What each format keeps and loses, and which one to use for backups, migrations and handovers.

• Back up Framer CMS to JSON with the Server API

  A tested Node script that saves every collection, field and item to a timestamped JSON file.

• A Framer CMS client handover checklist

  Leave the client a saved copy, a verified export and a short recovery note before they start editing.