Optimizing Framer AI-Generated Code for Performance

Framer sites with many animation components may have high JavaScript payload sizes due to Framer Motion. AI-generated sites may have too many simultaneous animations causing jank on lower-powered devices. Large images from Framer's media library may not be optimally compressed

Audit animations and reduce simultaneous animated elements. Use Framer's built-in image optimization. Defer non-critical animations until after the main content loads. Use will-change CSS sparingly to hint at animated elements. Test on mid-range mobile devices, not just high-end hardware

Before optimizing, measure. Use your browser's Lighthouse audit to get a baseline score. Check Core Web Vitals (LCP, FID, CLS) — these directly affect your Google ranking. Use the Performance tab in DevTools to identify which components take the longest to render. For server-side performance, add timing logs to API routes to find slow endpoints.

The fastest way to improve performance: optimize and lazy-load images, enable compression on your server, remove unused CSS and JavaScript, implement code splitting so users only download code for the page they're viewing, and add proper caching headers for static assets. These changes alone can cut load times significantly.

If your Framer AI app uses a database, slow queries are often the biggest performance bottleneck. Add indexes on columns you filter or sort by. Use SELECT to fetch only the columns you need instead of SELECT *. Implement pagination for lists — loading 10,000 rows at once will always be slow. Consider adding a caching layer for data that doesn't change frequently.