Sharing, Public Viewer & Drops

Share any board with a public link, let anyone view it (and the layers behind edited images), and clone it into their own account.

Share a board

To create a share link:

  1. In the editor's top bar, open the board menu and click Share Board (Share icon).
  2. The Share board dialog opens. Opening it publishes nothing: set the viewer options (step 3), then click Create link. The URL appears in the read-only field at the bottom — click the copy button (Copy icon) next to it.
  3. Under Board viewer options, choose Show lineage edges (the connecting lines between nodes, on by default) and Show model & prompt (per-image badges, off by default).
  4. Anyone with the link can view the shared board and clone it — no sign-in needed to view.

Notes:

  • A board share shows the board's canvas: its nodes, as laid out.
  • Changes save instantly — you don't need to regenerate the link when you flip a toggle.
  • To revoke: click Stop sharing (bottom-left of the dialog). The link stops working immediately.

What the recipient sees (public /viewer)

Opening a share link (/viewer/<id>) loads a read-only view of the board — public, no account required:

  • The board renders the placed images, videos, and 3D models exactly as positioned, with lineage edges / badges per the owner's viewer options.
  • Empty, expired, deleted, or invalid links show a clear status card instead of an error. An older link that shared only a board's 3D scene, which the viewer no longer shows, opens a "Nothing was shared" card.
  • A link made for a 3D scene opens the scene in a read-only 3D view: orbit, pan and zoom. It runs on any device, phones included. A device without WebGPU shows it in realtime only, and the Realtime / Path trace switch shows only where the device can path trace, so never on a phone. A shared scene cannot be cloned.
  • A 3D scene's Share scene window says whether its light is baked for phones. When it is not, or the scene changed since, Bake for phones opens the scene in the 3D Editor and bakes its light; the link shows the bake once the scene has saved. See 3D Editor.
  • If the owner set a password, a "Password Protected" screen asks for it first.

Inspect image layers in the viewer

Edited images on a shared board carry their full edit-layer stack. To inspect them:

  1. On a composited image, click the small layers badge (Layers icon + layer count) in its bottom-right corner — or double-click / double-tap the image.
  2. The view-only Layers inspector opens: the composited image on the left, a layers panel on the right.
  3. Toggle individual layers or folders with the eye icon to see how the image was built. Nothing is saved — visibility resets when you click Back to board (or press Esc).

Clone a shared board

Any signed-in user can clone a shared board for free into their own account:

  1. In the viewer, click Clone to my boards (bottom-center). The hint reads "View-only — clone to edit."
  2. If you're not signed in, the button reads Sign in to clone and sends you to sign-in, returning you to the viewer afterward.
  3. On success you're taken straight into the editor with your own copy (named with a "(copy)" suffix). On mobile, a dialog confirms the clone landed in your account — open Framo on desktop to edit it.
  4. Returning later, the button reads Open your copy so you don't create duplicates.

Cloning deep-copies the board and every image, video, and 3D model on it into your account. Future generations on the clone use your own credits. (Cloning your own share link is hidden — there's nothing to copy.)

Drops feed (browse & clone)

Drops (framo.app/drops) is a public gallery of featured boards, newest first. To use it:

  1. Open /drops and scroll the grid (it loads more as you scroll). Recent additions carry a New badge.
  2. Click any card to open it in the public viewer.
  3. From there, clone it like any shared board (see above).

Feature a board on Drops (admin only)

Adding a board to the Drops feed is admin-only — the control is hidden for everyone else and the server rejects non-admin attempts.

If you're an admin, in the Share board dialog:

  1. Under Drops, check Feature on framo.app/drops. This lists the board publicly, ordered by the share-link's creation date.
  2. Optionally upload a custom Cover image (e.g. the exact image you posted on Instagram; 3:4 works best). Remove reverts to the auto cover derived from the board.
  3. Uncheck to remove it from the feed.

Admins can only feature their own boards. Password-protected and expired shares never appear on Drops.

Cross-deployment import (dev/admin tool)

Copying a full board and its library between deployments (e.g. dev → prod) is a command-line admin tool (projectFullCloneAction), not part of the in-app UI. It is not used in normal sharing or cloning.