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Moksh Singh Dangi
ā€¢ Apr 8
I got tired of ugly, laggy map embeds ruining my clients' Framer sites. So, I built a free tool to fix it. šŸŒ
Meet Carto ā€” a Framer utility I built specifically for independent designers who want beautiful, editorial map textures without tanking their site performance.
If you are building a "Contact" or "Locations" page, dropping in a standard interactive map or a heavy SVG grid usually destroys your DOM size.
Carto fixes this by fetching OpenStreetMap data and flattening it into a crisp, perfectly sized, high-resolution PNG.
āœØ Perfect Performance: 1 DOM node. Zero canvas lag. Keep your Lighthouse scores at 99. šŸŽØ Client-Brand Aligned: Total control over background and road hex colors to seamlessly match any design system. šŸ’° 100% Free: No Mapbox API keys or Google Cloud billing required.
I built this to speed up my own freelance workflow, and it is now live and free for the community. Add it to your workspace and elevate your next client project! šŸ‘‡
https://www.framer.com/marketplace/plugins/carto/preview/
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