# No-code Frames 101Build frames on Farcaster with no coding skills

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## Summary

This guide argues that building Farcaster frames requires no coding skills, since a builder need not be a developer. A frame is an interactive mini app in the Farcaster feed, typically an image or GIF with buttons that can navigate between pages, mint NFTs or start transactions. The text lists no-code tools for polls (such as Supercast and Farcaster.vote), minting (Zora, Highlight and Gallery.so), browsing (Airstack Explorer), commerce (Slice Store and Warpshop), and multi-step frames built in Frame Studio, plus frameboard.com for curated boards. It recommends the Frame Validator for previewing and testing frames.

## Article

One of the recent narratives from the Farcatser & Base community has resonated a lot with me recently: Builder ≠ developer; you don't have to code to build and positively contribute.

Concept by @lght.eth

This article is a text form of the workshop during the Frames Hackathon in Paris on March 9.

Frame - an interactive mini app within Farcaster feed.

In its simplest form, a frame is an image (or gif) with buttons. It can be single or multi-step, where a button triggers different actions - from navigating between frame's pages to initiating transactions.

Why building frames?

Distribution of your ideas

Simple & fast mobile-first prototype

Read more about frames in the docs.

From basic implementations to more complex frames, natively integrated into the apps. (Meaning that you can create a frame by copy-pasting links.)

POLL IN A FRAME

Supercast (built-in polls support)

Farcaster.vote

Ponder Surveys

Polls.dep.dev

Quizframe.xyz (quiz)

polls from supercast (left), farcaster.vote (right)

MINT IN A FRAME

Zora

Highlight

Gallery.so (new)

Note: Mint with Warps is supported by default for Zora and Base networks.

mint from highlight (left), from gallery (right)

BROWSE IN A FRAME Explore web3 identities with Airstack Explorer.

Example: Browse all holders of Aux Arbres NFTs.

Copy & paste the NFT contract to the explorer.

Click Warpcast icon on the top right.

Copy & paste the frame link to your cast.

The frame on Warpcast:

COMMERCE IN A FRAME Buying physical goods with just a few clicks through the Farcaster feed is a game changer (and my personal favourite use case). Set up your shop and start selling literally anything.

Slice Store

Warpshop

Slice frame (left), Warpshop setup (right)

GATED FRAMES

OnlyFrames

frames.token-gated.com

Example: a subscriber-gated frame that reveals who our special guests were for Many Such Cases podcast

Frame Studio: dev.neynar.com

Build multi-step no-code frames. Possible buttons/actions:

Switch between pages (incl. custom logic)

Mint NFTs (only Zora links; Base, Zora or Ethereum L1 networks)

External link

Examples: AMA announcement in /art

Step 1. Image + Calendar Reminder (external link) or About LGHT (page navigation)

Step 2. Image + Projects (external links) or Back to Step 1 (page navigation)

Frame Studio Interface

Frame Studio Analytics 'Interactions by cast hash' display casts that used that frame. Note: a frame can be published by anyone, not only its creator.

Create a frame: frameboard.com

A curated board in a frame. Possible actions:

External link

Follow board

Switch between pages

OTHER (COOL) FRAMES A list of frames that don't fit into any particular category but are worth trying:

Bountycaster automatically creates a frame for new bounties and allows you to manage the bounty through the frame; there's another frame for browsing existing bounties.

ETH Tipping in a Farcaster Frame - one of the first transaction frames built by @greg.

Follow [anyone] onchain frames from Interface, Paragraph, Converse and SeeMore (Links like paragraph.xyz/@name, frames.interface.social/name, converse.xyz/dm/name are auto-transformed into a frame on Warpcast).

Use Frame Validator - https://warpcast.com/~/developers/frames It is helpful to preview, test and preload your frame. Preloading a frame with images (relevant for galleries) can significantly reduce loading time for the end user. To preload, simply click through your gallery in the validator.

Mix & Match. A few other platforms support frames. For example, mint frames are integrated to Paragraph articles; Paragraph frames work within the Converse app.

Have fun! Because that's the whole point.

Building frames is simple and really doesn't require any coding skills. The more you build, the easier it becomes. New tools are launching every week, and I will keep updating this article. In the meantime, share your no-code frames with me on Warpcast, and I might (or might not) tip you some $degen.

Let's build 💙

You will get to know me better over time, and I would like to get to know you too! My direct casts on Warpcast (@kugusha.eth) are always open for conversations and discussions. You can also send me a message onchain via Converse or any other XMTP-powered app.