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title: 'Build a Canva Clone Editor in React - Full Tutorial'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=TZ7cWsqeJ1g'
video_id: 'TZ7cWsqeJ1g'
date: 2026-07-28
duration_sec: 297
---

# Build a Canva Clone Editor in React - Full Tutorial

> Source: [Build a Canva Clone Editor in React - Full Tutorial](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TZ7cWsqeJ1g)

## Summary

This video presents a fully functional Canva clone built with React, offering a free alternative to Canva's paid subscriptions. The editor supports templates, text editing, animations, image/video uploads, and export to image, PDF, or GIF formats, all running locally on a user's machine.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to Canva Clone** [00:02] — The presenter introduces a Canva clone built in React that runs on localhost, eliminating the need for a Canva subscription.
- **Free and Feature-Rich** [00:17] — The editor is completely free to use and supports templates, text editing, and animation, similar to Canva.
- **Export Options** [00:43] — Users can export designs to image, PDF, or GIF files by clicking a button.
- **Tech Stack** [01:09] — The project is built with React version 18.2.0 and requires NodeJS to run via 'npm run start'.
- **Customization Features** [01:54] — Users can change background color, edit text (size, alignment, font), and upload custom TTF fonts.
- **Animation Support** [02:51] — Both images and text can be animated, and videos can be embedded.
- **Unsplash API Integration** [03:06] — Free stock photos are provided via the Unsplash API.
- **Social Media Resizing** [03:19] — The editor can automatically resize designs for different social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook.
- **Purchase Link** [04:04] — The project is available for purchase via a link in the video description (though it is also described as free).

### Conclusion

The video demonstrates a powerful, free alternative to Canva that runs locally, though the promised full tutorial is not provided; instead, it directs viewers to purchase the project.

## Transcript

you uh the Canva clone that I created inside React. So if you're tired of paying Canva subscriptions, then you can actually use my free editor that I created inside React. It directly runs in inside as you can see I'm running it
on local host. It doesn't cost you any subscription. So it's completely free to use and uh it has all the options that Canva supports. So as you can see, we have the template support. You can simply select any of the template, edit
the text. All these options are available. You can animate disposition. All these properties are similar to this of Canva. And then we also have support for exporting this to
a image file, PDF file or GIF file. So say simply click on that and then it will export this to a PDF file. So uh this is I created this inside react. So
this is the overall structure of the project here. Each component is divided into its own JavaScript file here. I've given the link in the description. If you want to purchase it, the link is will be given in the description. So, as
you can see, it's coded inside ReactJS latest version 18.2.0 dependencies. It's completely free to use. And once you open the project, you
simply run the command npm run start. And for this you just need one you should have at least NodeJS installed. So I'm just running the latest version. After that you simply say npm run start. So this will start the local development
server at localhost 3000. So once the application start here it will look similar to canva Canva clone. So we have this canvas editor where you can add pages remove pages as well. So everything you can customize it. You can
change the background color. You can add your own text as well like this. As you can see that you can change the size, alignment, everything you can customize it. So now if you want to remove this, you
So now if you want to remove this, you can simply remove it. custom fonts, you can even upload your own custom font as well by uploading the
TTF file here. So you can just see here how easy it is So you can just see here how easy it is to do this. You can just select itallic underline everything you can do. Change the font size, color of the font here,
icons, shapes, you can draw, you can also upload your own custom images as well. Simply select it, add this to the canvas. Then you also have the option to animate this image. So animations are also
supported. As you can see, you can also animate text as well. So this can be used to create thumbnails, social media post, everything you can create using this editor. You also have support for embedding videos as well. So
these photos are coming through unsplash API. So which is a free website for integrating. So if you're interested in purchasing it, the link is given in the description. So you also have options
for creating different kinds of social media post here. So if you're creating a Instagram post, you click on resize, it will resize it to different kinds of Instagram, Facebook.
So instantly you can create for multiple social media networks. Simply select the template and then it will automatically resize it to if you're creating a thumbnail. Here you can just see you can also print it invitation card.
So various template sizes are supported. So it will automatically resize it. So all these options. So you don't need to pay for Canva subscriptions. You can pay for Canva subscriptions. You can actually purchase this React project
and it's a free React project. There is no need for paying any fees to Canvas. So all these options are supported here. As
all these options are supported here. As you can see, You can even draw something here. Adjust the size here
and then you can export this. So if you want to export this to a image file simply select and then it will export this to a image file. Here you will see that. So this is a demo of this react
application. So the link is given in the description. So you can directly description. So you can directly purchase it.