@fastlabai/design-editor

An open-source image design editor for React and Next.js, brought to you by FastlabAI. Plug in your own media library, fonts, and storage backend via simple provider interfaces.

Features

• Canvas-based image design editor — layers, shapes, text, stickers
• Background removal (via optional @imgly/background-removal peer dep)
• Undo / redo, zoom / pan, autosave
• Themable via CSS variables — bring your own colors
• Zero-conflict CSS — styles are securely scoped to [data-de-root], guaranteeing no interference with your host app's Bootstrap or Tailwind classes.
• Fully flexible UI — optional onBack prop (hides the back button automatically if omitted).
• TypeScript-first, strict types
• Next.js App Router compatible (components ship with 'use client')
• ~150 KB gzipped (excluding React and Fabric.js)

Install

npm install @fastlabai/design-editor
# optional — enables in-browser background removal
npm install @imgly/background-removal

Use

import { DesignEditor } from '@fastlabai/design-editor'
import '@fastlabai/design-editor/theme.css'

export default function App() {
  return <DesignEditor />
}

Customize

<DesignEditor
  title="My Custom Studio Title"
  initialScene={{ name: "New Design", layers: [], frame: { width: 1080, height: 1080 } }}
  sceneKey="my-unique-design-id"
  templateProvider={myTemplateProvider}
  templatesPanel={({ onApplyTemplate }) => <MyCustomTemplatesPanel onApply={onApplyTemplate} />}
  fontProvider={myFontProvider}
  persistenceProvider={myPersistenceProvider}
  onExport={async (blob, format, scene) => {
    const url = await uploadToS3(blob)
    await saveToDatabase(scene) // Save raw JSON to re-edit later
  }}
  onBack={() => router.push('/dashboard')}
/>

See the documentation site for more examples.

API Reference

Full typed API documentation is auto-generated and available on the docs site:

• <DesignEditor />
• DesignEditorProps
• TemplateProvider
• FontProvider
• BackgroundRemovalProvider
• PersistenceProvider
• IScene
• ILayer

Docs & playground

• Full documentation — https://fastlabai.github.io/design-editor
• Live playground — https://fastlabai.github.io/design-editor/playground
• Examples — examples/ (Next.js App Router, Pages Router, React/Vite, custom providers)

License

MIT © Fastlab.

Engine code is forked from layerhub-io/layerhub-ce (MIT).