HTML design in.
Editable InDesign out.

Turn a self-contained HTML design into an editable InDesign file. Keep the text, named styles and vector charts.

Drop your .html file here

Two free previews per browser, up to two pages each.

No account needed  ·  Self-contained .html  ·  Up to 15 MB50 MB
File privacy

You’re licensed — unlimited, full-document conversions. Your key is remembered on this browser.

Need an HTML file? See how to export one ↓

Ask it for a single, self-contained HTML file of your design, then download the .html file. Open it in your browser to check the layout before uploading. A screenshot, PDF or Claude/ChatGPT share link cannot be uploaded directly.

  • Claude — open the design and use its Download button. Don’t “Save page as” from the browser: that copy often doesn’t finish unpacking and won’t convert.
  • ChatGPT — ask for “one self-contained .html file with the CSS inline”, then download it from the canvas or the code block.
  • Figma Make, v0, Lovable, Bolt — export or download the page as HTML. If it opens in your browser and looks right, it’s ready.

Read the full export guide →

Unlimited full conversions with a $49 one-time license.  ·  Have a key?

01 · Original HTMLView larger — original HTML screenshot at full size
Stress Test V2 editorial page in Claude, with a photograph, styled text and columns
02 · Editable in InDesignView larger — converted InDesign screenshot at full size
The same editorial page in InDesign, showing editable text frames, columns and a linked photograph

Your HTML layout → editable text, styles and linked images.
Watch a conversion · 25 seconds →

How it works

Three steps. No rebuilding.

Nothing to install and no account. The HTML you already have goes in; an editable InDesign file comes out.

01Input

Drop your file

The AI-generated design bundle you already made.

02Engine

It converts

Native InDesign markup. Fonts bound, styles named, charts redrawn as real vectors.

03Output

Open and keep designing

A clean .idml. Activate the fonts it lists, and everything’s editable. No rebuild.

Just launched · idmly MCP

From your AI agent to editable InDesign.

Keep creating in your AI tool. When the HTML design is ready, ask it to export an InDesign file. idmly handles the conversion, so you can start refining the design instead of rebuilding it.

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf and Claude Desktop.

Set up with your AI → Connection guide

Try two pages free. No license key needed.
Your $49 lifetime license covers the website and MCP.

  1. Create in your AI tool

    Make your report, presentation or editorial layout as a self-contained HTML file.

  2. Ask for the InDesign file

    Convert this HTML design to an editable InDesign file with idmly.

  3. Open it. Make it yours.

    Refine real text frames, named styles, editable vector charts and linked images in InDesign.

Let your AI tool help with setup.

Copy this prompt into your AI chat. It will read the idmly setup guide and help you connect.

Read https://www.idmly.com/SKILL.md and help me connect idmly to my AI tool so I can export HTML designs as editable InDesign files.

Read the setup guide ↗
Need team seats or conversions at volume? Get in touch.
Running it at volume from your own app?

Team seats, a REST contract, invoicing, or thousands of conversions a month: tell me what you need and I'll price it with you.

Make every design hour count

Less rebuilding. More time for great design.

You’ve got the idea. Getting it into InDesign shouldn’t take hours of recreating boxes, matching fonts, and nudging everything into place.

Cut the repetitive work so you can spend more of your day refining the details, exploring better ideas, and getting designs out the door.

More finished work. The same high standards.

What your time is worth
1 hr2 hrs20 hrs
$30$75/hr$150
Annual value of that time
$7,800
2 hrs × $75 × 52 weeks
idmly — lifetime license$49
Inside the same two-page file

Tables you can edit. Charts you can reshape.

See the data page before and after conversion. InDesign’s blue frame edges reveal the text, table cells and individual vector objects.

01 · Original HTMLView larger — original data page at full size
Stress Test V2 data page in Claude, with tables, bar charts, pie charts and a line chart
02 · Editable in InDesignView larger — converted data page at full size
The converted data page in InDesign, with visible table cells, text frames and separate chart shapes

Inspect the result yourself. Download the matching HTML and IDML files →

An HTML design becomes an editable InDesign file. Try your own file →
What lands in the file

An .idml, not a PDF with movable boxes.

→Correct fonts, bound properly. No Minion substitution.
→Real named paragraph styles, not loose overrides.
→Charts as native, editable vector objects.
→Exact page geometry. It opens clean.
→Editable text frames you can reflow.
→A true .idml file you keep working in.
Pricing

One license. No subscription.

One number, once — and it's less than an hour of rebuilding by hand.

“Your software has been amazing at taking our work and turning it into beautiful layout files in InDesign. You don’t know the stress this has removed.”
Andy · community historian, Dublin · a 500-page community history, laid out chapter by chapter from Claude
“This is a really helpful tool.”
Jackie · communications manager at a US patient foundation · a 22-page patient guide
“Just purchased the license to idmly and I think it’s going to be money extremely well spent!”
Avinash · designer · an 80-image product catalog, his first AI-designed project
$49one-time · lifetime license
→Unlimited conversions →Activate on up to 10 browsers or devices →Works in the browser and from your AI agent over MCP →Every engine improvement as it ships
Using it from Claude or another AI tool? How the key goes in

claude.ai or Claude Desktop (no local install): Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector. URL https://idmly-production.up.railway.app/mcp, Authentication No sign-in, then under Request headers choose authorization and enter Bearer <your key>: the word Bearer, a space, then your key. Claude sends the value exactly as typed. No Request headers section in your dialog? That beta hasn't reached your account yet; use the local server below.

Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex (local server): claude mcp add idmly -e IDMLY_LICENSE_KEY=<your key> -- npx -y idmly-mcp, or set IDMLY_LICENSE_KEY in the server's config. Full setup for every client →

Buy a license — $49 Try 2 pages free ↑
  • 14-day guarantee. If your file won’t convert, we fix it or refund you. Refund terms →
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FAQ

Questions designers actually ask.

Getting started

What do I upload?
A self-contained .html file — the kind AI tools hand you when they design a report, deck, or one-pager. If it opens in your browser and looks like your design, it's ready to convert.
What do I get back?
A native .idml that opens straight in Adobe InDesign: real text frames, named paragraph and character styles, charts and tables as editable objects, images placed and linked. If your design has images, it arrives as a zip — keep the Links folder next to the .idml. The file also opens in Affinity Publisher.
Is my design private?
Yes — and that’s the promise that matters most. Your file is converted, then deleted: no storage, no training, and no AI model ever reads it (the conversion is deterministic engineering, not a model). The site uses Google Analytics to count page views; it never sees your files. Full detail, including how we measure our own ads, in the privacy policy.
What if the conversion isn’t right?
Try it free first: the two most detailed pages of any design, twice, before you pay. If a licensed conversion doesn’t give you a usable, editable file, email support@idmly.com within 14 days with the design file and we’ll fix it or refund you. Refunds go back through Creem to your original payment method. Refund terms →

Compatibility

Can I convert HTML or CSS to InDesign?
Yes — that's exactly what idmly does. Drop a self-contained .html design and get back a native .idml: editable text frames, named styles, and charts as real vector objects. Not a flattened PDF. Full guide and method comparison →
Can idmly convert a Claude or ChatGPT design into InDesign?
Yes — that's exactly what it's for. AI tools hand you an HTML design, and idmly converts that into a native, editable .idml: real text frames, named styles, charts as editable vectors. It doesn't matter which AI tool produced the HTML. Full guide →
Which AI design tools does idmly work with?
All of them. idmly reads the rendered browser layout, not the tool that made it, so it converts the HTML output of Claude, ChatGPT, v0, Lovable, Bolt, Gemini, Figma Make, and plain hand-written HTML alike. If it saves as a self-contained .html that opens in a browser, it converts.
Does it work with Figma, Canva or AI-tool exports?
Yes. Export your design as a self-contained HTML file from any tool, then convert it — idmly reads the rendered browser layout, so the tool that made the HTML doesn't matter.
Does Tailwind work? Other CSS frameworks?
Yes — any of them. idmly renders your file in a real browser and reads the computed layout; it never parses your CSS. Tailwind (CDN script or compiled styles), Bootstrap, plain CSS — if Chrome can render it, it converts.
So it's a converted PDF?
No. There's no PDF anywhere in the chain — idmly builds the InDesign file directly. That's the whole point: frames you can reflow, styles you can restyle, charts you can recolour. A PDF import gives you outlines and regret.
Is this the same as the Claude → InDesign MCP connector (Sidekick/Duet/Adobe)?
No — they're complementary. MCP connectors (Sidekick, Duet, Adobe's Claude connector) let an AI control InDesign live. idmly does a different job: it takes the finished HTML design your AI already made and converts it into an editable .idml file, and it now ships its own MCP server, so your agent can hand the file over itself. Many people use both — generate in Claude, convert with idmly, then refine in InDesign.

Support and partners

My headings opened as scrambled characters. Is the file broken?
No — the text in the .idml is intact; your InDesign is drawing it with a mismatched font. The cause we've seen: two versions of the same typeface active at once, usually one from Adobe Fonts and a newer copy installed from Google Fonts. InDesign pairs one version's character map with the other's outlines, so a heading reads like ĔįõỸ while the body text, set in a different font, looks fine. To check, type a line in that font in a blank InDesign document: if it scrambles there too, it's the font setup, not the conversion. To fix it, keep one copy — deactivate the family in Creative Cloud under Fonts, or remove the local files — then reopen the .idml. Quick workaround: put the font files in a folder named Document Fonts next to the .idml; InDesign uses those first.
Do you have a partner or affiliate program?
Yes. Partners earn 30% of every sale their link refers, paid out by Creem, with a 60-day attribution window. Anyone can join in a minute at affiliates.creem.io/join/idmly — no approval queue. If you teach InDesign, sell templates, or run a studio that fights the rebuild-by-hand problem, that's who it's for.
Last thing

Rebuilding AI layouts by hand is eating your week. Stop.

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