Canva Code 2.0 goes free for all users

Canva Code 2.0 is now available to everyone, including free users, after a public preview that was initially limited to the first one million users who found an easter egg. First teased at Canva’s Create conference in April 2026, the feature is designed to turn simple prompts into editable designs across the company’s broader creative suite.

Canva says the goal is to lower the barrier to design for people who may not have the technical skills or creative confidence to work in more complex tools. Unlike some AI design systems that require users to submit a fresh prompt for every change, Code 2.0 is built so the generated result can be edited directly inside Canva. That means users can adjust colors, fonts, and layout elements without starting over.

“With the barrier to generating code lowered, the value has shifted to visual control: what you build needs to be distinctive and look like your brand or vision,”

What Canva Code 2.0 can build

According to Canva, the tool goes beyond flyers and social graphics. It can also generate:

• websites and landing pages
• learning and classroom hubs
• games and quizzes
• apps

The company has also added support for existing work created elsewhere. Users can import raw HTML and AI-generated graphics into Canva, where a layered object intelligence system automatically detects elements and layers so the project becomes fully editable.

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Canva says more than six million coded sites have been built since Canva Code first launched. By integrating the feature directly into the main interface rather than keeping it as a separate tool, the company says active Code users have already increased by 25%.

Under the hood, Canva has also cut average Code generation time by 75%.

“We’re combining the best AI models and the intuitive Canva editor to help anyone bring their ideas to life without friction, in the same workflow, without needing technical skills or new tools,”