visual CMS / static website building
Instatic is a self-hosted visual CMS and website builder that keeps the visual editor, content engine, auth, plugins, and publisher in one Bun server and emits clean static HTML/CSS pages.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
component-level visual development platform for React/Vue/Svelte apps; choose it when you need visual editing inside an existing codebase rather than a standalone static-site server
Visual Development for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik, and more
visual builder/headless CMS for React; choose it when you want component-level visual editing in a codebase rather than a bundled Bun static-site CMS
Visual builder for React. Build apps, websites, and content. Integrate with your codebase.
self-hosted PHP drag-and-drop CMS with e-commerce; choose it when dynamic content and shop features matter more than static output
Drag and Drop Website Builder and CMS with E-commerce
Webflow-like visual builder with full CSS support; choose it when you prefer separating visual design from content and bringing your own headless CMS
Open source website builder and Webflow alternative. Webstudio is an advanced visual builder that connects to any headless CMS, supports all CSS properties, and can be hosted anywhere, including with us.
agent-native visual CMS for AI-agent authoring on Svelte/Cloudflare; choose it when your workflow is agent-driven rather than a one-Bun-server static pipeline
Agent-native visual CMS. Build sites with Claude/Codex/whatever, manage them visually.
Rails-engine website builder for embedding visual page editing/CMS in a Ruby on Rails app; choose it when the site is already Rails instead of Bun/static
Ruby on Rails website builder
PHP visual CMS/blog/e-commerce platform; choose it when you want a dynamic PHP-based website rather than static page output
Powerful and easy to use cms to build websites, blogs or ecommerce stores.
visual website builder built on the Frappe platform; choose it when you run Frappe or need Python/ERP-backed pages
Craft beautiful websites effortlessly with an intuitive visual builder and publish them instantly
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
simpler/older visual static-site editor without the built-in CMS/auth/plugins; choose it when you only need a standalone static publishing editor
Silex is an online tool for visually creating static sites with dynamic data. With the free/libre spirit of internet, together.
Git-based content editor for static site generators; choose it when your site is already an SSG repo and you need editor workflows, not a visual page builder
A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators
Astro/TypeScript CMS with an admin dashboard; choose it for code/template-driven static sites when a drag-and-drop visual builder is not required
EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS based on Astro; the spiritual successor to WordPress
flat-file PHP CMS for simple content sites/blogs; choose it when you need a lightweight content backend, not a visual page builder
Simple, Fast, Secure, Flat-File CMS
code-first static site generator in a single binary; choose it when you want a Markdown/template workflow with no CMS or visual editor
A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
VS Code extension that manages front-matter content for SSGs; choose it when your content workflow is editor-based rather than a server CMS
Front Matter is a CMS running straight in Visual Studio Code. Can be used with static site generators like Hugo, Jekyll, Hexo, NextJs, Gatsby, and many more...
These projects were analysed and named Instatic among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how Instatic rates them is a separate judgement, made when Instatic is analysed in its own right.
calls Instatic “choose it when you need a self-hosted, all-in-one visual CMS that outputs static pages and includes roles, plugins, and a database.”
Open source website builder and Webflow alternative. Webstudio is an advanced visual builder that connects to any headless CMS, supports all CSS properties, and can be hosted anywhere, including with us.
calls Instatic “Self-hosted visual CMS and static-site builder; choose it if you want visual/agentic authoring rather than an Astro/Cloudflare stack.”
EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS based on Astro; the spiritual successor to WordPress
calls Instatic “choose it when you prefer a full self-hosted visual CMS with static-site output and built-in roles/plugins instead of embedding a low-level builder framework in your own code.”
Free and Open source Web Builder Framework. Next generation tool for building templates without coding
calls Instatic “Use it when you need a self-hosted visual CMS/static-site builder product, not a library for building your own editor.”
The visual editor for React.
calls Instatic “Choose it when you want a standalone self-hosted visual CMS with users, roles and static-site output, not an SDK added to an existing app.”
Visual Development for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik, and more
calls Instatic “Choose when you need a self-hosted visual CMS/static-site platform with users, roles, and content management; it is not an embeddable page-builder library.”
Drag and drop page builder library written in vanilla javascript without dependencies or build tools.
calls Instatic “Choose when you prefer a self-hosted visual CMS workflow that emits static pages rather than running WordPress plus a plugin.”
The most advanced frontend drag & drop page builder. Create high-end, pixel perfect websites at record speeds. Any theme, any page, any design.
calls Instatic “Choose Instatic when you want a self-hosted visual CMS static-site app with roles/plugins, not a React-embeddable component editor.”
Visual builder for React. Build apps, websites, and content. Integrate with your codebase.