puckeditor/puckGitHub
Choose Puck when you want a self-contained, fully open-source React visual editor that you can directly embed without needing a separate CMS backend.
The visual editor for React.
- 13.4k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active3d ago
plasmicapp/plasmic Alternatives
visual React page builder / low-code development
Plasmic is an open-source visual builder for React that lets users drag and drop their own components to build apps, websites, and content while staying integrated with an existing codebase.
Drop-in peers
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
blocks/blocksGitHub
Choose Blocks when you want a lightweight JSX/React page-builder library with no external cloud dependency.
A JSX-based page builder for creating beautiful websites without writing code
- 5.1k
- JavaScript
- MIT
active1mo ago
Same job, different approach
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
GrapesJS/grapesjsGitHub
Choose GrapesJS when you need an embeddable HTML/CSS drag-and-drop builder framework for any JS stack rather than a React-component editor.
Free and Open source Web Builder Framework. Next generation tool for building templates without coding
- 26.2k
- TypeScript
- NOASSERTION
active1mo ago
BuilderIO/builderGitHub
Choose Builder.io when you want visual development across React, Vue, Svelte, or Qwik with a hosted/cloud-backed editing platform.
Visual Development for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik, and more
- 8.8k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active1mo ago
givanz/VvvebJsGitHub
Choose VvvebJs when you need a dependency-free vanilla-JS drag-and-drop builder for plain page templates instead of React-component integration.
Drag and drop page builder library written in vanilla javascript without dependencies or build tools.
- 8.7k
- JavaScript
- Apache-2.0
active3mo ago
baidu/amisGitHub
Choose amis when you want JSON-schema-driven low-code React pages/dashboards rather than drag-and-drop visual editing of custom components.
前端低代码框架，通过 JSON 配置就能生成各种页面。
- 18.9k
- TypeScript
- Apache-2.0
active7mo ago
End-user tools
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
primocms/primoGitHub
Choose Primo when you want a self-hosted visual CMS app geared toward AI-agent-driven site building, not an embeddable React library.
Agent-native visual CMS. Build sites with Claude/Codex/whatever, manage them visually.
- 2.4k
- Svelte
- MIT
active1mo ago
webstudio-is/webstudioGitHub
Choose Webstudio when you want a self-hosted Webflow-style website builder GUI with full CSS support, not React-codebase drag-and-drop.
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.
- 8.9k
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
active1mo ago
webiny/webiny-jsGitHub
Choose Webiny when you want a full serverless CMS platform that bundles a visual page builder, not a lightweight React-embeddable builder.
Open-source, self-hosted CMS platform on AWS serverless (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3). TypeScript framework with multi-tenancy, lifecycle hooks, GraphQL API, and AI-assisted development via MCP server. Built for developers at large organizations.
- 8.0k
- TypeScript
- NOASSERTION
active1mo ago
microweber/microweberGitHub
Choose Microweber when you want a PHP drag-and-drop website builder/CMS app for simple sites, not a codebase-integrated builder.
Drag and Drop Website Builder and CMS with E-commerce
- 3.4k
- HTML
- MIT
active1mo ago
frappe/builderGitHub
Choose Frappe Builder if you are in the Frappe ecosystem and want a visual site builder, not a React-embeddable editor.
Craft beautiful websites effortlessly with an intuitive visual builder and publish them instantly
- 2.3k
- Python
- MIT
active1mo ago
dotCMS/coreGitHub
Choose dotCMS for an enterprise-scale visual headless CMS platform rather than a developer-embeddable React builder.
The Visual Headless Content Management System for Enterprises
- 948
- Java
- NOASSERTION
active1mo ago
CoreBunch/InstaticGitHub
Choose Instatic when you want a self-hosted visual CMS static-site app with roles/plugins, not a React-embeddable component editor.
The open-source alternative to Webflow, Framer and WordPress. Agentic self-hosted visual CMS outputting clean static pages. Users, roles, plugins, content, database, it's all there.
- 8.4k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active1mo ago
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These projects were analysed and named plasmic among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how plasmic rates them is a separate judgement, made when plasmic is analysed in its own right.
webstudio-is/webstudioGitHub
calls plasmic “choose it when you want the visual editor tightly integrated into an existing React/Next codebase with an MIT license rather than using Webstudio as a separate site platform.”
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.
8.9kTypeScriptactive
BuilderIO/builderGitHub
calls plasmic “Choose it when you want a comparable code-connected visual builder/headless CMS with an open-source core and strong React integration, without relying on Builder.io's platform.”
Visual Development for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik, and more
8.8kTypeScriptactive
payloadcms/payloadGitHub
calls plasmic “For a visual React builder that can also manage content and generate pages.”
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
44.4kTypeScriptactive
onlook-dev/onlookGitHub
calls plasmic “choose when you need codegen syncing and CMS-backed visual content workflows instead of direct DOM AI edits”
The Developer Tool for Designers • An Open-Source AI-First Design tool • Visually build, style, and edit your code with AI • World's best, top-most agent recommended #1 Developer tool for Designers to design with Real Code.
26.9kTypeScriptactive
baidu/amisGitHub
calls plasmic “Choose Plasmic for a design-tool visual builder that generates React code, but it is a separate platform, not a JSON-schema runtime like amis.”
前端低代码框架，通过 JSON 配置就能生成各种页面。
18.9kTypeScriptactive
tinacms/tinacmsGitHub
calls plasmic “Choose when you want a visual builder that can also manage content, but requires integrating Plasmic's data system.”
TinaCMS is the leading open-source headless CMS that supports Markdown and Visual Editing. Your content is stored in your own GitHub repo 🦙 ❤️
13.8kTypeScriptactive
puckeditor/puckGitHub
calls plasmic “Choose it when you need a visual React builder/studio with codegen and content CMS rather than an embedded self-contained editor.”
The visual editor for React.
13.4kTypeScriptactive
MrXujiang/h5-DooringGitHub
calls plasmic “Codebase-integrated visual builder for React apps/sites; choose when you want a code-first builder rather than a standalone H5 publishing platform.”
H5 Page Maker, H5 Editor, LowCode. Make H5 as easy as building blocks. | 让H5制作像搭积木一样简单, 轻松搭建H5页面, H5网站, PC端网站,LowCode平台.
10.0kJavaScriptactive
CoreBunch/InstaticGitHub
calls plasmic “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”
The open-source alternative to Webflow, Framer and WordPress. Agentic self-hosted visual CMS outputting clean static pages. Users, roles, plugins, content, database, it's all there.
8.4kTypeScriptactive
elementor/elementorGitHub
calls plasmic “Choose when you need a visual builder that keeps your UI components in a React codebase rather than in WordPress templates.”
The most advanced frontend drag & drop page builder. Create high-end, pixel perfect websites at record speeds. Any theme, any page, any design.
7.1kPHPactive
nraiden/cofounderGitHub
calls plasmic “Narrower production visual builder/CMS for React; choose it when visual editing and content integration matter more than AI full-stack generation.”
ai-generated apps , full stack + generative UI
6.7kTypeScriptdormant
GrapesJS/grapesjsGitHub
calls plasmic “choose it when you want a hosted React visual builder with codegen and CMS features and do not mind using the Plasmic studio as a development tool.”
Free and Open source Web Builder Framework. Next generation tool for building templates without coding
26.2kTypeScriptactive
prevwong/craft.jsGitHub
calls plasmic “hosted visual builder platform that integrates with React code, not a self-contained embeddable editor library”
🚀 A React Framework for building extensible drag and drop page editors
8.7kTypeScriptdormant
givanz/VvvebJsGitHub
calls plasmic “Choose when you want a visual builder plus hosted content/codegen platform for React; it is a platform integration, not a standalone page-builder dependency.”
Drag and drop page builder library written in vanilla javascript without dependencies or build tools.
8.7kJavaScriptactive
webiny/webiny-jsGitHub
calls plasmic “Choose when you want a hosted visual builder for React content, not a self-hosted serverless CMS you can drop into your backend.”
Open-source, self-hosted CMS platform on AWS serverless (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3). TypeScript framework with multi-tenancy, lifecycle hooks, GraphQL API, and AI-assisted development via MCP server. Built for developers at large organizations.
8.0kTypeScriptactive