Free desktop app that builds static websites and publishes them to any host
Publii is a free desktop CMS for Windows, macOS and Linux. You write and manage a site on your own machine, it generates static HTML, and you publish to the host you choose. There is no database, PHP or public admin panel.
Publii is an Electron and Vue.js app created by Bob Mitro and Tomasz Dziuda. You build the site locally and the app generates a static website. You then deploy it to Amazon S3, Google Cloud, Netlify, GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages or FTP. The published site needs no database, no PHP and no public admin.
Editors can use a block editor, a WYSIWYG editor or Markdown, with a settings screen for themes. The app is open source under GPL-3.0. A marketplace sells free and premium themes and plugins. Development is active: version 0.48.1 is the current download, and the 0.48.x release added multiple windows, a local preview server, a rebuilt WordPress importer and AVIF conversion.
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Free
Free, open source app. No licence fee.
Bloggers, small businesses and agencies
Costs extra
You pay for your own hosting. Premium themes and plugins and custom development services cost extra. Prices were not checked.
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Free, included in the cheapest plan, on a higher plan, or enterprise only. Open a feature to compare it across every platform.
