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Webstudio — An open-source visual website builder that keeps CSS, headless CMS connections, and hosting under your control

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Stars
8,957
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026

Overview

Webstudio is a TypeScript visual development platform positioned as an open-source Webflow alternative. It can be used as a hosted service or self-hosted, while keeping ownership of data, components, and infrastructure. The latest release as of September 17, 2026 is 0.298.0.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Build visually while connecting to headless CMSs and an existing web stack

Repository metadata highlights a visual builder with support for CSS properties, connections to headless CMSs, and deployment to infrastructure of your choice. The model aims to combine design-tool interaction with ownership of the underlying application and hosting.

Sources: [1][2]

Treat publishing and runtime paths as part of the same product

Release 0.298.0 restores Cloudflare publishing with Wrangler 4, improves collection-entry authoring, and adds better asset-upload retries and diagnostics. The project therefore extends beyond canvas editing into deployment and runtime concerns.

Sources: [4]

For teams that want Webflow-style visual authoring without giving up control of code, data, and hosting

It is relevant when designers and developers want one visual development workflow while still connecting headless content systems and choosing their own deployment infrastructure.

The core is AGPL-3.0-or-later, but an optional animation package has a separate proprietary EULA

The README states that the core repository is AGPL-3.0-or-later while the optional sdk-components-animation package is proprietary and requires acceptance of the Webstudio, Inc. EULA. Do not assume every package in the monorepo has the same open-source license.

The project is also on a fast-moving 0.x release line, so self-hosted and publishing workflows should track release notes and configuration changes.

Sources: [2][4]

Official sources

  1. [1]webstudio-is/webstudio — GitHub repository metadata(2026-09-17)
  2. [2]Webstudio — README(2026-09-17)
  3. [3]Webstudio — Contributions / local development guide(2026-09-17)
  4. [4]Webstudio 0.298.0 release(2026-09-17)
Supplemental curator note

Its key value is combining visual authoring with ownership of code and infrastructure. Review the separate EULA for the optional animation package.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/webstudio-is/webstudio.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd webstudio
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

Growth

Growth trends · Last 30 days

8,957 Stars

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Development activity

Last 90 days · weekly

Commits (last 30 days)
74
Open PRs
25

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GitHub data

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GitHub Topics

  • accessibility
  • cloudflare
  • cloudflare-workers
  • design
  • free
  • frontend
  • open-source
  • radix-ui
  • react
  • remix
  • web-development
  • webflow
Stars
8,957
Forks
1,607
Watchers
66
Open issues
342
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026
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