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.
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.
Official sources
- [1]webstudio-is/webstudio — GitHub repository metadata(2026-09-17)
- [2]Webstudio — README(2026-09-17)
- [3]Webstudio — Contributions / local development guide(2026-09-17)
- [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
Get the source
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/webstudio-is/webstudio.git - 2
Enter the repository
cd webstudio - 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
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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