Open source alternatives to Webflow

3 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Webflow does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Webflow does

  1. Visual page design without codecore
  2. CMS for dynamic contentcore
  3. Website hosting and publishingcore
  4. Responsive layouts
  5. Interactions and animations
  6. Templates
  7. SEO settings
  8. Forms

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
InstaticSelf-hosted visual CMS that outputs static pages with users and plugins Replaces it77%9.1k+31
125
 33 days ago33% Needs a server MIT
Covers all 3 core jobs. Partly: Templates. Not shown: Interactions and animations; SEO settings.See the evidence
  • Visual page design without codecoreYesThe editor is a real canvas
  • CMS for dynamic contentcoreYesDesign a collection, then work the rows in a spreadsheet grid
  • Website hosting and publishingcoreYescontent engine, and publisher all live in one Bun server
  • Responsive layoutsYesseveral breakpoint frames side by side
  • Interactions and animationsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • TemplatesPartlyTemplates for the shared chrome
  • SEO settingsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • FormsYesForms that belong to your CMS.
webstudioOpen source visual website builder that connects to headless CMSs Replaces it73%9.2k+14
169
 3 days ago100% Hosted version AGPL-3.0
Covers 2 of 3 core jobs. Partly: CMS for dynamic content. Not shown: Templates; Forms.See the evidence
  • Visual page design without codecoreYesBuild with the Visual Editor and MCP
  • CMS for dynamic contentcorePartlyconnects to any headless CMS
  • Website hosting and publishingcoreYesPublish to Webstudio Cloud
  • Responsive layoutsYescontrol every property, unit, and breakpoint
  • Interactions and animationsYesSmooth scroll animations
  • TemplatesNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • SEO settingsYesOptimize for search engines
  • FormsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
kaletacmsVisual page builder CMS for business sites with an MCP interface for Claude Replaces it49%127
1,226
 2 days ago90% Needs a server GPL-2.0
Covers 2 of 3 core jobs. Partly: Interactions and animations. Not shown: Website hosting and publishing.See the evidence
  • Visual page design without codecoreYesA visual builder on the real page
  • CMS for dynamic contentcoreYesCollections – custom content types
  • Website hosting and publishingcoreNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Responsive layoutsYesstyle them separately for desktop, tablet, mobile and hover
  • Interactions and animationsPartlythe Popover API, view transitions
  • TemplatesYesthree starter sites at installation
  • SEO settingsYesSEO and llms.txt
  • FormsYesForms and enquiries

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