Webstudio
Webstudio is an open source website builder that empowers creators to build highly maintainable and fast websites using modern web standards.
What is Webstudio?
Try WebstudioWebstudio is an open source website builder for building and publishing fast, highly maintainable websites. Use the Visual Editor to review and adjust changes in real time, then publish to Webstudio Cloud or export and self-host. It also supports connecting to external content sources like a CMS, CRM, or database so you can fetch API data and bind it into structured pages such as blogs and directories.
What is Webstudio, and what problem does it solve for website building?
Webstudio helps you build professional websites that are maintainable and fast by using a visual editing workflow and modern web standards. You can publish to Webstudio Cloud for high-performance rendering, or export and self-host for full control, while still integrating external content through your existing APIs, CMS, CRM, or database.
Can I build without writing code using Webstudio’s visual workflow?
Yes. Webstudio is designed around visual editing where you review the work and adjust every detail in the Visual Editor, rather than relying on custom-coded frontend development. It also supports connecting and mapping data into your site so pages and components render dynamically.
How do I connect Webstudio to a headless CMS or other data source?
You integrate external content by creating structured pages, fetching the data you need from your CMS (or other sources), and binding the returned fields to your components and page settings. With Resources, you can configure request details like the request URL, method, headers, and body.
How does Webstudio handle dynamic routes like blog pages with slugs?
You can define dynamic parameters directly in your page paths (for example, /blog/:slug). When a request comes in, Webstudio fetches the appropriate CMS data for that URL and renders content accordingly.
What can I do with data logic such as conditions, fallbacks, or redirects?
Webstudio includes an Expression Editor so you can control how content behaves and displays. You can build UI logic for things like conditional display, fallback values, concatenation, redirects, and even customizing response status codes.
Do I have to use Webstudio Cloud, or can I self-host?
You don’t have to. You can publish to Webstudio Cloud, or export and self-host so you can deploy anywhere and keep control over your hosting, pricing, security, and compliance.