Build or Bill

Websites and hosting

Framerate alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

webstudio-is/webstudio8,822AGPL-3.0A visual website builder and Webflow-style editor you can self-host and deploy sites from.Open on GitHub Planetable/Planet1,810MITTool to build and host decentralized blogs and static websites locally on your Mac.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

  • Polished, production-grade UI/UX and editor polish
  • Any proprietary AI model, model-hosting, or bundled inference credits
  • Built-in hosting, backups, CDN, and one-click publishing
  • Customer support, analytics, and integrations provided by the vendor

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Framerate, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.