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Replace Squarespace.

6 open source alternatives, ranked by health. We re-check every project weekly, so you don’t migrate to something abandoned.

Ranked by health

  1. WebstudioVisual website builder with full CSS control and CMS integration, publishable to its hosting or your own.★ 9.0k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript self-host managed
  2. InstaticSelf-hosted visual CMS and page builder that publishes clean static websites.★ 8.8k MIT TypeScript self-host
  3. PubliiDesktop CMS for building themed static websites and publishing them to hosting services.★ 7.3k GPL-3.0 HTML self-host
  4. MicroweberDrag and Drop Website Builder and CMS with E-commerce★ 3.4k MIT HTML self-host
  5. SilexVisual drag-and-drop website builder that generates static sites, usable online or self-hosted.★ 3.0k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript self-host managed
  6. Frappe BuilderDrag-and-drop visual website builder on the Frappe framework that publishes pages instantly.★ 2.4k MIT Python self-host managed
How the ranking works

Health blends commit recency, release cadence, issue throughput, contributor breadth and star growth. Stars are shown but never ranked on. The full method.