# Silex

Free and open-source visual website builder that exports static HTML and CSS.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/silex/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-22

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.silex.me
- repository: https://github.com/silexlabs/Silex
- docs: https://docs.silex.me
- mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@silex
- forum: https://community.silex.me

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Silex Labs
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: FR

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: node, static
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 24
- basedOn: grapesjs

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, always-on
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: Docker or Node.js from source

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: AGPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-26

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3014
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 35
- contributors: 40
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 5
- dependentPackages: 3

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://github.com/silexlabs/Silex (read 2026-10-22)
- maintainer: https://www.silex.me/ (read 2026-10-22)
- hqCountry: https://www.silex.me/ (read 2026-10-22)
- firstRelease: https://www.silex.me/ (read 2026-10-22)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex (read 2026-10-22)
- category: https://www.silex.me/ (read 2026-10-22)
- basedOn: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/silexlabs/Silex/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://docs.silex.me/developer/self-hosting/docker/ (read 2026-10-22)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@silexlabs/silex/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.silex.me/developer/self-hosting/overview/ (read 2026-10-22)
- installMethod: https://docs.silex.me/developer/self-hosting/overview/ (read 2026-10-22)
- runsAs: https://github.com/silexlabs/Silex (read 2026-10-22)
- runsAs: https://docs.silex.me/developer/self-hosting/node/ (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/silexlabs/Silex/main/package.json (read 2026-10-22)
- licenseModel: https://www.silex.me/ (read 2026-10-22)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex/releases (read 2026-10-22)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex/releases/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex (read 2026-10-22)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/silexlabs/Silex/contributors (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@silexlabs/silex (read 2026-10-22)
- renderingModes: https://www.silex.me/ (read 2026-10-22)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40silexlabs%2Fsilex (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40silexlabs%2Fsilex (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Silex is a visual website builder for static sites. Its editor is built on GrapesJS, and the sites it publishes are static HTML and CSS. Silex Labs, a non-profit organization based in Paris, France, maintains it and holds the copyright.

Silex can be self-hosted with Docker or run from source with Node.js. The Node.js server is a process that keeps running and serves the editor, while the published sites are static files that any web space can serve.

## Worth knowing

A hosted instance at v3.silex.me is also offered, and the README says it needs a GitLab account for storage. The self-hosting guide and the npm package state different minimum Node.js versions.

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