Design · 5 alternatives

Instead of Framer, try one of these 5.

Every alternative is lined up against Framer on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Framer sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
FramerWhat you have now
Design and publish production websites without code.
PriceFreemium
sites from $10/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · Mac · Win
Open-source design & prototyping platform built on open standards.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Open-source CMS that powers a huge share of the web.
PriceFree
hosting extra
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visual web design that exports clean production code.
PriceFreemium
from $14/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Webstudio#4
Open-source visual site builder with a Webflow-style canvas
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win
Frappe Builder#5
Low-code visual builder built on the Frappe framework
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Linux

How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.

Framer alternatives at a glance

Framer is a freemium design app (sites from $10/mo). We compared 5 alternatives: 4 are open source, 3 are completely free, 4 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is Penpot, with 2.7k likes.

Most liked overallPenpot

Open-source design & prototyping platform built on open standards.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best free optionWordPress

Open-source CMS that powers a huge share of the web.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best open-source optionWebstudio

Open-source visual site builder with a Webflow-style canvas

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best to self-hostFrappe Builder

Low-code visual builder built on the Frappe framework

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable