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Instatic

Self-hosted visual CMS and page builder that publishes static HTML

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What it is

Instatic is a website builder and CMS that runs as a single Bun server, combining a breakpoint-aware canvas editor, content collections, media, users and roles, forms, and plugins. Pages are published as plain semantic HTML with a small generated CSS file, using built-in design tokens for color, type, and spacing scales. It stores data in SQLite or Postgres and deploys via Docker or one-click hosting templates. Designers and small teams use it to build and run marketing sites, blogs, and portfolios on their own server instead of a hosted builder.

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Stars
8,985 GitHub stars.
8,985

Forks
862
Commits
1,215
Contributors
29
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 13, 2026
On GitHub since
April 2026
First release
June 2026
Platforms
web, self-hosted
Self-hostable
Yes
Alternative to
Webflow, Framer
Tags
  • website-builder
  • ui-design
  • low-code

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