Silex Desktop — new Open Source No-Code project (lemmy.ml)

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I’m the maintainer of Silex, a free/libre, no-code website builder focused on open web standards and static websites

We’re getting some traction recently and users are asking for a new app to work offline without logging in, so we're looking for a developer to build the new Silex Desktop app — a free/libre, installable version of Silex for local/offline use

If you’re excited by web design and open web tooling, we’d love to hear from you

About the project

✅ Funding is available to kickstart the project.

Tech stack:

TypeScript, HTML/CSS, Node.js
CLI, git, npm workflows
Eleventy (11ty) (Static Site Generator)
Neutralino.js

We’re looking for someone who:

Loves web standards and web design
Shares progress openly and listens to users
Believes in FOSS (no open core, no lock-ins)

More info and the roadmap for the Desktop project: 👉 https://roadmap.silex.me/posts/3/silex-desktop

If you’re interested (or know someone who could be!), feel free to reach out: 📧 alex at lexoyo.me - or on Mastodon (@[email protected]) or here on lemmy

I also just launched two Lemmy communities if you want to join the project:

Talk to you soon

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Instance agnostic links:

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Nice thx I didn't know this trick Updated the post

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Their source code: https://github.com/silexlabs

there's a lot of mention about being FOSS but they never actually prove it, which is funny to me

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yep. Thankfully, the project is AGPL v3 licensed.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

@NGnius @[email protected] what do you mean prove it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You say you're open source but don't link to the open source code. Nothing more

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

How does this compare to something like Appsmith or Budibase?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That's a great question, here’s how I see it:

Silex = websites and web design — strong focus on responsive layouts, CSS concepts, box model, etc. No workflows or app logic
Bring your own CMS/DB — pure frontend; users design and bind to real data (read-only)
Web standards first — HTML/CSS; what you learn is portable. If you know a standard, you can probably apply it directly in Silex
Fully open source, FOSS, AGPL, not open core like Appsmith/Budibase

It’s not necessarily easier — the complexity just lives elsewhere :)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the detailed answer. I'll give it a look.

this post was submitted on 30 May 2025

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