Hello c/[email protected]!
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
Instance agnostic links:
Nice thx I didn’t know this trick Updated the post
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
Yep. Thankfully, the project is AGPL v3 licensed.
@NGnius @[email protected] what do you mean prove it?
You say you’re open source but don’t link to the open source code. Nothing more
How does this compare to something like Appsmith or Budibase?
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 :)
Thanks for the detailed answer. I’ll give it a look.