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Publii

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Publii allows to you build, modify and manage an unlimited number of sites from the same app with instant switching; no databases or other credentials to remember.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
4.3 / 5 Avg rating (11)
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11comments
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Security-focused
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Support for Themes
  4.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Desktop Publishing
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Static Site Generator
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Desktop bases
  7.  Support for MarkDown
  8.  Live Preview
  9.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor
  10.  WYSIWYG Support
  11.  Dark Mode
  12.  No Tracking
  13.  No Coding Required
  14.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  15. Git icon  Git Support
  16.  Syntax Highlighting
  17.  Flat File CMS

 Tags

  • open-source-cms
  • static-website
  • static-generator

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  • B2VMarketing reviewed Publii  
    3 months ago

    Seamless deployment into GitHub Pages, allowing anyone to easily deploy a static based website.

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Publii information

  • Developed by

    TidyCustoms
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.3 (11 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    28 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  6,760 Stars
  •  449 Forks
  •  261 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 18, 2025 
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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about Publii, and it has gotten 42 likes

Publii was added to AlternativeTo by laurabrown on Jul 19, 2017 and this page was last updated Jul 30, 2021.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: Publii is praised for its ease of use and functionality as a desktop-based CMS supporting Linux, Mac, and Windows. Users commend its ability to manage websites offline and without needing a database. While users appreciate its free and open-source model, some point out missing features like SSL/TLS and issues with FTP uploads. Themes are customizable, with some premium options available. Publii is considered a favorable alternative for those not wanting to use WordPress.
Top Positive Comment
Andreas Kandschur
May 24, 2020
3

Publii is a desktop based CMS, for Linux, Mac and Windows. It has several themes and a Wordpress Importer. You can do all kinds of websites and blogs, without uploading software to a server and without needing a Database. It supports WYSIWYG, writing in blocks or a markdown editor. Choose which you want to use. It is just a checkbox.

There is nothing similar on the market, which runs on all three big platforms. It is free and open source. It comes with a handful of useful themes. For some special-themes you have to pay. Costs are around 30 Euros. It is still in Beta state, but works fine. Even the pre-releases are stable and good to use for serious projects.

Some features are still missing, like contact forms and buttons. On the other hand, it has a tool to embed the newsletter account code. There are fields for ad and banner code. Also a complete cookie consent tool is implemented. No plugins needed. It is a real great software.

I made a landing page/ business site portal with that software. You also can upload the sites to google drive, Github and Netlify. It works on every modern webspace.

So before You pay a lot of money for marketing-suites or webdesign software, try Publii.

There are some alternatives, but these are limited to Mac or Windows.

The static site builders have a real comeback. For people who do not want to learn markdown language, Publii is also a Hugo Alternative.

[Edited by AndreasKandschur, May 24]

B2V Marketing
Mar 16, 2025
0

Seamless deployment into GitHub Pages, allowing anyone to easily deploy a static based website.

Rasheed AZ
May 27, 2024
1

I love Publii because it's a local/offline self-contained desktop app with Linux support.

tuva-hayabi
Jan 1, 2022
0

Publii started as a very promising CMS/Static Site Generator. But the versions 0.38.0 through 0.38.3 don’t work for me. My OS is GNU/Linux, distribution Xubuntu 21.10. I tried the DEB installation file and the AppImage.

When uploading my work to the server (Publii names this syncing), there are only empty folders created. No homepage, no post I wrote, no CSS file, nothing. After uploading, an error message tells me that not all files could be created. Reading the log file, I think that some server paths seem to be wrong, although I set everything correctly, in my opinion. –––

Addendum:

Version 0.45.2 from March 2024 works flawlessly. Publii has changed from a website builder to a blogging tool, which is fine. The themes can be customized with CSS from within Publii.

According to my attempts, the upload via FTP did not work with some web hosters. Finally, I found a web host that worked.

I don’t know how to create pages, only blog articles. This should be optimized.

What I see as an advantage is that you can write your posts without an internet connection and then upload and publish them at a later date.

jasonbrown1965
Jul 27, 2021
0

Even with fast net, uploading/updating a web site through an online app is much slower than doing the same thing in an offline app

Pete Kenny
Feb 20, 2021
0

It's an excellent, straightforward app for creating a static website. It's very easy to use and was a good choice to use for my Rpi nginx site.

gnudesign
Sep 9, 2020
0

it's one of the most beautiful and most user friendly software under GPL license. It has limitations but also advantages over WordPress and similar CMS solutions.

tuva-hayabi
Jul 11, 2021

Limitations, in deed. From version 0.36.0 to 0.38.1, there seems to have been some change of the structure. Anyway, after fresh install, I could not open my custom theme, all the posts were gone and so on. Fortunately, I had a recent upload to my server. Is that what you call user-friendlyness?

And what should be the advantages over a more popular CMS? You did not name one of them.

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What is Publii?

Publii allows to you build, modify and manage an unlimited number of sites from the same app with instant switching; no databases or other credentials to remember.

A clean interface, easy-to-understand editor that simplifies text styling as well as adding images, tags and other content with instant changes and live previews for comfortable, relaxed writing. Advanced SEO options to help you climb search engine rankings and get noticed.

With support for modern hosting options like Amazon S3, GitHub Pages, Google Cloud and Netlify as well as SFTP, Publii will make keeping your site updated easy. Just enter your details once, and sync your changes at the click of a button.

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