app-generator / free-site-builder

Free Site Builder - Open-Source Tool | Simpllo

Free Site Builder Simpllo

Free & Open-Source Site Builder that uses Vanilla JS and a Remote Server for components injection - Actively supported by AppSeed.

• 👉 Free Site Builder - Live DEMO (BS5)
  • ✅ Pixel BS5 - demo
  • ✅ Volt BS5 - demo
• 👉 Free Site Builder - Documentation
• 🚀 Join the Community - Discord

Roadmap & SPECS

Status	Item	info
✅	Core	Vanilla JS
✅	Components/KIT	Bootstrap 5
✅	Components/KIT	Pixel BS5
✅	Components/KIT	Volt BS5
✅	Components/KIT	Bootstrap 5
✅	Remote Components Server	https://components-server.onrender.com/kits/bs5/
✅	Persistence (local storage)	Save, Restore, Clear
✅	One-Page Layout	Single Component Drag & Drop
✅	Component Customization	Text-Only
✅	Grid Components	This allows to inject predefined rows (2,3,4 columns)
✅	USE Remote Components	Yes
✅	Component Customization	Texts, Links
✅	Component Customization	Images
✅	Component Styling	CSS, Classes
✅	PAGE Customization	CSS
✅	PAGE Customization	JS
✅	Manage SEO	Title, Description, Keywords
✅	Handle Multiple Pages	YES

Compile the Builder

Tested with Node 16.x, 18.x.

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/free-site-builder.git
$ yarn
$ yarn dev # development (LIVE Reload)

Components Server (distant)

Managed by Flask (optional). By default, a LIVE Components Server is used.

$ cd free-site-builder/backend
$
$ virtualenv env
$ # Or
$ python -m venv env 
$
$ source env/bin/activate  # Linux
$ # Or
$ .\env\Scripts\activate   # Windows
$
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ flask run --debug

Here is the output:

• http://localhost:5000/
• http://localhost:5000/kits/, returns available KITS
  • 'material-kit'
  • 'kit2'
• http://localhost:5000/kits/material-kit/, return Material Kit assets

{
    "name": "Material Kit BS5 ",
    "version": "0.0.0",
    "type": "kit",
    "material-kit": {
        "layouts": "base.html",
        "components": {
            "footers": {
                "footer.html": "NA"
            },
            "headers": {
                "header.html": "NA"
            },
            "navigation": {
                "navigation.html": "NA"
            },
            "general": {
                "section1.html": "NA"
            }
        }
    }
}

Add new component

• Navigate to backend/apps/templates/bs5/components
• create the component like footer.html
• Edit the file and add the HTML code
• Compute the Base64 hash using service:
  • https://www.base64encode.org/
• Update info.json and add the new component using existing category or a new one
  • Syntax:

... (truncated) ...
        "components": {
            "footer": {
                "footer.html": "BASE64_Hash HERE"
            }, 
        }   
... (truncated) ...         

NOTE: The UI Builder uses the local storage to cache the info.json pulled from the server.

In order to have the latest version, please open an incognito window or clean manually the data from the local storage.

License EULA

For more information, contact AppSeed [e-mail].

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Free Site Builder - Provided by AppSeed.