Silex Desktop — new Open Source No-Code project

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 (@lexoyo@framapiaf.org) or here on lemmy

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

!Silex@lemmy.ml
!SilexFR@lemmy.ml

Talk to you soon

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9 Comments

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Instance agnostic links:

!Silex@lemmy.ml
!SilexFR@lemmy.ml

lexoyo@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

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

NGnius@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

Badabinski@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 1y

Yep. Thankfully, the project is AGPL v3 licensed.

lexoyo@framapiaf.org · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

@NGnius @lexoyo@lemmy.ml what do you mean prove it?

NGnius@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

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

Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

How does this compare to something like Appsmith or Budibase?

lexoyo@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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 :)

Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

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