Publii is a free, open-source CMS that runs on your computer, not on a server. You write locally, and Publii builds a static site, which you publish to GitHub Pages, Netlify, Amazon S3, or your own hosting via FTP. No database. No PHP. No admin panel to break into. No tracking scripts unless you add them yourself.
Build locally. Publish globally.
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Give your writing a home of its own. Show potential clients what you can do. Help customers understand your business or find an answer in your documentation. You don't need to publish every day to have a website worth visiting.
Content Creation
Manage posts, authors, tags, and media in Publii. Choose the block editor for structured layouts, the familiar formatting tools of the WYSIWYG editor, or Markdown for writing in plain text. Add galleries, videos, tables, and code snippets without editing HTML.
Performance, SEO and AI visibility
Publii generates static, semantic HTML and includes settings for metadata, sitemaps, structured data, and social previews. Responsive images, lazy loading, minification, and WebP conversion support fast loading. Important content appears directly in the source, where search engines and AI-powered search features can access it. Because Publii runs locally, the published site needs no Publii database, PHP, or public Publii admin panel.
Privacy tools
Publii includes tools that help you manage visitor privacy. Use the advanced cookie banner to control which scripts run only after consent, manage consent for embedded third-party content, and enable Do Not Track for supported video embeds.
Publii supports hosting options including GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Netlify, Amazon S3, Google Cloud, FTP, SFTP, and manual deployment. Configure a destination once, then sync later changes from the app.
Use case
Publii offers a very user friendly interface for non-devs and makes publishing content very easy, but at the same time offers all the necessary tools for devs to create everything a marketing team needs to further develop the website.
We love the fact that you can create content blocks that can be used over and over again. Also from an SEO point of view Publii offers all you need to stay competitive.
Sergiu Iacob, Head of Marketing at PublishDrive
Marketplace
Start with a professionally designed theme and adapt it to your content and brand. Publii themes combine configurable layouts and typography with lightweight, semantic code.
Browse themes →Use the built-in theme settings to adjust colors, layouts and other visual details, giving your site a look that reflects your content and brand.
Fluid typography and carefully selected variable fonts keep your content clear, balanced and readable across different screen sizes.
Our themes use semantic HTML5 and vanilla JavaScript without CSS frameworks. This helps keep the front end lightweight and reduces unnecessary dependencies.
Plugins
Publii plugins add analytics, search, comments, SEO and GEO tools, icons, galleries, image decoding controls, and integrations with third-party services.
Explore plugins →
Docs
Publii is open source, licensed under GPL-3.0, and built with technologies including Electron and Vue.js. Publii themes use Handlebars templates, so developers can create and adapt themes without a proprietary template language.
Explore docs →Custom work
Need a custom Publii site or theme? Our web development team can adapt an existing setup or build a tailored static website around your requirements.
View services →Community
Publii is open source and free to use. If you want to support continued development and community support, you can contribute with a donation or sponsorship.
Donate / Sponsor Publii
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