Hello c/opensource@lemmy.ml!

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

Hello c/opensource@lemmy.ml!

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

Hello c/opensource@lemmy.ml!

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

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

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

How does this compare to something like Appsmith or Budibase?

Instance agnostic links:

• !Silex@lemmy.ml
• !SilexFR@lemmy.ml

@lexoyo I'm volunteering to contribute to the work and I love to do that.

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