# CoreBunch/Instatic

The open-source alternative to Webflow, Framer and WordPress. Agentic self-hosted visual CMS outputting clean static pages. Users, roles, plugins, content, database, it's all there.

Repository: https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/instatic
Homepage: https://instatic.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cms, css, css-framework, page-builder, static, website
Last push: 2026-08-21T09:37:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 97, longevity 8
- inputs: {"age_days": 125, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8257, forks 756 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:19.860856+00:00)

## What it is
Instatic is a self-hosted, MIT-licensed visual CMS that combines a canvas page editor, content engine, media, auth, forms, and plugin system in a single Bun server. It publishes pages as clean, semantic static HTML and CSS files with no runtime or builder artifacts left behind.

## Use cases
- build a marketing site without writing code
- self-host an alternative to Webflow or Framer
- publish static pages from a visual editor
- manage website content with users and roles
- migrate off WordPress to a self-owned CMS
- create a portfolio or landing page with clean HTML output
- host a client website on my own server

## When to choose
- you want full ownership of your site with MIT licensing and self-hosting
- you need clean, portable static HTML output readable in view-source
- you want an all-in-one CMS, editor, and publisher in a single process
- you prefer SQLite or Postgres backing with simple backups

## When to avoid
- you need dynamic server-rendered pages or per-request database queries
- you require a large ecosystem of third-party themes and plugins like WordPress
- you need multi-site management at enterprise scale
- you want a fully headless CMS to pair with your own frontend framework

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, web-framework, auth, ui-components, css-framework, plugin-system, self-hosted, templating
- domain: web-development, cms, self-hosted, web-design, frontend
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform, bun
- tags: visual-editor, page-builder, static-publishing, webflow-alternative, wordpress-alternative, framer-alternative, no-code, sqlite, postgres, canvas-editor, cms, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- CoreBunch/Instatic (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.860856+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:28:11.652477+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CoreBunch/Instatic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.860856+00:00, sha 13b4031cac8b)
  - homepage: https://instatic.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:16.795748+00:00, sha 2b2a4e32e9a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.