About Builder.io
Builder is the visual development platform from Builder.io, and this repository holds its SDKs, usage examples, starter projects and plugins. The platform connects to an existing site or app so teams can edit visually and generate code using their own components, starting from Figma designs or a drag-and-drop editor.
Updates can be published through the SDKs or exported as code. The SDKs cover frameworks such as React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, Qwik and React Native, and the topics also mention headless CMS use, landing pages, Shopify and Next.js. A free account can be created to try it out, and a community forum handles questions.
The code in this repository is MIT licensed and written in TypeScript, but the editing platform itself is a hosted commercial service rather than software you host. It suits front-end teams that want non-developers to build and update pages from a shared component library.
Key features
- Drag-and-drop visual page editor
- Figma designs converted to code
- SDKs for React, Vue, Svelte and Qwik
- Works with your existing components
- Headless CMS content model
- Publish via SDKs or export code
Good fit for
- →Letting marketers edit landing pages visually
- →Turning Figma designs into components
- →Headless CMS for storefronts
- Tags
- visual-development
- page-builder
- headless-cms
- react
- figma
- no-code
- sdk
- qwik
Builder.io: questions and answers
- What is Builder.io used for?
- Builder.io's repository of SDKs, plugins and starters for its visual development platform, which turns Figma designs and drag-and-drop pages into code for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik and more. It is a good fit for letting marketers edit landing pages visually, turning Figma designs into components and headless CMS for storefronts.
- Is Builder.io open source?
- Yes. Builder.io is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at BuilderIO/builder and is written mainly in TypeScript.
- Is Builder.io free?
- Yes. Builder.io is open source, so the software itself is free to use. A managed cloud version is also available, with paid plans from $24 per seat per month.
- What is Builder.io an alternative to?
- Builder.io is an open-source alternative to Webflow and Storyblok. Other open-source alternatives to Webflow include Craft CMS, Plasmic and Webstudio.
- Is Builder.io actively maintained?
- Yes. The most recent commit to Builder.io was on 2 October 2026. The project has 8.9k stars on GitHub.
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