Publii

Spec sheet

Product

Publii is a free, open-source desktop CMS that builds static websites locally on your computer.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Intended users

Publii describes itself as suitable for blogs, portfolios, documentation sites, and other content-focused websites.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · getpublii.com

Support

Publii offers user and developer documentation, a community forum, and dedicated premium support for paid products.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Headquarters

Krynica-Zdrój, PolandRead 28 Sep 2026 · getpublii.com

Blog analytics

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · getpublii.com

Built-in memberships

NoRead 22 Sep 2026 · getpublii.com

Content tools

The editors support image galleries, videos, downloadable files, tables, syntax highlighting, authors, tags, and writing statistics.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Custom domain

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · getpublii.com

Data handling

The desktop app does not collect telemetry or usage statistics, and drafts and site data stay on the user's computer until published or connected to an external service.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Editors

It includes block, WYSIWYG, and Markdown editors for creating posts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Extensions

Publii plugins add analytics, search, comments, SEO and GEO tools, icons, galleries, image decoding controls, and third-party service integrations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Notable limit

The privacy requirements for a published site depend on its configuration, since hosting logs, analytics, forms, embedded media, and external services may still process data.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Open source

Publii is licensed under GPL-3.0 and is built with technologies including Electron and Vue.js.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Post scheduling

NoRead 22 Sep 2026 · getpublii.com

Privacy controls

Publii includes cookie consent groups, controls for embedded content and scripts, and Google Consent Mode v2 integration.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Publishing

Publii can publish to GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Netlify, Amazon S3, Google Cloud, FTP, SFTP, or through manual deployment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Security model

Published Publii sites do not require a publicly accessible database, PHP, or a public Publii admin panel.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

SEO and performance

Publii generates static semantic HTML and includes metadata settings, sitemaps, structured data, social previews, lazy loading, minification, and WebP conversion.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Theme customization

custom codeRead 22 Sep 2026 · getpublii.com

WordPress import

Publii can import WordPress WXR/XML exports, including posts, pages, custom post types as posts, images, and authors.Read 11 Oct 2026 · getpublii.com

Plans and prices

Every Publii plan and price →

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