Scaffold - Visual React Site Builder for Desktop

Scaffold is a local-first, drag-and-drop website builder that runs entirely on your desktop. Build pages visually from pre-built React components, preview across device sizes, and export clean code to your framework of choice - no cloud account, no subscription, no lock-in.

What is Scaffold?

Most visual site builders trap your work inside a proprietary platform. Scaffold is different. It gives you the speed and ease of a visual editor while keeping your source code in a standard React project folder on your machine - ready to deploy anywhere, any time.

Open the app, pick a template, compose your pages with pre-built components, and export to Vite, Next.js, Remix, or plain HTML. Your project stays on your machine. No accounts required.

Features

• Visual block editor - Compose pages from pre-built components (Hero, Features, Navbar, Footer, CTA, Testimonial) and reorder them with a click.
• Multiple framework exports - Export to Vite, Next.js, Remix, or plain HTML. Your code, your framework, your rules.
• Device preview - Toggle between Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile views to check every breakpoint without leaving the app.
• Page management - Add, rename, and organise pages and routes from a built-in panel.
• Local-first - Everything lives on your machine. No cloud sync, no telemetry, no surprises.
• Theming - Light, dark, and system themes with a clean, minimal UI.

Why Scaffold?

Scaffold was built for developers and designers who want the convenience of a visual editor without sacrificing ownership of their code. Your project is a normal folder on your filesystem - open it in VS Code, push it to GitHub, or hand it off to a client. Scaffold never touches it without your permission.

Built with React 19 and Tauri v2, it feels like a native app because it is one.

What's Coming

Scaffold is being built in public with a clear milestone roadmap. Here is what is shipping next:

• v0.3.0 - UI polish and bug fixes: collapsible sidebar, improved onboarding animations, fixed loading screen, settings cleanup
• v0.4.0 - Projects page overhaul: card/list view, search, sort, pin and favourite projects, better project cards
• v0.5.0 - Settings restructure, command palette (Cmd/Ctrl+K), sidebar stubs for plugins, templates, deployment, and documentation
• v0.6.0 - Project dashboard, full page system with nested pages and metadata, live preview window, template cloning
• v0.7.0 - Asset manager, live deployment to GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages and FTP, SEO manager
• v0.8.0 - Built-in terminal, Git integration, dependency manager, autosave and crash recovery, project diagnostics and health scores
• v1.0.0 - Public release: live plugin ecosystem (Tailwind, GSAP, Three.js and more), community templates marketplace, full documentation

Follow the devlog to track progress as each milestone ships.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React 19 + TypeScript (Vite)
• Desktop runtime: Tauri v2 (Rust backend)
• State management: Zustand
• Styling: Custom CSS tokens

Current Status

Scaffold is in early development (v0.2.0). The core builder and project scaffolding are working - expect rapid iteration on new blocks, export formats, and publishing workflows as the roadmap milestones ship. Bug reports and feedback are very welcome.

Made with care. Open source. Local first.