The open sourceSquarespace alternative.
Squarespace is the polished all-in-one for getting a good-looking site online with zero technical involvement. Revyme plays a different game: a designer-grade visual builder, open source, whose output is a real Next.js codebase you own.
When Squarespace is the better pick
Choose Squarespace if you want a template-first, everything-managed platform — domains, commerce, scheduling, email campaigns — and you would rather never think about the site underneath.
When Revyme is the better pick
Choose Revyme if you want design freedom beyond templates and insist on owning the result: an exportable Next.js codebase, self-hosting, and no subscription keeping the site alive.
Your content can leave. Your website cannot
Squarespace has no code export. What it can export is content — a WordPress-format XML of pages, posts, and galleries, plus CSV for products — with notable gaps, and none of the design, the template, or the custom code. Leaving Squarespace means taking your words and rebuilding the website around them somewhere else.
Revyme’s export is the website itself: layouts, components, animations, and CMS structure as a Next.js project. The design you spent weeks refining is a codebase you keep, not a subscription you rent.
Side by side.
| Revyme | Squarespace | |
|---|---|---|
| Template library | Growing marketplace | Extensive, polished |
| Freeform visual canvas | Yes | Grid-based editor |
| CMS collections | Yes | Blog, events, products |
| Ecommerce & scheduling | — | Yes |
| Code export | Real Next.js project | None — content-only XML/CSV |
| Self-hosting | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Pricing model | Free open-source builder, optional per-site cloud | Per-site subscription |
What it costs, structurally.
Squarespace
Squarespace is a per-site subscription with commerce tiers on top. It is simple and predictable — and permanent, because while your content can be exported, the website itself can never leave the platform.
Revyme
The Revyme builder is free and open source, with optional per-site cloud plans (Free, Lite, Pro, Studio). If you stop paying, you export the code and keep the site. See pricing.
Moving from Squarespace.
Export your content from Squarespace — WordPress-format XML for pages and posts, CSV for products — and recreate the structure as Revyme CMS collections.
Rebuild the design on the canvas. Revyme is not template-locked, so the rebuild is usually an upgrade rather than a copy.
Connect your domain to Revyme cloud, or export the Next.js project and host it anywhere.
Frequently asked.
Can you export code from Squarespace?
No. Squarespace exports content only — WordPress-format XML for pages, posts, and galleries, and CSV for products — with gaps, and never the design, template, or code. Revyme exports the complete working website as a Next.js project.
Is Squarespace open source?
No. Squarespace is a proprietary hosted platform. Revyme is open source and free to self-host.
Can I move my Squarespace site to my own hosting?
The content, partially — via XML/CSV export. The site itself, no: the design and functionality only run on Squarespace. A Revyme site is a Next.js codebase that runs wherever you deploy it.
What is a good Squarespace alternative for designers?
Revyme — a freeform canvas instead of template constraints, real animations and components, an integrated CMS, and code ownership at the end. The builder is open source and free.
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