Verified detail: Desktop CMS that publishes static websites.

CategoryStatic site tools
Best suited to

Developer-led websites and pre-rendered content.

Pricing & plansFree license; hosting billed separately

Key facts

Verified detailDesktop CMS that publishes static websites
Best suited toDeveloper-led websites and pre-rendered content.
Before you commitBefore choosing: how will editors preview changes and trigger rebuilds?
Pricing & plansFree license; hosting billed separately Official website ↗
Sourcegetpublii.com ↗

A closer look

Publii — Official website

Oct 21, 2026

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Publii - full feature overview, end to end · I Read Help Files and Write Trainings

Pricing & plans

Free license; hosting billed separately

Software license only; hosting and operations cost extra.

Pricing & plans ↗

Usage by country

CountryLive websites
🇺🇸 United States3,775
🇩🇪 Germany1,240
🇬🇧 United Kingdom255
🇫🇷 France251
🇵🇱 Poland190
🇮🇹 Italy172
🇨🇭 Switzerland172
🇧🇷 Brazil166
🇳🇱 Netherlands165
🇷🇺 Russia139

Live websites detected by BuiltWith. Leading countries; partial coverage. · Source ↗

Company

Company nameTIDYCUSTOMS Boguslaw Mitro
CountryPoland
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Timeline 5

  1. Product update

    Publii 0.40 introduced privacy-focused cookie-consent controls, giving static websites more explicit control over third-party scripts and embedded content.

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  2. Product update

    Publii 0.41 introduced automatic WebP conversion, letting static websites serve a modern image format without a separate image-processing service.

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  3. Shutdown

    Publii 0.42 removed AMP support, redirecting maintenance effort toward its own static-site output and requiring older versions for continued AMP publishing.

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  4. Product update

    Publii 0.43 expanded plugin extensibility and introduced repeater fields, allowing themes and extensions to expose more flexible configuration options.

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  5. Product update

    Publii 0.48 added separate windows for different websites, a local HTTP preview server and a rebuilt importer for migrating WordPress content.

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