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Zeltro as a Framer alternative
Framer builds good-looking marketing sites, but they live on Framer's hosting, its help center says there is no HTML export, and it trains on your work unless you switch it off. Zeltro builds websites and full apps on your own computer, in WordPress, Astro, Next.js, Laravel and more, that you can host anywhere. What differs, and why people switch.
Framer is a visual website builder, and a very polished one. You design on a canvas, add a CMS, press publish, and Framer hosts the result. Its AI agent can lay out a landing page from a prompt. For a designer who wants a marketing site live this week, it is one of the nicest tools there is.
People start looking elsewhere for a few reasons: the site can only live on Framer, the bill grows with pages, collections and editors, or the project needs things a website builder does not do, like sign-in, a real database, or code of their own. This page is about those reasons.
It only lives on Framer
The site can only be hosted by Framer, with no HTML export to take elsewhere.
The bill grows
Pages, collections, editors and languages each add to the monthly price, per site.
It became an app
Sign-in, a real database or code of its own: things a website builder does not do.
Framer and Zeltro side by side#
As of September 2026:
| Framer | Zeltro | |
|---|---|---|
| Where you build | Framer's editor, in the browser or its desktop app; editing stops when you go offline | Your own computer, online or off |
| Where the site lives | Framer's hosting only | Anywhere: your own server, any host, or I will host it for you |
| Export | "Framer does not offer HTML export for self-hosting" | Plain folders on your disk from the first command |
| What you pay | Basic $10/month and Pro $30/month billed yearly ($15 and $45 monthly), per site; extra editors $20/month each; add-ons for locales, bandwidth and more | Free for personal use; US$99.99 once per business (lifetime). Plus your AI provider, or nothing with a local model |
| Limits | Basic: 30 pages, 2 CMS collections, 50 GB bandwidth. Pro: 150 pages, 10 collections | None set by Zeltro |
| What it builds | Marketing and content sites; sign-in only through third-party plugins; no server code of your own | Websites and full apps: WordPress, Ghost, Astro, Next.js, Laravel, Django, with real databases and sign-in |
| AI | Framer's agent, metered in credits that do not roll over; or connect your own Claude or OpenAI subscription | Yours: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Qwen Code, Aider, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, or a local model. No credits |
| Your work used for AI training | Yes on every plan below Enterprise, unless you switch it off in workspace settings | Up to the AI provider you choose; your code and prompts never go to Zeltro |
Can you take a Framer site with you?#
Framer's help center answers it directly: "Framer does not offer HTML export for self-hosting… Can I download my website's HTML files from Framer? No." It explains that features such as server-side rendering, image optimization and font subsetting depend on Framer's own infrastructure. The closest thing to self-hosting is its Advanced Hosting add-on, at $200 a month, which puts Framer's hosting behind your own server rather than replacing it.
Your CMS content can be exported as CSV or JSON through plugins. The design, the pages and the interactions stay in Framer. Framer does let you write React code components inside its editor, but that is React going into Framer, not your site coming out as React.
Stays in Framer
The design, the pages and the interactions. Framer's help center: "Can I download my website's HTML files from Framer? No."
Comes out
Your CMS content, as CSV or JSON, through plugins. Your AI agent can use it to fill a new site.
Framer is a hosted platform and says so. It only matters if you want the site to be yours to move, change hosts, or extend beyond what Framer offers.
What the bill looks like#
Framer prices each site separately. Basic is $10 a month billed yearly, or $15 monthly, for 30 pages and 2 CMS collections. Pro is $30 a month yearly, or $45 monthly, for 150 pages and 10 collections. Going past those limits costs more: another 100 pages is $20 a month, 10 more collections $40, extra bandwidth $40 per 100 GB. Every extra editor is $20 a month, each extra language $20, and AI credits reset each month without rolling over.
A Zeltro site has none of those meters. The app is free for personal use, and hosting costs whatever your host charges. Many small sites fit on a server that costs a few dollars a month, alongside everything else you run.
What Zeltro does differently#
Zeltro is a do-it-yourself dev platform for your own machine. You describe what you want and it suggests how to build it: a ready-made app if one already does the job, or a framework and a database if it needs building from scratch. Then your AI agent builds it in a real project on your disk.
Websites and apps, in the same placeStart a WordPress or Ghost site, a fast static site in Astro, or a full app in Next.js, Laravel or Django, and add sign-in, payments or a database when the site needs one.
The tools a marketing site needs, in a clickPlausible, Umami or Matomo for analytics, listmonk for newsletters, Directus as a headless CMS: 214 ready-made apps in all, wired to shared databases.
Host it anywhereIt is ordinary code, so any host works, and moving later is copying a folder.
You choose the AI and who pays for itA subscription you already have, a low-cost model through OpenRouter, or a local model.
Your work stays yoursYour code, prompts and keys never go to Zeltro, and there is no account. The app is free for personal use (businesses pay US$99.99 once) and its command line tool is open source.
Before you switch#
Framer's canvas is a designer's toolZeltro builds with code, written by your AI agent from what you describe, so you steer it in words rather than by dragging boxes. Point the agent at a screenshot or a Framer page you like and it can match the look.
Framer hosts in one clickZeltro runs the site on your own computer until you put it on a server. If you would rather not deal with that, I will take it live for you: your domain, your server, kept running.
Moving a Framer site means rebuilding itFramer has no export. Your CMS content comes across as CSV or JSON, and your AI agent can use that to fill the new site.
Why people switch to Zeltro#
A site they ownThey want a site they own and can host anywhere, not one that exists only on a single platform.
No more metersThey are tired of paying per site, per editor, per language and per 100 pages.
The site became an appIt needs sign-in, a database or code of its own.
No AI training by defaultThey do not want their work used for AI training by default.
It is free for personal use, with no account. Install it and build your next site on your own machine.
Sources#
Checked on 29 September 2026: Framer's pricing, HTML export and self-hosting, offline editing, AI credits, external agents, code components, forms, AI notice and June 2026 pricing update pages. Plans and terms change, so check them before you commit.
Questions
Can I export a Framer site and host it myself?
No. Framer's help center says it "does not offer HTML export for self-hosting," and sites must be hosted on Framer. CMS content can be exported as CSV or JSON through plugins. A Zeltro site is plain code on your own disk, so you can host it anywhere.
Is there a Framer alternative that works offline?
Zeltro works on your own computer with or without a connection. Framer disables editing when you go offline or the connection is slow.
Does Framer train AI on my site?
On plans below Enterprise, Framer's AI notice says customers "grant Framer a worldwide, non-exclusive license to use their Inputs and Outputs to train and improve Framer's AI models" unless training is disabled in the workspace settings. Zeltro trains no AI, and never keeps your code or prompts.
Can Framer build a web app with user accounts?
Not by itself. Framer builds marketing and content sites; sign-in comes from third-party plugins, and you cannot run your own server code on Framer. Zeltro builds full apps with real databases and sign-in, in Laravel, Django, Next.js and more.
Can Zeltro build WordPress sites?
Yes. WordPress, Drupal and October CMS are built in, Ghost is one click from the app library, and Astro, Next.js, Nuxt and SvelteKit are there for sites you would rather build in code.
What does Zeltro cost?
The Zeltro app is free for personal use, hobby projects and learning, with no
account. A business using it, including for paid client work, buys a
lifetime commercial license once, for US$99.99. The zeltro
command line tool is open source (MIT). Separately, you pay for your AI and your
hosting.
Try Zeltro on your own computer
Free for personal use, with no account. Build with the AI you already pay for, and keep the app, its data and its code on your own machine.
Install Zeltro Why bring your own key
Rather not set it up yourself? I’ll do it for you.
Checked 2026-09-29. Other products change often — if something here is out of date, tell us and it gets fixed.