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Is there was a software (preferably on Linux) where I can drag and drop to quickly make a website with HTML and CSS and export the resulting code?

I know of a lot of online site that charge a lot of money for this, but I was hoping that an open source software exists for this.

P.S: I want to make a simple static personal website. Possible have a link from where they can download PDF samples of my writing/ literature / creative work.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Definitely Publii, the most polished I've tried lately and perfect for simple static websites. Nice app, offline, free/open source.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Closest thing I know of is Wordpress with a static site export plugin.

There are static site generators like Hugo but they are not a drag and drop editor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Or getkirby.com.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Hugo, though you didn't list your "must-haves" so it may not be a great suggestion

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Depends, is it a static site? There's some good projects like this for quickly rolling out something static.

https://gohugo.io/

https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/

It's more command-line than click and drop, but maybe it's close to what you're looking for?

P.S: I want to make a simple static personal website. Possible have a link from where they can download PDF samples of my writing/ literature / creative work.

Hugo is widely used for static resume sites, so I think this could work for you if you're familiar with command-line Linux.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://neocities.org/

This is exactly what you are looking for. You don't even need to download anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

This is not just a website builder. It is a entire ERP system...