Silex website builder

Silex
Developer(s)	Alexandre Hoyau, Pierre Teissière, Pol Goasdoué, founders
Stable release	v2.7.30 / April 19, 2023;2 years ago (2023-04-19)
Repository	github.com/silexlabs/Silex
Operating system	Web app, Windows, macOS, Linux
Type	Website builder
License	AGPL
Website	www.silex.me

Silex is a free WYSIWYG website builder, that can be used directly in a browser or run offline as a it also provides cross-platform application version. The application includes a drag and drop interface to edit a website, and HTML, CSS and JavaScript editors to add styles and interactivity to the elements. ^{[1] [2]}

History

• Founded in 2003 by Alex Hoyau, Pol Goasdoué and Pierre Teissière. The project is oriented towards video and cross media.
• In 2005, the version v0-6 is presented at the WWDC2005 in Cupertino California. ^[3] Apple is interested in Flash capacity to compete with their QuickTime plug-in. Macromedia has just been acquired by Adobe, Apple's main partner.
• In 2006, the program was presented in several conferences at La Villette and won a challenge organized by Dauphine high school with INRIA - French National institute for research in computer science and control. The program at this time was mainly used for freelancers small projects.
• In 2007, Silex source code officially released as open source ^[4]
• In 2008, Silex was among the 100 first Open Source projects on SourceForge. Silex v1 is released. ^[5]
• In 2009, Silex was project of the month on SourceForge. ^[6] The program was presented Silex at several French conference: Futur en Seine, ^[7] Les Trophées du Libre, ^[8] Pas sage en Seine, ^[9] Wikiplaza ^[10]
• In 2010, the team members formalized their cooperation by creating a non profit organization for promotion, deployment support, and development of open source software projects related to Silex and Open Source Flash. ^[11] The organization became the official maintainer of AMFPHP, a mature communautary project. ^[12]
• In 2012, Silex has reached the 100.000 downloads. ^[13] And the team has made a dedicated version for HTML, the html5 editor, ^[14] which was downloaded 1000 times on the first month.
• In 2013, the team, led by Alex Hoyau ^[15] started from scratch and build Silex V2 with Javascript, Node.js and more modern technologies than the previous version.
• In 2016, Silex Labs foundation has set up a crowd funding campaign to give Silex international concern by creating a multilingual documentation and tutorials, and to create free templates to facilitate the creation of a website, and to develop a "responsive editor" to make it possible to optimize the mobile version of websites. ^{[16] [17]}

Features

• WYSIWYG environment to edit a publication with drag and drop
• HTML, CSS and Javascript code editors included
• Suitable for prototyping
• Web based (can be installed locally on a web server) or as a portable offline app
• Free templates and plugins
• File browser integration with GitHub, Dropbox, FTP, WebDAV, and SFTP
• Easy options for responsive element design
• Easy switch between desktop and mobile view

References

1. "Silex v2.0 - Part 1, the vision". Silex Labs (in French). 3 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
2. "Silex v2.0 - Part 2, what is it exactly?". Silex Labs (in French). 12 April 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
3. "Silex, the June Sourceforge POTM" . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
4. "Silex, live web creation - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
5. "Stat-is-stuck - Silex Labs". Silex Labs (in French). 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
6. "SourceForge Community Blog | Project of the Month, June 2009". sourceforge.net. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
7. "Silex on the scene - Silex Labs". Silex Labs (in French). 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
8. "Soissons pour les nuls *** Soissons for Dummies". Silex Labs (in French). 5 June 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
9. "Pas sage en Seine : Maintenant ! *** Workshop NOW !". Silex Labs (in French). 4 June 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
10. "Video Wikiplaza - Silex Labs". Silex Labs (in French). 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
11. "About". Silex Labs (in French). 6 September 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
12. "Flash remoting for PHP: A responsive Client-Server Architecture for the Web". amfphp.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
13. "New record for Silex !". Silex Labs (in French). 7 August 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
14. "杠杆交易平台可信吗|杠杆交易原理|股票100倍杠杆t加0平台". www.html5-editor.org. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
15. "Silex launches a crowdfunding campaign. - Templamatic". www.templamatic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
16. "Silex free website builder". Ulule. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
17. "Build your own website". Monday, April 27, 2020

External links

• Official website
• Silex on GitHub
• https://www.hostscore.net/choose/wix-alternatives/