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ChaiBuilder
Self hosted visual website builder for React and Next.js with custom blocks, design tokens, dynamic data, multilingual content, AI editing and customer controlled infrastructure.
About ChaiBuilder
ChaiBuilder is a low code, self hosted visual website builder for React and Next.js. It is delivered as code that runs inside the customer’s application, database and hosting environment. Editors can create and publish pages visually, while developers retain control over components, routes, data and infrastructure.
The product has an open source core called chaicore, which provides the React visual editor, basic website builder, SQLite page storage and page rendering. The commercial chaipro package adds capabilities such as revisions, multilingual content, redirects, roles, media management and advanced AI features.
ChaiBuilder includes custom blocks, design tokens, theming, data binding, conditional visibility, a media manager, preview mode, page revisions and one click publishing. Its public starter combines Next.js, Payload CMS and ChaiBuilder with a browser based setup process.
Published pages use static generation and incremental revalidation. ChaiBuilder stores pages, drafts, settings, assets and plugin data in the customer’s database. Media can remain in customer controlled object storage, while integrations with AI, email and stock image services use credentials configured by the customer.
Key Features
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Visual Page Builder: Let editors create and modify pages through a drag-and-drop canvas inside a React or Next.js application.
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Custom React Blocks: Register React components with property schemas so editors can configure them visually.
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Infrastructure Ownership: Store pages, settings, users, media metadata and form submissions in customer controlled infrastructure.
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Dynamic Data Binding: Connect page components to application data through server side data providers.
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Design System Controls: Manage colors, typography, spacing and other global styles through design tokens and themes.
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AI Editing: Use an in-builder assistant for page creation, content editing, SEO metadata and theme related tasks.
Pricing
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Free Trial: $0 for 30 days
Provides access to deploy and evaluate the full product without a credit card or email registration.
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Solo: $99/year
Includes one licence for up to three domains and the full product with ChaiBuilder branding inside the builder.
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Studio: $399/year
Includes one licence for unlimited domains and the full product with ChaiBuilder branding inside the builder.
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Agency: $899/year
Includes one licence for unlimited domains plus custom branding with the agency’s logo and colors inside the builder.
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Multi Tenant Solution: Custom pricing
Available as a white label, managed or self hosted implementation.
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Custom Integration: Custom pricing
Provides a full custom embedding of ChaiBuilder inside an existing application.
Use Cases
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Add a visual website builder to a React or Next.js application
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Build and manage multiple customer websites under an agency brand
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Create multilingual, data driven websites with reusable page layouts
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Operate a website builder on customer controlled hosting and databases
Pros & Cons
Pros:
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Gives customers direct control over their content, database, hosting and media storage
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Supports custom React blocks, data providers, plugins and interface extensions
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Combines visual editing with multilingual content, revisions, AI assistance and design tokens
Cons:
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Requires React or Next.js development knowledge and customer managed infrastructure
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Customers are responsible for backups, migrations, uptime, secrets, authentication and upgrade planning
Integrations
React, Next.js, Payload CMS, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, Cloudflare R2, Amazon S3 compatible storage, Node.js, Docker, Vercel AI Gateway
FAQ
What is ChaiBuilder?
ChaiBuilder is a low code, self hosted visual website builder for React and Next.js. It lets editors create pages visually while developers control the application code, data and infrastructure.
What is the difference between chaicore and chaipro?
chaicore is the open source core containing the React editor, basic website builder, page storage and rendering. chaipro is the commercial package that adds Pro capabilities such as revisions, multilingual content, roles, media management and advanced AI.
Can ChaiBuilder be embedded in an existing React application?
Yes. The chaicore editor is a React component that accepts blocks for editing and returns block data as JSON. ChaiBuilder also offers custom integration services for deeper embedding requirements.
Does ChaiBuilder host customer websites?
ChaiBuilder is delivered as code rather than a vendor hosted website service. Customers deploy it through their own Next.js application, database and hosting provider.
Who owns content created with ChaiBuilder?
The customer controls the pages, drafts, settings, users, media metadata and form submissions stored in its own database. Media files can remain in customer controlled object storage.
Can developers create custom components?
Yes. Developers can register custom React blocks with property schemas, data providers and editing controls. They can also add panels, fields, actions and normal Next.js routes.
Does ChaiBuilder support multilingual websites?
Yes. The Pro feature set includes multilingual content for creating and managing pages in multiple languages.
Does ChaiBuilder include AI capabilities?
Yes. The in-builder AI assistant can help create and edit pages, work with content, update SEO information and assist with themes. Customers configure the AI gateway or provider and supply their own credentials.
Where can ChaiBuilder be deployed?
The official documentation covers deployment to Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, Node.js and Docker based environments.
How are published pages rendered?
Published pages use static generation and incremental revalidation. A page is generated when requested, cached and automatically revalidated after publishing changes.
Last edited
September 20, 2026 at 2:56 AM by Venkatraman Chandrasekaran
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