In simple English
This tool lets you build a website by chatting with an artificial intelligence. You describe your business, and the program creates pages, layouts, and forms for you. It runs on a standard PHP web server without needing a complex framework or a cloud subscription. You own every file on your server and can edit the code directly whenever you want. The software is free to download and use under an open-source licence.
What it is
VoxelSite is a self-hosted website builder written in plain PHP and backed by an SQLite database (a lightweight file-based database that requires no separate server setup). It includes a chat-driven studio, a visual editor, a code editor, and an agent interface for external automation tools.
What it is good for
Solo builders and small business owners who want to spin up a custom website quickly using artificial intelligence, while keeping full control of their data on their own web hosting.
- Runs on cheap, standard PHP web hosting without Node.js or Composer on the server.
- Includes a built-in code editor and visual editor for manual tweaks alongside the AI generation.
- Provides an agent API and MCP (Model Context Protocol, a standard way for AI tools to talk to local applications) support for external automation and AI tools.
- Requires PHP 8.2 or newer and specific extensions like `pdo_sqlite` and `curl`.
- Long AI generation tasks may hit server execution timeouts if PHP limits are not raised.
- Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, which has strict rules if you modify the code and offer it as a hosted service.
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git clone https://github.com/NowSquare/VoxelSite.git . # Ensure your web server points to the project root and _studio/data, _studio/preview, and assets are writable