ChaiBuilder is a low-code builder delivered as an npm package for Next.js. Run npx chaibuilder-app create, deploy to your server, and build visually. Your data, your infrastructure, every feature included.
Build your first branded website in the trial.
Real code you control - not a walled garden.
A Next.js website builder is a visual tool for creating and editing pages inside a Next.js application, instead of on a separate hosted platform.
ChaiBuilder installs into a Next.js app you own. The output stays a standard Next.js + Payload app on your own database and hosting - there is no platform to sign up for and nothing proprietary in the deployment.
npx chaibuilder-app create scaffolds a Next.js + Payload project and walks you through setup; deploy it and the 30-day trial starts.
chaipro (client plus server) installs into the app and persists pages through its Next.js server layer.
Override pages, add custom routing, and build your own solutions on top - it remains a standard Next.js app.
Pages aren't built at build time; each builds on its first visit, then is cached.
Publishing a page automatically invalidates and rebuilds it - no manual revalidation calls.
Preview mode is built on Next.js draft mode, so unpublished changes are reviewed safely.
Pages built and edited on a visual canvas, no deploys for content.
Extend the builder with your own components and controls.
One design system across the whole site.
Structured content bound into page elements.
Content in multiple languages.
Assets managed and edited in the builder.
Page locking keeps parallel editors safe.
With automatic ISR revalidation.
Next.js draft mode, built in.
Roll any page back to any version.
Every feature ships in every license - no feature flags.
A unified workflow that bridges the gap between engineering control and content velocity.
It is a developer-first plugin in your Next.js app. Override pages and routing, add custom blocks and panels, plug in Payload collections, or swap the CMS entirely. You get full flexibility with absolutely no closed black boxes.
Empower your team with role-based visual editing. Build, refine, and publish high-converting pages with zero reliance on engineering, while staying perfectly locked into your design system constraints.
Bring your own database - Postgres, SQLite, or any supported storage. All website content, registered users, and actions live in your database. ChaiBuilder has no access to any of it.
ChaiBuilder is delivered as code you deploy on your own stack. You host it, you run it - there is no vendor-hosted runtime for your site.
Every license unlocks the entire product. Plans differ by domains and branding, never by features. There are no feature flags and nothing to upgrade into.
Ownership isn't a plan tier or an add-on here - it's the architecture.
An in-builder chat panel that edits content, creates and edits sections, and helps with SEO and theming — all in plain language.
Run npx chaibuilder-app create
The CLI scaffolds a Next.js + Payload CMS project with chaipro set up and walks you through configuration - database, environment, the works.
Your hosting, your database. The 30-day trial starts when you deploy - no credit card, no email.
Create pages, sections, and content on the visual canvas, with the AI assistant alongside.
Changes go live in a single action.
Pages render with SSG + ISR - each page is built on its first visit, cached, and automatically revalidated when you publish.
Webflow, Wix
You own the Next.js app, the data, and the infrastructure; no per-feature gating.
A visual editor, an editor-friendly CMS, and an AI assistant on top of your Next.js app - without building any of it yourself.
Multi-tenant, managed or self-hostable.
Embedded in your app, with source-code access.
30-day trial - no credit card, no email.
Licenses are perpetual within a version window - valid through the end of your year and eligible for any chaipro version released in that window. Renew to stay current.
Deploy the starter in minutes. No credit card, no email. When you're ready, pick a plan that fits.
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