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Graphite - Create live websites just like in a graphic editor

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Graphite Space is a free online website builder carefully crafted with web designers’ best interests in mind. Use familiar graphic editor tools to create professional grade web pages and publish them online without working with HTML, CSS or JavaScript code.

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Manuel
Very cool. What's the pricing?
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@mfrz The best pricing there is – it's absolutely free, no fees, no limits πŸ™‚ And we do not have any immediate plans to change that.
Manuel
@followsummer What's the catch?lol There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@mfrz There is no catch, and no strings attached! At this stage, there's no currency more valuable to us than our users' feedback, comments and suggestions. So if you look at it that way, it's not exactly a free lunch, more of a fair exchange – your time and feedback for unlimited access to our tool πŸ™‚ But you raise a valid concern – please rest assured, that even if we ever change our pricing model, we'll notify all users in good time and make sure nobody loses their previously created projects behind a suddenly appearing paywall.
Manuel
@followsummer Thanks for the feedback and transparency. I am normally an early adopter, beta tester and have been disappointed several times for softwares that start charging without enough time to make any change. In my view, in the long term your first users will end up acting like your ambassadors, so i think that when you want to start charging, look at you older heavier users, give them free access and referral codes and they will end up selling for you
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@mfrz Sure thing, Manuel – I appreciate your honesty and good advice. We're a small team genuinely trying to make a big difference, so transparency is paramount to us. Not like we have a lot to hide anyway πŸ˜„ Sorry to hear you've had some bad experiences in the past – trust me, I've been on the receiving end of aggressive paywall tactics way too many times myself πŸ™ And thank you for suggesting a loyalty program for the 'original' users. I think it's a great idea to find a way to repay the trust that long-term users have given us during the early days. If you have any more ideas on how we could do that (and perks you would enjoy personally) – please share, I'd love to hear it, and that would help us a lot!
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
Hello Product Hunters! πŸ‘‹ And a massive thanks to @kevin for introducing us to the community. My name is Victor, and I've been grinding my way through the marvelous plains of Web Design for over 12 years. Starting out small as a clueless padawan, I've worked my way to the position of an Art Director. So it's pretty safe to say I've seen most of what this line of work had to offer – and from various perspectives too. But 7 years 'in the field' and over 90 web sites and apps designed later, having worked with dozens of various editors, website builders and other tools, I could never really say, 'Yep, that's the one! The Web Page editor that I'm 100% happy with'. It just never happened to me, nor to any of my fellow designers out there. There are 'perfect' solutions for business owners, marketers and front-end developers. But somehow, not for designers. Hopefully, the product that I'll show you today will change that. Enter Graphite Space. Quite possibly the first and only web page building solution that puts designers and the visual aspect of creating web pages first. Essentially, Graphite allows virtually anyone to use familiar graphic editor tools and techniques to design a web page (like you would do in Photoshop, Figma or Sketch) without working with HTML, CSS or JavaScript code – whether it's a necessity or just a preference. Now that's hardly a new idea, is it? Well, Graphite adds a cool plot twist to it. Instead of a mockup or a .png file, you actually get a fully responsive pixel-perfect web page render of your design. No code, no outside 'help' from developers, no deviations from your original design. Sounds like something you'd enjoy? 😎 As for the more specific features, if I had to pick just one for the spotlight – that would be our Hybrid Grid technology. As the name suggests, this feature allows you to create a fully custom responsive grid that will combine auto-layout and absolute positioning in one workspace. And it works! How cool is that? πŸ™Œ But do you have to be a designer to enjoy Graphite? Not really! While we originally meant Graphite to be a web designer's best friend, it also turned out to work just great for various other audiences – like graphic designers looking for a smooth transition into web design, or inexperienced web enthusiasts feeling intimidated by code. Our ultimate goal is providing Web Designers with a robust and versatile toolkit that would cover all their professional needs in just one comfy solution. A place where you can come up with a cool idea, flesh it out on the canvas and get a ready-to-go web page – with no code, no developers and most importantly – no compromise to your comfort involved. We've poured our hearts and souls into Graphite, and are anxious to know what you think! The product is in early development, but we'd absolutely love to see you give it a try and please share your comments, ideas and suggestions with the team. Thank you for your time, and hope you have a blast with Graphite! Every comment means the world to us πŸ™
Ken Moo
I read your intro and it seems like this was created with Graphic designers or designers in general in mind. I'm none of those and in fact quite poor with it. Is it easy to use, like Wix or perhaps even simpler? What about templates for different industry, do you focus on that? Congrats on the launch!
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@ken_moo Hi Ken, and thank you so much! At this point, we're focused on making our product work best for designers primarily. But in the long run, we would love to make Graphite a lot more accessible to other audiences as well. Speaking of Wix, it would be more accurate to compare us to their EditorX product. I'm willing to say say that Graphite is reasonably easier πŸ™‚ As for the templates – that's definitely something we're pouring a lot of effort in right now. Like I mentioned before, it's a huge part of our goal to open Graphite to various audiences without any design background that might feel intimidated by other code-heavy editors. We're currently expanding our library of templates and pre-made blocks and preparing a steady supply of tutorials.
Damien Bradshaw
PingBell
@ken_moo @followsummer I personally think Editor X was wrong in their approach. I want to see if this fixes where they went wrong.
Duncan Hall
Remotely
Nice work @followsummer ! Can you give more info on the 'publish' part? Do you export HTML/CSS/JS etc or is there an option to have designs hosted?
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@_duncanhall Thanks Duncan! I really appreciate it. As for your question, there are two ways to publish your projects created in Graphite: – we can host your web site on Netlify and add a custom domain to it. It's free and only takes one click – or you can export your web site as HTML/CSS files and publish it using any other online hosting platform of your choice
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Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
Thanks a lot, Peter!
Oleg Pavlov
Maker
😎
nijhum akhter
@followsummer same to u,, many many thanks
Damien Bradshaw
PingBell
Honestly, I'm gonna try this. I think that if Webflow and Figma had a baby, it would be Graphite. Looks even easier to use and export a fully designed website.
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@damien_bradshaw Thank you for showing interest in giving Graphite a try, looking forward to hearing your feedback! πŸ™Œ Can't help but appreciate you nailing the essential concept of our product – your definition of Graphite has made the team's day. We're already ordering t-shirts with that line on them πŸ˜„
Damien Bradshaw
PingBell
@followsummer I'm already making a difference in a startup's life. You better send me one. I'd proudly wear that lol
Julia Gnedin
Great progress from jan 2021!
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@julia_gnedina Thank you for your support! πŸ™
Oleg Pavlov
Maker
@julia_gnedina work hard! Many thanks!))
Eric Fettner
Looks amazing and feels very intuitive, congrats to the team! Quick question - do you have plans to include e-commerce integrations?
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@ericfettner Thank you for your kind words, Eric, I'm happy you liked our product! Indeed, we do have plans to gradually open up Graphite to various audiences, and not just designers. E-commerce is definitely one of the prospects that we're looking at. To put some details in – first off, we're committed to covering all the basic needs by introducing headless cms integration. And from there, we'll move on introducing e-commerce specific features.
Eric Fettner
@followsummer Awesome! Looking forward to see Graphite grow.
Olya Zabalkanska
Seems to be useful. It's always hard to keep project consistent, especially when several designers work on the same project.
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@olya_zabalkanskaya Thank you for pointing this out! πŸ™ Our design system tools, like theme variables, text styles, and element variants, are there to help you maintain visual consistency of your project. We also have plans on adding a fully-functional collaboration toolkit that would allow sharing web sites, components and design systems between different projects and designers.
Justin Hunter
Submarine.me
Great app! Love the landing page. And if you know about my history, then you’ll know I love the name Graphite :)
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@jehunter5811 Hi Justin! Nice to see you here, and a massive thank you for your kind words! But of course, we know your history. I just hope you don't mind us sharing the love for the word 'Graphite', it's just too good to resist it, right? πŸ˜„
Justin Hunter
Submarine.me
@followsummer Of course not! Graphite is a fantastic name and I think it fits well for you. Graphite design and website = Graphite.
Viktor Kadnikov
Maker
@jehunter5811 Thank you for the kind words, Justin! They mean a lot to us coming from you. It will be tough to keep up with the high standard you've set for the 'Graphite' name, but we promise to do our best!
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