What is Nordcraft?
Nordcraft is an open-source Web Development Engine that combines visual design and full programming capabilities in a single platform. Nordcraft eliminates the traditional handoff between designers and developers, creating a seamless workflow where everyone can collaborate effectively and efficiently without limits.
Nordcraft is for designers and developers, whether you're working on your next big side project, or as part of a professional product team.
Unifying design and development
Nordcraft combines a visual editor for interface design with a powerful technical foundation built on modern web standards, accelerating development of your websites and web applications without sacrificing quality or control.
Key features include:
- Visual editing of UI components familiar to designers working in Figma
- Component-based architecture familiar to React, Vue, and Svelte developers
- Visual development environment for implementing interactive behavior and application logic
- Branch-based environment for parallel feature development and team collaboration
Technical foundation
The Nordcraft Web Development Engine is a lightweight 24kb runtime with a reactive architecture, supporting both server-side and client-side rendering. Nordcraft prioritizes the performance of your applications while providing you with all the tools you need for modern web application development.
Core technical features:
- Signals-based reactive programming model
- Full server-side rendering capabilities
- Minimal DOM output for optimal performance
- Animation engine for creating dynamic interfaces
- Integrated version control with preview environments
The Nordcraft ecosystem
Nordcraft provides everything you need to build and deploy modern, performant web applications:
- Full API integration for connecting to any backend service
- Package system for sharing and reusing functionality
- Pre-built templates for rapid application development and design systems
- Asset management for handling media
- SEO and meta tag configuration tools
- Live branch preview environments
- Deploy directly to Nordcraft's infrastructure or self-host your applications
The Nordcraft Web Development Engine gives you the freedom to fully customize and extend the system to meet your specific needs without limitations.
The Nordcraft community
At Nordcraft, we're proud of our growing community where designers and developers are sharing their exciting projects built with Nordcraft.
Join over 3k members in the Nordcraft Discord to keep up to date with new feature releases, ask for help, suggest improvements to the Nordcraft experience, and connect with other Nordcraft designers and developers.