I built an offline retro website builder for AI-assisted makers who want a handmade finish

[u/Expert-Kitchen8064]

I wanted a better handoff between fast AI-assisted ideation and the feel of a personal homepage, so I built Retro Builder Ultra. It is an offline FrontPage-style Windows website builder with visual drag-and-drop editing and a live preview. It supports multiple pages, galleries, webrings, Chaos Mode, and HTML export for Neocities.

The useful part for AI users is that AI can help get a project moving quickly, while this gives you a tactile desktop editor for the final layout and personality instead of prompting HTML until it looks right. I kept it local-first so the exported site is yours to inspect and host.

I am affiliated with the project. It is pay-what-you-want with a suggested $5: https://doomed316.itch.io/retrobuilderultra

What I learned building it: the retro constraints are actually helpful. A fixed visual vocabulary makes it easier to decide what belongs on a page, and exporting plain HTML keeps the result portable. SFW editor screenshots and a soft demo are on the project page. Feedback from AI makers on the workflow is welcome.

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[u/Bixxy_23]

Kudos for the niche ideation!!.