RapidWeaver Classic.
The original RapidWeaver for Mac. Build and publish your own responsive website with over 50 built-in themes, without writing a line of code.
Latest version: Classic 10 macOS 12 Monterey or later Release notes
Looking for the new RapidWeaver? Meet RapidWeaver Elements
- No code required
- 50+ built-in themes
- Publish anywhere
Build your own website with RapidWeaver.
A powerful, easy-to-use website builder for your Mac. Pick a theme, add your words and photos, and publish. RapidWeaver takes care of the code.
Beautiful RapidWeaver themes.
RapidWeaver comes with over 50 themes built in, and hundreds more from third-party developers.
Powerful features.
Twenty years of refinement have given RapidWeaver one of the most mature feature sets of any web design app on the Mac.
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Automatic navigation
RapidWeaver manages your site’s navigation for you, sub-pages included.
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Device simulator
Preview how your website will look on phones and tablets, like iPhone and iPad.
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Built-in themes
Over 50 themes built in, and hundreds more from third-party developers.
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Built-in publishing
No need to buy an FTP app. RapidWeaver has smart publishing built in.
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Addon manager
Enable, disable and manage your themes, plugins and stacks with ease.
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Code injection
Dedicated code areas make it easy to add analytics, JavaScript and CSS.
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SEO health check
RapidWeaver checks your site to make sure it’s ready for search engines.
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Dark mode toggle
Preview your site in dark mode without switching your Mac’s theme.
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Snippets
Save useful HTML, CSS, JavaScript and plain text in the snippets manager.
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Unsplash integration
Browse and use photos from the web’s biggest library of free stock photos.
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Resources manager
A built-in asset manager keeps your images, files and more in order.
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Meta tags
Full control over titles, descriptions and Open Graph tags for better SEO.
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.htaccess editor
Edit .htaccess files with a saved history, so it’s easy to roll back changes.
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Web icon generator
Makes every popular favicon format, including Safari pinned tabs.
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Notes
Each project has a notes area for stashing the important details.
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GDPR ready
Out of the box, RapidWeaver and its built-in themes are GDPR compliant.
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Bookmark manager
Save several publishing destinations and switch between them in a click.
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Works offline
A native Mac app. You won’t lose work because a browser tab refreshed.
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Read the manual
And so much more
What’s new in RapidWeaver Classic 10.
Classic 10 brings RapidWeaver up to date for modern macOS, with better publishing, safer contact forms and a long list of fixes. It’s a free update for everyone with an active Classic licence.
Made for today’s Mac.
Classic 10 runs on macOS 12 Monterey through macOS 27, with settings and built-in plugins updated to match. It also has a new Liquid Glass app icon, designed by Parakeet.
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Smarter publishing
Set an upload speed limit, see DNS and connection times when you test a connection, and Amazon S3 picks your bucket’s region for you.
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Safer contact forms
Send form emails through authenticated SMTP, including Realmac Hosting, with built-in honeypot spam protection.
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Native PHP builds
Build with PHP 8.4 and 8.5, natively on macOS 12 and later.
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Valid RSS feeds
Blog feeds now pass W3C validation, and podcast publishing no longer crashes.
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Refreshed settings
Settings, preferences and the built-in plugins are updated for current macOS.
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More stable
Crash fixes across publishing, the project outline, site resources and photo albums.
Built for the Mac, still going strong.
Just because you never learned a lick of code doesn’t mean you need to spend a small fortune having a website built. RapidWeaver gives you the tools to design and publish a beautiful site yourself.
It’s a native Mac app, so it’s fast, it works offline, and your projects live on your Mac. Publish to any host you like with the built-in publishing.
- Over 20 years of continuous development
- Thousands of themes, plugins and stacks from the community
- Still maintained and updated by Realmac
Loved for over 20 years.
Long-time customers on why they keep building with RapidWeaver.
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For graphic designers, RapidWeaver is the perfect bridge between print and the web. The intuitive WYSIWYG environment opens the world of web design for non-programmers in a truly unique way.
Hans Lengeler RapidWeaver user -
I’m moving my WordPress sites over to RapidWeaver. It’s a relief to finally be using something that just works. RapidWeaver is a soothing balm after a decade-long trek through harsh desert.
Hackintosh Berlin RapidWeaver user -
For many years now RapidWeaver has been the centre of my web business. With the Foundation framework and Total CMS I can build professional-grade sites.
Matthias Wolf Web designer -
RapidWeaver is the reliable core of my web design business. My customers love the individual design of their sites, and I love the endless possibilities of the RapidWeaver universe.
Jan Fuellemann Web designer -
Thanks to RapidWeaver I went from building a couple of personal websites to running a web design agency with clients all around the world.
Davide Fanchin Agency founder -
I can make a sophisticated website in a morning, then easily make additions or amendments on the fly. Support from the active forum is second to none.
Mark T RapidWeaver user -
A worthwhile upgrade for users ready to move on to something more robust than online web services.
Macworld Review -
RapidWeaver feels more modern, is more expandable, can cope admirably with more ambitious projects and is simply a really nice app to spend time in.
MacFormat Choice Award
RapidWeaver Classic 10 for Mac.
Start building today. Classic 10 is free with an active licence.
Looking for something new? Meet RapidWeaver Elements Elements vs Classic