Is Webflow a web app/hosted program?

Yes, because we believe that web design tools should let you design in the browser and immediately see the results.

And here are a few more reasons we're a hosted program rather than a downloadable program:

What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)

In Webflow, everything you're doing has a direct effect on the HTML and CSS of your website. So what you see in Webflow is always what you see when you publish your site.

Pushing updates and improvements is fast

As a hosted app, we can develop, test, and push new features and bug fixes to our servers in minutes. That way, everyone is always running the latest and greatest version of Webflow.

True collaboration

With web design workflows becoming more collaborative, having an online platform makes it easier for entire teams to access and edit a website.

There are many other reasons

From hosting in the cloud to having dead-simple form handling to building tools that evolve with bleeding-edge web technologies — the benefits only become more clear as time goes by. We think you’ll agree.