TOWeb 15 is a complete rewrite of our 20-year-old desktop website builder. It is now a native app for Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows that builds fast, accessible websites and online stores without code. New: write directly on the page, 50 complete styles in light and dark, a built-in AI assistant (local or cloud), and in the Studio edition your own AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini) can drive TOWeb through MCP. Works offline, publishes to any host, no subscription.
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Yann, founder of Lauyan Software.
We've been making TOWeb since 2005, a website builder you install on your own computer. With version 15 we rewrote everything from scratch: the app, and the engine that builds the sites. It's now a native app for Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows.
Why a desktop builder in 2026?
Your site lives on your computer: you create, edit and preview offline, and keep your files.
No subscription: the Standard edition is free with no time limit, paid editions are a one-time purchase.
No lock-in: you publish by FTP or SFTP to the web host of your choice, and switch whenever you like.
"Why not just ask an AI to code my site?" You don't have to choose: in the Studio edition, your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini) drives TOWeb through MCP. The difference is what you end up with. AI-generated code is a snapshot you maintain prompt by prompt. A TOWeb site is structured data (pages, style, shop, bookings) that TOWeb turns into code at every publish: update TOWeb, republish, and every site gets the engine's accessibility, SEO and security improvements. And anyone can edit it right on the page. More here: https://www.lauyan.com/en/toweb-or-a-site-created-by-an-ai/
What's inside:
Write directly on the page, add blocks with "/", pick one of 50 complete styles (light and dark).
Online store (variants, stock, shipping zones, discount codes, EU VAT) in the e-Commerce and Studio editions, and bookings by slot or period.
Congrats Yann! Twenty years in and a full native rewrite for Mac is impressive. Publishing by SFTP to any host is how I run my own site too. When Claude drives TOWeb over MCP, can you see what it changed before you publish?
A 20-year-old product rewritten as a native app, that's brave. Two things I like: no subscription, and letting your own AI drive it via MCP. How does the local AI assistant compare to the cloud one for writing page copy?
About TOWeb 15 on Product Hunt
“Rewritten as a native Mac & Windows app, with AI and MCP”
TOWeb 15 launched on Product Hunt on November 10th, 2026 and earned 66 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #32 on the daily leaderboard. TOWeb 15 is a complete rewrite of our 20-year-old desktop website builder. It is now a native app for Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows that builds fast, accessible websites and online stores without code. New: write directly on the page, 50 complete styles in light and dark, a built-in AI assistant (local or cloud), and in the Studio edition your own AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini) can drive TOWeb through MCP. Works offline, publishes to any host, no subscription.
TOWeb 15 was featured in Mac (103.9k followers), Design Tools (263.9k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (483.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 195.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted TOWeb 15?
TOWeb 15 was hunted by Yann Guichard. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Yann Guichard
Hi Product Hunt! I'm Yann, founder of Lauyan Software.
We've been making TOWeb since 2005, a website builder you install on your own computer. With version 15 we rewrote everything from scratch: the app, and the engine that builds the sites. It's now a native app for Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows.
Why a desktop builder in 2026?
Your site lives on your computer: you create, edit and preview offline, and keep your files.
No subscription: the Standard edition is free with no time limit, paid editions are a one-time purchase.
No lock-in: you publish by FTP or SFTP to the web host of your choice, and switch whenever you like.
"Why not just ask an AI to code my site?" You don't have to choose: in the Studio edition, your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini) drives TOWeb through MCP. The difference is what you end up with. AI-generated code is a snapshot you maintain prompt by prompt. A TOWeb site is structured data (pages, style, shop, bookings) that TOWeb turns into code at every publish: update TOWeb, republish, and every site gets the engine's accessibility, SEO and security improvements. And anyone can edit it right on the page. More here: https://www.lauyan.com/en/toweb-or-a-site-created-by-an-ai/
What's inside:
Write directly on the page, add blocks with "/", pick one of 50 complete styles (light and dark).
Online store (variants, stock, shipping zones, discount codes, EU VAT) in the e-Commerce and Studio editions, and bookings by slot or period.
Fast, search-ready sites: sitemap, structured data, hreflang, redirects.
An AI assistant for copy, pages and translation, running locally (Ollama) or in the cloud.
If you used TOWeb 5 to 14, your sites import directly, and old URLs are redirected so you keep your rankings.
Product Hunt special: code PRODUCTHUNT20 gives 20% off any paid edition until Sunday, November 15, 11:59 pm PT.
I'd love your honest feedback, especially from people who left SaaS builders: what would make you switch to a desktop app?