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Aymeric PINEAU
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A Visual Editor for Your Website – Free & Open Source!

Do you have content on your website? Ever wished you could edit it visually, without digging into code?

Intlayer Visual Editor, a free and open-source tool that allows you to edit your web app’s content directly in a visual interface.

Why Intlayer Visual Editor?

  • Multilingual support – Manage content in multiple languages effortlessly.
  • Works with Markdown – Perfect for static sites and developers.
  • Handles external files – Supports .md, .txt, and more.
  • Open Source & Free – Modify and extend it as needed.

Try it out: https://intlayer.org/playground

Have issues or feature ideas? GitHub Repo

How It Works

The visual editor consists of:

  1. A frontend application – Loads your website inside an iframe and detects editable content.
  2. A server-side process – When you save changes, it updates your content declaration files (in JSON format for now).

Installation & Setup

Once Intlayer is configured in your project, install intlayer-editor:

npm install intlayer-editor --save-dev
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Then, configure a intlayer.config.ts file:

const config = {
  editor: {
    applicationURL: "http://localhost:3000",
  },
};
export default config;
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Using the Editor

Once installed, start the editor:

npx intlayer-editor start
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Then, open http://localhost:8000 in your browser and hover over content to edit it! 🎨

Get Involved!

This project is 100% open-source! If you want to contribute, report issues, or suggest features:

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/aymericzip/intlayer

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! Let’s make content editing easier for developers.

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