Site audit with one-click fixes
Checks every page for SEO, accessibility, performance and broken links.
0SEO
0Accessibility
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0Links
Example scores.
Public betaHosted website builder and CMS
Build websites by describing them. Own every file.
Describe it to an AI, write the code, or click and edit the page directly. We take care of the hosting, and every page, menu, theme file, setting and upload stays a plain file you can take with you.
- Nothing to install
- No servers to manage
- Download any time
AI chat
- Writing pages and copy
- Matching a theme
- Building menus
index.html
<section class="hero">
<p class="kicker">Fresh every morning</p>
<h1>Bread worth waking up for</h1>
<p>Sourdough, pastries and coffee,
baked on site.</p>
<a class="btn" href="/menu">See the menu</a>
</section>
Sections
- Navigation
- Hero selected
- Feature cards
- Footer
Click to select. Double-click text to edit in place.
0servers to set up, patch or babysit
0build steps between an edit and a live page
50saved versions of every page, ready to restore
3AI providers to choose from
01 · You own everything
Your site is a folder.
That's the whole trick.
Hosted doesn't have to mean locked in. Your pages, menus, theme files, settings and uploads are plain files, and you can download the lot whenever you like.
my-site/
- pages/
- index.html
- about.html
- services/
- pricing.html
- menus/
- theme/
- uploads/
- settings
Hover a file to see what it is.
Illustrative layout.
Download the lot
Your whole site comes down as a folder of plain files.
Version with Git
Plain files diff cleanly, so every change has a history.
Leave whenever
Your files come with you. No lock-in, no strings.
02 · Build with AI
AI does the heavy lifting.
You keep the undo button.
Describe your business and get a whole site: pages, copy, a matching theme and menus. A first draft in minutes, not days. Every change can be undone, and the code is always one click away.
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Describe your business
Get pages, copy, a matching theme and menus in one go.
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Upload your logo and photos
The design is built around them, so it looks like your brand, not a template.
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03
Import your brand from a web address
Colors, fonts, logo and tone of voice, pulled from your current site. No retyping what it already says.
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Chat, or point and ask
"Make this more premium." "Add a pricing table." Or point at any element and ask for a change. Edits in plain English.
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Attach a screenshot or mockup
Show the AI what you mean and it matches it.
Here's your first draft. What should I change?
Interactive illustration. In the real editor, every request shows a cost estimate before you send it.
Every AI change can be undone
Try bold ideas without fear. If you don't like it, step back.
Choose your AI
Works with Claude, OpenAI and Google Gemini models. Pick the one you like.
Know the cost first
A cost estimate for every request, so there are no surprises on your bill.
03 · Edit your way
Click it. Code it.
Or both, on the same page.
Designers get a visual editor. Developers get a real code editor. Nobody gets locked out of the other half.
Bread worth waking up for
Sourdough, pastries and coffee, baked on site.
See the menuSourdough
Pastries
Coffee
"Double-click me. I'm editable right here on the page."
This one is live. Select a section, move it, duplicate it, double-click any text, then undo it all.
theme / hero.html
<section class="hero"> <p class="kicker">Fresh every morning</p> <h1>Bread worth waking up for</h1> <p>Sourdough, pastries and coffee.</p> <a class="btn" href="/menu">See the menu</a> </section> <section class="cards"> <article>Sourdough</article> <article>Pastries</article> <article>Coffee</article> </section>
A full code editor with a live preview for desktop, tablet and mobile.
Hero
Features
Pricing
Testimonials
FAQ
Contact form
Gallery
Drop in a ready-made section, then make it yours.
Version 50 of 50
Current version
Every page keeps its last 50 versions. Drag back through them and bring any one back.
04 · Run the site
Everything a CMS should do.
Nothing it shouldn't.
The day-to-day tools for keeping a real site healthy, built in from the start.
Pages
Nested addresses, drafts and scheduled publishing.
- /Published
- /services/pricingDraft
- /autumn-menuScheduled
Menus
Drag and drop, with dropdown submenus.
- Home
- Services
- Pricing
- Contact
Media library
Automatic image optimization and responsive images. Faster pages with no extra work.
Forms
A spam trap, an entries inbox, CSV export and email notifications.
- New entry · Contact formEmailed
- New entry · Quote requestEmailed
- Spam · caught by the trapBlocked
SEO built in
Titles, descriptions, social previews, sitemap, clean addresses and redirects, with AI-written SEO text and image alt text.
hearthandcrumb.example › menu
Our Menu · Hearth & Crumb Bakery
Sourdough, pastries and coffee, baked on site every morning. AI-written
Find and replace, site-wide
Change a phone number everywhere at once. Go on, type a new one.
- /contactCall us on 555 0199
- /aboutOrders: 555 0199
- footerTel 555 0199
05 · Add your team
Add another user.
Keep the design intact.
Give a colleague, a copywriter or whoever keeps the site up to date their own login, with a role that fits the job.
A role for every user
- Change page content
- Use the AI, within a monthly allowance
- Add code
- Change the design
Admins can do everything.
A monthly AI allowance for editors
The people you add can use the AI without running up your bill.
All your sites, one account
- hearth-and-crumb
- northside-dental
- atlas-joinery
- + add a site
Import an existing static website
Bring it in as it is, then build new pages that match its design.
AI activity log
Every prompt, the model used, tokens and estimated cost.
PromptModelTokensEst. cost
Add a pricing tableClaude4,210$0.03
Write alt text for galleryGemini1,880$0.01
Make the hero more premiumOpenAI3,640$0.02
Example entries.
06 · Add-ons
Extend it.
Without weighing it down.
Add-ons are optional features that live outside the core. Each site carries only what it uses.
- Switch on only where needed. Each site stays light, with nothing it doesn't use.
- They feel native. Their own screens in the admin, their own tags for pages, and the AI knows how to use them.
- Switching off is safe. The site returns to how it was, and the add-on's data is kept.
Add-on AAdd-on BAdd-on C
hearth-and-crumb
northside-dental
atlas-joinery
Flip a switch. On only where it's needed.
07 · Hosting
We run it for you.
You can still walk away.
No server to rent, nothing to install and nothing to keep patched. And because your site is plain files, leaving is as easy as downloading it.
Nothing to install
Sign in and start building. That's the setup.
No maintenance
Updates and upkeep are on us, not on you.
Light and fast
No database and no build step, so pages stay quick.
No lock-in
Plain files you can open, copy and keep.
Founding members
Sign up to be a founding member.
Crusty Pixel is in public beta, and the first people through the door get the best seats. Founding members get access to every new add-on we release. Free.
- New add-ons, free. Every add-on we ship, switched on for you at no charge.
- Help moving in. Ask for migration help and we'll bring your current site across with you.
- Limited spots available. When they're taken, they're taken.
Taken Open Yours, maybe
Websites have been rented for long enough.
Here's what Crusty Pixel changes.
- Your site lives in a database you can't open.It's a folder of plain files. Open any of them.
- Pick a drag-and-drop builder or a code editor.Click it, code it, or both, on the same page.
- AI rewrites your page and hopes you like it.Every AI change comes with an undo button.
- A first draft takes weeks of back and forth.A first draft in minutes, not days.
- Leaving means starting again from scratch.Download your folder and take it anywhere.