Halo

Halo is an open‑source website building platform that supports a range of site types, from personal blogs and knowledge bases to corporate homepages and online stores. It offers a modular core with a rich plugin and theme ecosystem, allowing users to extend functionality and customize appearance without altering the base system. The platform includes a built‑in editor for rich‑text and markdown, form configuration, logging, monitoring, backup, data migration, and RESTful API access, as well as support for multiple storage backends and authentication methods.

The software is self‑hostable and can be deployed quickly via Docker, with optional integration through a Linux server panel for reverse proxy, SSL, and backup management. It provides a free community edition under GPL‑3.0, targeting individual developers, hobbyists, and open‑source projects, while higher‑tier editions add mobile apps, AI‑assisted content creation, and e‑commerce features.

Halo’s extensibility is driven by a plugin architecture that enables one‑click activation of additional capabilities, and a theme marketplace supplies over one hundred free designs. Documentation, community forums, and a public demo are available in Chinese, and the project is actively maintained with frequent releases and a large contributor base.