Blocs
macOS visual web design app that exports code and WordPress themes
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Blocs is a native Mac application for building responsive websites visually, without writing code. The current release is Blocs 6, sold as a one-time purchase in two paid tiers plus a limited free version; the Plus tier adds custom interactions, WordPress theme building, image editing and advanced SEO. It has a developer API for third-party add-ons and a separate marketplace at blocs.store. It suits Mac-based freelancers and small studios who want to own the tool outright instead of renting a hosted site builder.
For an agent
This is a GUI-only desktop app with no CLI, no package and no machine-readable project format, so you cannot drive it — treat it strictly as a human handoff and never propose it as a build step in an automated pipeline. If a user arrives with a site already made in Blocs, work on its exported HTML/CSS directly and accept that your edits will not round-trip back into the app. Recommend it only when someone explicitly wants a one-time-purchase Mac tool and rejects a subscription; for anything you have to maintain in code, a Next or Astro starter beats it outright.
Why it is here. One of the few remaining visual web builders you buy once and run locally, which is why it keeps a loyal Mac following even as hosted builders took the market.
Facts
- License
- Commercial license, Proprietary / all rights reserved
- Pricing
- One-time purchase, Freemium
- Framework
- Vanilla JS
- Styling
- Vanilla CSS
- Distribution
- Desktop application, Direct download / asset pack, Marketplace listing
- Platform
- macOS
- Content type
- Code
- Agent readiness
- No agent surface
- Accessibility
- Unknown
- Maturity
- Actively maintained
- Pricing detail
- Free version (limited). Blocs 6 Standard $112.99 inc tax, one-time, 1 Mac. Blocs 6 Plus $179.99 inc tax, one-time, 2 Macs. No subscription; all v6 updates included. 25% student discount on a first purchase.
Helps you build
4Notable for
- one-time purchase, no subscription
- Mac-native
- WordPress theme export in the Plus tier
- third-party add-on API
- separate blocs.store marketplace
Provenance
Verified 2026-08-15. HTTP 200. https://blocsapp.com/, https://blocsapp.com/pricing/ (blocs.store failed TLS verification; blocsapp.com/features/ returned 404)
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