The community member is interested in building websites that function as web applications, such as interactive maps or user-managed lists. They wonder if these capabilities are outside the scope of Webstudio and ask if there is a way to achieve this while still hosting through Webstudio, perhaps by exporting the Remix.app, adding custom functionality, and then re-importing it.
The comments indicate that once the Remix.app is exported, it cannot be re-imported. However, the Webstudio team plans to add improvements in the future, such as better user authentication (ideally backend-based) and the ability to add custom code components and logic using Cloudflare Workers. The community members discuss the current strengths and limitations of Webstudio, with one suggesting the use of Clerk.com for authentication and Supabase for CRUD functionality.
I want to eventually build websites that function as web applications - Like an interactive map or, for registered users to CRUD their own lists. Right now, I assume that some of these capabilities are out side the scope of Webstudio? Is there a way to do this whilst still hosting through Webstudio > I think it would work something like this: I build the website in the builder, export the Remix.app, add custom functionality and then add it back to Webstudio and publish? Perhaps I can only do this by self hosting. Thanks in advance.
Once you export you cant reimport it. There are things we will add in the future to improve this workflow from better user auth (ideally backend) to allowing custom code components and logic in Cloudflare Workers
Thanks John. I was impressed with how WS fetches and binds data. It feels like a professional tool. Authentication would open up a lot of possibilities. Appreciate your response.
Hi @Jack ! I’m trying Clerk.com for authentification right now and it’s working great with Webstudio and it’s really easy to use. You should try and there is a generous free plan! For CRUD I recommend Supabase.
