We built Qanvas because visual builders stopped serving creators.
Visual creation tools shifted into closed platforms with perpetual subscriptions, synthetic runtimes, and lock-in. Qanvas returns to first principles: local software, transparent Next.js code, and zero runtime dependency.
From platform rent back to craft autonomy
Visual design tools initially promised autonomy. Over the past decade, cloud visual site builders evolved into recurring subscription machines. They enclosed site builders inside proprietary rendering engines, turned standard web hosting into costly per-site subscriptions, and exported unreadable code designed to discourage migration.
We created Qanvas as a local-first alternative. Built on your own machine, Qanvas pairs an integrated AI partner with direct visual editing. Bringing your own API key for Google AI Studio, Anthropic, or OpenAI with zero token markup, the agent understands your active pages, design tokens, and project context—allowing you to explore and refine your website through continuous conversation while compiling directly into clean React components and token-driven CSS.
Software SovereigntyYour website should be an asset you own completely, written in standard web technologies you can deploy anywhere without asking permission.
- Zero platform markup on your AI tokens via direct BYOK architecture.
- Clean Next.js and token-driven CSS exported as a project you own.
- Governed by living Product Requirements Document (PRD) and Technical Design Document (TDD) specifications so you never lose product context.
Principles that guide our engineering and business
How we evaluate Qanvas's architectural and product decisions.
- Unencumbered Code Exports
We do not inject proprietary JavaScript runtimes, analytics trackers, or required platform CDNs into your exported site. Your site deploys freely to Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS, or any Node server.
- Governed Generation
Instead of blind, isolated prompts or black-box generation, Qanvas pairs a project-aware AI partner with living specifications and machine-checked schemas that keep design iterations aligned with human engineering discipline.
- Honest, Sustainable Economics
The single-project Community edition is fully featured and 100% free forever. The Lifetime license unlocks unlimited projects for a single, fair one-off fee without recurring SaaS rents.
- Local Custody & Privacy
Your code, assets, project history, and API keys stay on your local computer, apart from the requests you send to your own AI provider. We do not inspect your drafts, store your keys on remote servers, or train models on your work.
Built by Orbital Softworks
Qanvas is designed, engineered, and maintained by Orbital Softworks Pte. Ltd., an independent, privately held software company registered in Singapore.
- Orbital Softworks Pte. Ltd. is a privately held, independent software company registered in Singapore.
- We build Qanvas with Qanvas itself—our production marketing site runs on the exact Next.js code generated by Qanvas.
- Focused on software durability, privacy custody, and zero-runtime tooling rather than platform SaaS rent.