Halo vs Wix
Halo and Wix are both blogging and static sites software. Halo is open source under GPL-3.0, with 40k GitHub stars. Wix is a commercial product from Wix.com.
Which to pick
- Pick Halo when
- You want a WordPress-style site builder with a strong Chinese community and plugin market.
- Pick Wix when
- A small business owner wants to build and manage a site themselves with many add-on features.
Side by side
A Java website builder and CMS for blogs, knowledge bases, company sites and small shops, with themes and plugins.
Drag-and-drop website builder with hosting, templates, online store, bookings and an app market.
Documentation and plugins are mostly Chinese, and some plugins and themes are paid.
Sites cannot be exported to another platform, and the free-form layout can get messy on mobile.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service and mobile app
Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript and Vue
Not published
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Closed source, sold by Wix.com
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
40k GitHub stars
4.3k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 8 years ago, latest release v2.27.2.
Not known
Other comparisons
More blogging platforms and static site generators
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.