Pinegrow

Edit real HTML and CSS visually. A desktop web editor for Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, SASS, S

Pinegrow is a desktop web editor that allows users to visually edit HTML and CSS while also working directly with code. It addresses the challenge of building and maintaining websites by combining visual design tools with code-level control, eliminating the need to switch between separate design and development environments.

The editor includes visual tools for layout, CSS styling, and responsive design, with dedicated support for Tailwind CSS and Bootstrap frameworks. It features a CSS Tree, visual controls for SASS and LESS, a CSS Grid editor, and a Tailwind Class Inspector. Pinegrow also offers a built-in AI assistant that works with the user's own API key and supports integration with coding agents like Claude Code and Codex Cli. Additional capabilities include reusable components, master pages, a project panel, and a WordPress mode for creating themes and Gutenberg blocks. The software supports live sync with VS Code and works with server-side tags.

Pinegrow is aimed at web designers and developers who want a visual workflow without sacrificing code access. It is available as a desktop application with a free trial, and is offered in different editions that are licensed per user.

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Key facts

Starts at: —
Free plan: No
Free trial: Yes
Open source: No

What it does

Works with any html project
Visual tools for adding editing moving cloning and deleting html elements
Repeater for inserting multiple elements
Page libraries
Element code editing
Page code editor
General purpose css editor
Support for css sass and less edited live
Css tree showing rules that style an element
Css variables editing
Visual controls for styling
Shadow and code editing
Css grid editor
Tailwind visual editor with controls for every utility
Class inspector for tailwind classes and class combinations into reusable styles for tailwind 4 projects with custom themes responsive design pseudo variants style variants and helpers bootstrap visual editor with visual controls for bootstrap classes ready to use component insertion live dynamic components such as modals theme customization in the design panel column resizing on the page display helpers for layout visualization responsive editing and testing on multiple device sizes at once device presets with rotate and resize media query rule creation from the style panel automatic breakpoint detection from stylesheets or custom breakpoints reusable components with editable areas master pages blocks project link and file management in the project panel static cms mode for handing sites to clients built in ai assistant that understands the project edits markup and styles and automates workflows bring your own api key with multiple ai providers support for coding agents like claude code and codex cli element transformation commands command presets smart editing mode design partner mode interactions and scroll scenes with custom animations via a timeline editor powered by greensock gsap wordpress theme and gutenberg block creation by assigning wordpress actions to elements export of standard php wordpress files customizer support preview php code editing wordpress content import 200 plus wordpress actions save and preview live sync with vs code server side tag editing php erb asp ready made blocks opening pages from the web flexible ui

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