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When comparing Layers vs RocketCake, the Slant community recommends RocketCake for most people. In the question“What are the best website builders that don't require coding?” RocketCake is ranked 3rd while Layers is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose RocketCake is:
You can work offline as RocketCake is an installable Windows or Mac application. It's also possible to publish on a local disk first before uploading to a webserver.
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Pros
Pro Open source
Layers is an open source website builder. The source code is freely available on GitHub.
Pro Ability to add custom CSS
While designing a whole website without coding is possible with layers, for more advanced users who want to inject custom CSS to their website, it's possible to do so through a plugin called DevKit.
Pro Offline
You can work offline as RocketCake is an installable Windows or Mac application.
It's also possible to publish on a local disk first before uploading to a webserver.
Pro Wysiwyg
No need for coding.
Pro Mobile support
Support for e.g. iPhone 8, iPhone 7+, iPhone 8+, iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, LG G4, LG G5.
Pro PHP and ASP support
It's possible to use PHP or ASP to create dynamic websites.
Pro Templates
15 free templates to choose from.
Cons
Con Requires WordPress
Requires WordPress which is heavy and too bloated for many simple sites.
Con Not a lot of great pre-made themes available
One of the areas that Layers falls behind is the number of good themes that can be found and installed from the marketplace.
