60 guides, references and deep dives

Everything you need to build with Malla

From your first artboard to server workflows on the edge. Learn the editor, wire real data, publish to your own domain, or dig into how the platform works underneath.

Bindings and expressions CMS Server workflows Publishing Custom domains AI and MCP Expression reference Keyboard shortcuts

New hereQuickstartBuild and publish your first site in about ten minutes.DesignersCanvas and artboardsLearn the canvas, layout, classes, components and motion.BuildersClient workflowsBind data, add logic and run a backend without code.DevelopersArchitecture overviewDocuments, renderer, engine, plugins and infrastructure.

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Grouped the way you build

Get started

What Malla is, the ideas behind it and your first published site.

Introduction Quickstart Core concepts Tour of the editor

Tutorials

Build real projects step by step, with videos and checkpoints along the way.

Build a landing page Make it responsive Create a design system Add motion Start a blog Contact form with email Show data from an API Connect your database Interactive page with workflows Write expressions in the Studio Build a members area Build a backend endpoint Go live Work with your team Edit with AI and MCP Build a page with an AI agent

Design

Draw layouts on the canvas, style them once and make them move.

Canvas and artboards Layout and styling Classes and tokens Components Interactions and motion Assets

Content

A real CMS and forms your whole team can work with.

CMS Forms

Data and logic

Bind the design to data, add logic and run a backend, still without code.

Bindings and expressions Variables Queries and integrations Collection lists Client workflows Server workflows Native tables Visitor accounts

Publish and manage

Ship to the edge, connect your domain and run your team and plan.

Publishing SEO and site settings Custom domains Team and roles Templates and sections AI and MCP Code export Plans and billing

Reference

Every function, action and shortcut on one page each.

Expression reference Workflow actions Keyboard shortcuts MCP server

Under the hood

One document format, one renderer, one workflow engine, all on Cloudflare. The developer guides explain how each piece works and how to run it yourself.

pnpm install
pnpm dev          # every Worker + the editor
pnpm test         # unit tests across the monorepo
pnpm e2e          # Playwright, full stack

Architecture overview Local development The page document Style compiler Rendering and runtime Workflow engine Write a plugin Plugin SDK Realtime and multiplayer HTTP API Security model Deployment

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