Frontend tooling for Drupal & WordPress

Classic CMS.
Modern DX.

Frontend tooling for the platforms that run government, higher ed, and enterprise, designed with web standards and no build steps.

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From lecture halls to the Fortune 500 floor, Charged ships in production on five continents.

Why Charged

No build. No lock-in. No secrets.

Tools earn trust by respecting the people who use them. Documentation, defaults, and DX come before marketing.

No build steps: Charged UI ships pre-compiled: Lit 3 web components and Tailwind compiled in PHP. Composer require it and the modern workflow is just there. No Node, no toolchain, no runbook.
Modern DX, classic foundations: Drupal and WordPress already run the majority of the web. Charged gives them a contemporary workflow instead of trying to replace them.
Own your stack: No lock-in. You keep your own compute and your own code; the platform is a control plane, not a cage. Your data, your exit.
Open by default: Built in the open and contributed upstream. The base theme is GPL on Drupal.org, and the work proves itself.

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One ecosystem.
Three tools.

Start free with the open source theme. Upgrade to Pro when you need the full component library. Run it all locally in Studio.

Charged UI

Free · Open source

The base theme. Lit 3 web components, single directory components, and Tailwind compiled in PHP. Install from a zip or Composer and start theming, with no toolchain in the way.

Zero Node build step
SDC architecture, Canvas ready
GPL, on Drupal.org

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Charged Pro

Coming soon

The full component library, built on the free theme. Production-ready sections and patterns that editors compose in Layout Builder and Canvas without touching a template.

Premium SDC component library
Layout Builder + Canvas native
Built for agencies and in-house teams

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Charged Studio

In development

The desktop app for local CMS development. FrankenPHP, MariaDB, and Caddy behind a dashboard-first interface. A Drupal or WordPress site running in minutes, not an afternoon.

FrankenPHP worker mode
One-click Drupal + WordPress
macOS, Windows, Linux

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Looking for a finished premium theme? Vybe is built on Charged UI and available on ThemeForest.

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Everything you need to know about the Charged ecosystem: the theme, the library, and the desktop app.

What is Charged, exactly?

Charged is an open-source ecosystem for WordPress and Drupal development: a free base theme (Charged UI), a premium component library (Charged Pro), and a local development desktop app (Charged Studio). Together they cover design, development, and deployment without the usual CMS friction.

Do I need Docker, Node, or any toolchain?

No. Charged UI ships pre-compiled. Install from a zip or Composer and start theming. Charged Studio bundles FrankenPHP, MariaDB, and Caddy, so a site is running in minutes with zero external dependencies.

Is Charged UI really free?

Yes. Charged UI is open source under the GPL and available on Drupal.org. Charged Pro (the premium component library) is a separate, paid product, but the base theme is and always will be free.

Which CMSs are supported?

WordPress and Drupal today. The components are framework-agnostic Lit web components, so they integrate cleanly with both classic and headless setups.

What platforms does Charged Studio run on?

macOS, Windows, and Linux. It’s a native desktop app (Electron) that runs each site on its own port with an isolated database. No port conflicts, no shared state between sites.

Can I use Charged UI with Layout Builder and Canvas?

Yes, that’s the core design goal. Components are SDC (Single Directory Components) and Canvas-ready, so editors compose production layouts in the CMS UI without touching templates.

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