Dorik
Build a small responsive site with pages, collections, and simple forms
The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Dorik, build a small responsive site with pages, collections, and simple forms. The hard boundary is hosting, cms, memberships, templates, and no-code editing polish, plus editor polish, hosting, templates, and ecosystem.
Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability
What you give up
- hosting, CMS, memberships, templates, and no-code editing polish
- large template marketplace
- managed hosting and CDN
- advanced CMS
- commerce and agency workflows
Why people still pay
People still pay for Dorik because the page renderer is reproducible, but customers pay to avoid becoming their own hosting and browser-compatibility team. The recurring cost buys responsive rendering, forms, domains, certificates, deploys, backups, template maintenance, and browser regressions, not just the visible interface.
Your build guide
The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.
Before you start
- Runtime and tools: TypeScript, React, a Node build process and versioned JSON content with static HTML/CSS output.
- Before starting: Licensed assets, a user-owned static hosting target and sample desktop/mobile content; forms need a separately authenticated server endpoint.
Use these project rules and optional skill references alongside the prompt. Review each skill before adding it to your agent; the AGENTS.md export includes the same guidance.
Project rule — domain: Store Page, Section, CollectionItem, Slug and PublishedRevision; slugs are unique, drafts are excluded from the public build and contact responses never enter static output.
Project rule — scope and recovery: Use fixed components instead of executing arbitrary author code. Form handling needs server-side abuse controls; custom domains and deployment access belong to the selected host.
Project rule — acceptance: Rename a blog slug, publish and roll back; the published manifest tracks the old URL deliberately and rollback restores a complete working site.
Project rule — delivery: document real setup commands and permissions; do not claim a build, accuracy level, performance result or security certification that has not been demonstrated.
Recommended skill: frontend-design — compose the proposed responsive site sections with deliberate typography, spacing and honest content. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.
Recommended skill: seo-audit — review crawlability, metadata and evidence-based on-page findings without promising search rankings. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.
Implementation plan
Phase 1
Pin the working slice and create its example input: Assemble a small business site from reusable sections, manage a simple blog collection and route a contact form into an owner-only inbox. Confirm setup: Licensed assets, a user-owned static hosting target and sample desktop/mobile content; forms need a separately authenticated server endpoint.
Phase 2
Implement persistence and write-time invariants before decorating the UI: Store Page, Section, CollectionItem, Slug and PublishedRevision; slugs are unique, drafts are excluded from the public build and contact responses never enter static output.
Phase 3
Connect the working view to real saved state. Keep drafts separate from the published manifest. Escape content, allowlist components and URLs, and publish a complete revision atomically with rollback to the preceding revision.
Phase 4
Expose the app-specific limits and recovery path in context: Use fixed components instead of executing arbitrary author code. Form handling needs server-side abuse controls; custom domains and deployment access belong to the selected host.
Phase 5
Walk through this concrete acceptance case and preserve its exported evidence: Rename a blog slug, publish and roll back; the published manifest tracks the old URL deliberately and rollback restores a complete working site. Finish the README and backup/restore instructions; report unfinished capabilities explicitly.
Build the following focused alternative to Dorik. This is a deliberately limited personal or small-team substitute, not parity with the paid service. WORKING SLICE Assemble a small business site from reusable sections, manage a simple blog collection and route a contact form into an owner-only inbox. SETUP AND ARCHITECTURE Use TypeScript, React, a Node build process and versioned JSON content with static HTML/CSS output. Prerequisites: Licensed assets, a user-owned static hosting target and sample desktop/mobile content; forms need a separately authenticated server endpoint. Before integrating anything, record actual versions and permissions, plus model files or provider limits only where used, in the README; make unavailable dependencies visible rather than simulating success. DOMAIN MODEL AND INVARIANTS Store Page, Section, CollectionItem, Slug and PublishedRevision; slugs are unique, drafts are excluded from the public build and contact responses never enter static output. IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT Keep drafts separate from the published manifest. Escape content, allowlist components and URLs, and publish a complete revision atomically with rollback to the preceding revision. Provide an input/setup view, the main work view, and a review/export view appropriate to this workflow. Preserve the last saved state if a job or save fails. Include empty, loading, permission-denied, partial and retryable-error states. Log identifiers and error categories without secret values or unnecessary private content. APP-SPECIFIC BOUNDARY AND RECOVERY Use fixed components instead of executing arbitrary author code. Form handling needs server-side abuse controls; custom domains and deployment access belong to the selected host. ACCEPTANCE SCENARIO Rename a blog slug, publish and roll back; the published manifest tracks the old URL deliberately and rollback restores a complete working site. Also reopen the app after an interrupted operation, confirm the saved record/export remains inspectable, and document the recovery action. These are implementation acceptance requirements, not a claim that this guide has been tested. DELIVERY Deliver a runnable repository with migrations or project-format versioning, a non-sensitive example, environment/permission setup, the exact manual acceptance steps, and a backup/export-and-restore walkthrough. Implement the working slice before optional integrations; list any deferred paid-product capabilities honestly. Do not add capabilities outside the working slice just to resemble the original product. PROJECT RULES FOR AGENTS.md Keep the domain invariants above executable at the write boundary. Propose scope changes before adding providers or permissions. Never fabricate source evidence, publish results, identity matches or successful delivery. Preserve user originals and require an explicit confirmation for destructive changes or external publication.
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Dorik pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| personal | $29 | $20.75 | 1 custom domain; 25 static pages; 200 blog posts; 5 CMS collections and 200 collection items; no collaborators$249/year. A two-year commitment is advertised at $10.38/month equivalent; a separate $249 one-time lifetime offer was also live. |
| business | $59 | $41.50 | 3 custom domains; unlimited pages/blog posts/storage/bandwidth; 10 collaborators$498/year. A two-year commitment is advertised at $20.75/month equivalent; a separate $599 one-time lifetime offer was also live. |
| agency | $99 | $79 | Unlimited custom domains, pages, collaborators, blog posts, storage and bandwidth; agency white-label/client-billing features$948/year; two-year and lifetime pricing are contact-sales/custom. |
free tierno free tier; 7-day trial, with site count determined by the trialed plan
billingmonthly + annual; separate two-year and limited-time lifetime purchase options are also advertised
hidden costsDorik does not sell domains; you must buy one separately. Lifetime Personal charges $199 one-time per additional website; Lifetime Business charges $149 per additional website and limits code export to 15/month.
pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗
Questions about Dorik
Can you build your own Dorik with AI?
Partly. The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Dorik, build a small responsive site with pages, collections, and simple forms. The hard boundary is hosting, cms, memberships, templates, and no-code editing polish, plus editor polish, hosting, templates, and ecosystem.
What does the Dorik build prompt cover?
The prompt starts with this scope: Assemble a small business site from reusable sections, manage a simple blog collection and route a contact form into an owner-only inbox. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: hosting, CMS, memberships, templates, and no-code editing polish; large template marketplace; managed hosting and CDN. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.
How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?
Start with the Dorik prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.
How long will this Dorik project take?
The catalogue estimate is multi-day for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.
What would I give up by replacing Dorik?
hosting, CMS, memberships, templates, and no-code editing polish; large template marketplace; managed hosting and CDN; advanced CMS; commerce and agency workflows. People still pay for Dorik because the page renderer is reproducible, but customers pay to avoid becoming their own hosting and browser-compatibility team. The recurring cost buys responsive rendering, forms, domains, certificates, deploys, backups, template maintenance, and browser regressions, not just the visible interface.
What price is this guide comparing against?
The recorded Personal plan is $29/mo (monthly), checked 2026-08-14. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.
What can I use instead of building Dorik?
Webstudio: A polished visual builder and CMS connector; using your own domain for free moves hosting onto you. Plasmic: Unlimited hosted projects, CMS and custom domains free; the badge is cheaper than Dorik. Microweber: A drag-and-drop PHP CMS with pages, forms and collections; simple to edit, not maintenance-free. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/dorik/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.