Tilda export to HTML: how it works and what you can't take

Tilda can export a site as code, but only on its Business plan ($20 a month billed annually or $25 month to month, as of October 2026): Site Settings → Export builds a ZIP of static HTML pages with their CSS, JavaScript and images, ready for your own server. What you can't take is anything that runs on Tilda's side: Tilda CRM, the Members area and page passwords don't come with it, and forms, the product catalog and feeds keep working only while you pay for Tilda. Tilda's terms also tie the exported code to the domain set in your site settings and forbid editing it outside Tilda.

What Tilda's code export gives you

Tilda deserves credit here. Wix says its sites have to run on Wix's servers, and Squarespace's export is an XML file meant for WordPress. Tilda hands you the pages themselves.

Per Tilda's Code Export article, export FAQ and price list, checked in October 2026:

• Plan: Business only, which covers 5 websites at $20 a month billed annually ($240 a year) or $25 month to month. Personal ($10 a month annually, $15 monthly, one website) and the Free plan don't include export.
• Scope: a whole site from Site Settings → Export, or one page from Page Settings → Export.
• Output: static HTML plus the images, CSS and JS files, in a ZIP you download from a link. Tilda's FAQ says the uploaded site runs independently from Tilda.
• Updates: you change the site in Tilda and export again.

Unzipped, the archive looks like this (Tilda's own screenshot shows the same four folders):

tilda-export/
├── css/
├── files/
├── images/
├── js/
├── htaccess     (rename to .htaccess before uploading to Apache)
└── *.html       (the page files)

How to export a Tilda site, step by step

1. Move to Business. Buy a month or a year of it. Tilda credits whatever paid time remains on your current plan toward Business.
2. Set the domain first. In Site Settings → Domain, enter the domain the exported site will live on. Tilda requires this before export, and its notes on forms, licensed fonts, the catalog and feeds each repeat it.
3. Set the file paths. In Site Settings → Export, set images to /images, JS to /js, CSS to /css and pages to /. Tilda's troubleshooting answer for exported sites that display incorrectly gives exactly these values. The same panel lets you point files at your own CDN.
4. Export. Click Download as .zip → Start Export. After a few seconds a download link appears under the file list.
5. Upload. Unzip, copy the files to your server (Tilda's instructions use FTP) and rename htaccess to .htaccess.
6. Recreate the URL rules if you don't run Apache. On Nginx or Caddy, Tilda's export article says you create the mappings yourself, though the Tilda API can return a sample nginx configuration if you add its webconfig parameter; other hosts need the same rules in their own format.
7. Install a certificate. Tilda's HTTPS certificate doesn't carry over.
8. Test what still talks to Tilda. Submit every form, check the fonts, and open any catalog or feed pages on the new domain.

What works off Tilda and what doesn't

Rows come from Tilda's Code Export article unless another source is linked.

Feature	After export
Pages, text, images, Zero Block	Included. Zero Block and animation aren't on Tilda's list of export limitations, but compare animated sections against the live Tilda page.
Data capture forms	Deliver submissions only with an active paid subscription and the domain set in Site Settings.
Shopping cart	Block ST100 is a cart with an order form whose orders land in Leads, so treat it like a form. When a subscription expires, Tilda says forms and payments stop.
Product Catalog	Not exported; a Tilda service that needs an active subscription. Products open only from the product list (direct links are disabled) and are unpublished 7 days after you cancel.
Feeds (Tilda's CMS-style posts)	Same as the catalog: hosted by Tilda, reachable only from the feed list, unpublished 7 days after you cancel.
Tilda Members and Tilda CRM	Not exported.
Page or site passwords	Disabled.
Tilda's SSL certificate	Disabled; install your own.
ParaType and type.today fonts	Need an active paid subscription and the domain set.
"Made on Tilda" label	Removable only where your plan allows. The pricing FAQ offers that on annual Personal and Business subscriptions, so a month-to-month export keeps it.

Which parts still call Tilda's servers

The core page files come with you. The archive holds the HTML, CSS, JS and images, and Tilda's API documentation says the HTML its export requests return uses local links to files. What Tilda's own docs say still depends on Tilda is the subscription list above: form delivery, the catalog, feeds and licensed fonts.

Tilda doesn't publish a full list of outside requests. After uploading, open your browser's developer tools, reload with the Network tab open and filter by "tilda". Tilda also notes the export can contain third-party code such as jQuery.

The license: where exported code may be used

The rules sit at the bottom of the export article and in sections 4 and 5 of Tilda's Terms of Service (the version dated October 13, 2026). In plain terms:

• Conditions. You may copy the code only if your plan includes export, you use Tilda's export feature, and your account names the real domain the site will run on.
• One domain. Putting the code on any other domain is forbidden.
• No reuse. You can't replicate or distribute the code, use it to build pages outside Tilda, or export library blocks and templates on their own.
• No outside edits. Changing the code outside Tilda is forbidden, except for your own header and footer code integrated with the project through the API.
• Keep the developer ID (the "Made on Tilda" block) unless your plan covers removing it.
• Keep the account. You may not delete the project after exporting, or use the website, exported or not, after deleting your account.

So the export serves a site you keep building in Tilda from a server you control. It isn't a way to take the code, delete your Tilda account, and maintain the site yourself. Section 9.3 draws the line: your content is yours; the program code and layout behind it belong to the owner of the Tilda platform.

Take your data out before you change anything

Tilda's pricing FAQ says that if you don't renew, the site is unpublished and your data is kept for six months, then permanently deleted. Pull these out first:

• Form submissions. Leads are kept for one month by default; Site Settings → Forms → General form settings offers 1, 7, 60 or 90 days, or none. The Leads tab exports a CSV, but only as far back as that storage period. Older history exists only in a connected service such as Google Sheets.
• Products. The catalog exports CSV or YML from its three-dots menu. CSVs use semicolons; exports over 40 MB are split into parts inside a ZIP.
• Feed posts. Each feed's three-dots menu has "Download list of posts to CSV" (Feeds help).
• Members. The Members Area help mentions exporting your users; take the full list.
• Your domain. Tilda's English help covers buying one from outside registrars such as GoDaddy or Namecheap; a domain bought that way stays there, and you only change where it points. Per How to Connect a Domain Name, it's connected either by A records to the IP shown in Site Settings → Domain, or by Tilda's nameservers ns1.tildadns.com and ns2.tildadns.com. With nameservers, Tilda also holds any MX and TXT records you added, such as for domain email, so recreate those at your new DNS provider before switching.

Three ways off Tilda

	Tilda's code export	Save the published pages	Rebuild
Needs	Business plan	The published site	Your time or a developer
You get	Tilda's HTML, CSS, JS and images	Static HTML of the published pages	New code you control
Forms, store, members	Forms, catalog and feeds work through Tilda while you pay; CRM and Members stay on Tilda	Not included; need replacement services	You pick new services
How you edit	In Tilda, then export again	Edit the HTML files	Your usual code workflow
Tilda account	Must keep it	Not needed to read public pages; the terms bar using the site once the account is deleted	Not needed once data is out

Route 1: Tilda's export

Choose this if you like editing in Tilda but need the site on your own infrastructure. Business also includes the Tilda API: Tilda can call a webhook on your server each time you publish, and your script pulls the updated pages. Tilda forbids requesting its servers on every visitor's page view, so save everything locally, and API exports must show a "Made on Tilda" link on every page.

Route 2: Save the published pages as HTML

A capture needs no Business plan, because it starts from the published pages. You keep what visitors see: markup, styles and images. You don't get the services behind them: forms need a new submission endpoint, the store a new checkout, and member logins, feeds and CRM need replacements. FNJ's Tilda to HTML converter does this, and the Tilda export guide covers testing Zero Block layouts and reconnecting forms.

Be clear-eyed about the license. A capture is still built from the HTML, CSS and JavaScript Tilda generated. Section 4 of Tilda's terms allows copying a project's program code only through the export feature, on a plan that includes it. Section 9.3 gives the rights to the code and layout behind a project to the owner of the Tilda platform, and says that unless the terms provide otherwise you may not copy, publish, modify or otherwise use a project outside Tilda. Section 5.5 bars using the website, exported or not, after deleting your account. Your own content stays yours, and section 9.2 lets you use Zero Block designs you drew outside Tilda only once the program code is replaced. Read sections 4, 5 and 9 before relying on a capture. This is not legal advice.

Route 3: Rebuild

Rebuilding is the only route that ends with code you can change freely and no Tilda account. It's the route the Zero Block clause above describes for designs you drew yourself; that clause doesn't cover sections built from Tilda's block library, which section 9.1 lists as part of the platform. Export your leads, products and posts first, keep page addresses where you can, and send any changed address to its new page with a permanent redirect (how to build a redirect map).

Where FNJ fits

FNJ's Tilda converter is route 2. It starts from the site's public URL and saves the published pages as static HTML. The files are yours to download, commit to a GitHub repository, or publish through a Cloudflare Pages or Vercel account of your own, using your own token; FNJ doesn't host them. Forms, the store, CRM and member areas still need replacement services. Some hosts refuse automated capture, and when that happens FNJ says so instead of handing you a broken copy. Next.js output for Tilda is in development, and a paid FNJ plan is required (pricing). If you already pay for Business and want to keep editing in Tilda, Tilda's own export fits better.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tilda code export available on the Free or Personal plan?

No. Tilda limits code export, for whole sites and single pages, to Business plan subscribers. On Free or Personal, the alternatives are upgrading or rebuilding. Saving the published pages as HTML works technically, but Tilda's terms allow copying a project's code only through the export feature on a plan that includes it.

How much does Tilda code export cost?

As of October 2026, Tilda Business costs $20 a month billed annually ($240 a year) or $25 month to month, for 5 websites. Business 10, 15, 20 and 30 tiers cover more sites.

Do Tilda forms work after you export the site?

Yes, while you keep an active paid subscription and the domain is set in Site Settings. Tilda says data capture forms stop working once a subscription expires. Forms that don't depend on Tilda mean taking the capture or rebuild route with your own form service.

Can I edit the exported Tilda HTML?

Not under Tilda's terms, which forbid changing the exported code outside Tilda, apart from your own header and footer code added through the API. Make changes in Tilda and export again, or rebuild if you need code you can edit freely.

Can I cancel Tilda after exporting?

Tilda's terms say you may not delete the project after exporting it, or use an exported site after deleting your account. Once the subscription ends, forms and payments stop, and catalog products and feed posts are unpublished 7 days after you cancel.

Can I host an exported Tilda site on Nginx or a static host?

The pages are static files, so any web server can serve them. The bundled URL rules are an Apache .htaccess file, though: on Nginx or Caddy, Tilda says you create the mappings yourself, and other hosts need the rules in their own format.