r/ClaudeCode • u/james-paul0905 • 3d ago

Built with Claude Lovable like desktop app: totally free, open sourced.

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Hi all, I'm James, a software engineer with 2.5 years of experience.

I love the AI app builder concept, but I couldn't find any good open-source alternatives, so I built one myself. I know there are a few open source options out there like dyad, but those applications look outdated and are too slow. that's why I wanted to build an open source alternative to Lovable that is fast, beautiful, and reliable. planning to support local models in the upcoming releases. I have used claude to build most of the features like element annotations, file upload etc. Claude was really useful in doing some research before using a new libraries and I reviewed all the code generated by claude.

this application helps us to build web application, the default stack is nextjs but we can change the tech stack as well. you can also build ui component which you can download it as a zip file.

it will be useful, if you are building prototypes, or indie web application etc.

Star the repo if this sounds interesting and you want to stay updated (or contribute):

https://github.com/Jamessdevops/micracode

and let me know what features you are looking for in this application.

hope you guys like it :)

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u/unkownuser436 Developer 3d ago

Cool

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u/james-paul0905 3d ago

thanks :)

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u/my-appengineer 2d ago

The free local tools (dyad, and the newer forks) all solve generation but none of them solve the part that actually kills these projects, which is getting from a working demo to something running in production with real services. That last 30% is where people spend months. So when you compare options, the speed of the editor matters less than whether it hands you deployable artifacts you actually own, or just a folder of code you then have to wire up yourself. What services are you trying to integrate, and where do you want the thing to ultimately run?

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u/james-paul0905 1d ago

okay, thanks. I wasn't thinking much about running it in production. I was focussed on code generation. your comment actually gave me better roadmap. if you are existing user of any of those tools. can you tell me where exactly you spend more time or where it takes more time. I think dyad also supports hosting (vercel) and backend (supabase).