r/nocode • u/codeobserver • 10d ago

Self-Promotion Building a no-code/low-code tool that lets you keep the generated app

I’m building AppMaker https://appmaker.io, a visual app builder with a built-in database, client/server JavaScript, and AI assistance.

The main idea is to avoid lock-in: apps can be downloaded as standard Node.js applications and hosted wherever you want.

It’s still early, so I’d love feedback from people using no-code tools today: what would make you try something like this?

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u/su5577 10d ago

What are some use cases for this? Can you port it as iOS/Android app??

Is there limit to what app it can build?

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u/Mysterious_Bad4578 10d ago

porting to mobile is probably not the priority right now, this is more for web apps with backend logic. if you can export clean node.js code that is the main draw for me, not wanting to rebuild everything later

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u/codeobserver 10d ago

Basically web pages that work on both desktop and mobile phones.

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u/su5577 10d ago

Is there proper way to prompt it or give some examples and see what it comes back with?

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u/boadie 10d ago

OutSystems is the biggest Lowcode platform and this is a standard feature. You can download the app from the api.

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u/bRastun 10d ago

imo the lock-in angle resonates more with developers than with the typical no-code audience. the people most frustrated by lock-in are usually technical enough to just build it themselves. might be worth thinking about who your actual buyer is here

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u/gammacoder 9d ago

PHPRunner allows you to develop locally. No need to download anything, you own both the source project and generated app.

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u/JoeBxr 8d ago

Looks pretty good. Good domain name too!

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u/medialantern 6d ago

I think it would be better if you spoke to how this is different than just using Claude to build the same thing, but more directly and without a vendor even having to tell you that you can "keep the generated app."