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> Build full-stack web apps with AI on your computer. Keep your source code, preview locally, and publish with a built-in database, storage, sign-in, and email.
Layerwise is an AI app builder that runs on your computer. You describe a web app in chat, the assistant edits real project files in a local workspace, and you preview the app before publishing it to a `*.layerwise.site` address or a custom domain. Every project includes a database, email-based authentication, analytics, and backend logs. The source code stays in a local workspace that you can edit, export, or connect to a GitHub repository.
## Product
- [Home](https://layerwise.app/): Overview of the Layerwise AI app builder
- [Pricing](https://layerwise.app/pricing): Free, Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans
- [Download](https://layerwise.app/download): Desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux
- [Templates](https://layerwise.app/templates): Starter apps you can open in Layerwise
- [Vibe coding glossary](https://layerwise.app/vibe-coding-glossary): UI, animation, and AI coding terms with live demos
- [Vibe coding errors](https://layerwise.app/vibe-coding-errors): Common errors in AI-built apps, with causes, fixes, and prompts
- [Image to ASCII art converter](https://layerwise.app/design-tools/image-to-ascii): Free browser tool; exports PNG, SVG, React, and CSS
- [Dither effect generator](https://layerwise.app/design-tools/dither-effect): Free Bayer dithering tool; exports PNG, SVG, React, and CSS
- [AI website builder](https://layerwise.app/ai-website-builder): Build and publish a website with a real backend
- [Vibe coding](https://layerwise.app/vibe-coding): Build full-stack web apps by chat
- [Personal software](https://layerwise.app/personal-software): Build private apps for family, clubs, or clients
- [Security](https://layerwise.app/security): How Layerwise protects projects and data
## Documentation
- [Welcome to Layerwise](https://layerwise.app/docs.md): Understand the Layerwise workflow, from an idea to a live full-stack web app.
- [Manage your account and GitHub](https://layerwise.app/docs/account/account-and-github.md): Connect GitHub for project repositories and manage account deletion.
- [Manage billing and usage](https://layerwise.app/docs/account/billing-and-usage.md): Review your team's plan, credits, costs, and invoices.
- [Approvals and file changes](https://layerwise.app/docs/build-your-app/approvals-and-changes.md): Choose what the agent can do without asking, respond to approval requests, and review the files each turn changed.
- [Build and preview a project](https://layerwise.app/docs/build-your-app/chat-and-preview.md): Make changes through the project conversation, point to parts of the page, and verify the result in the local preview.
- [Build with your Claude plan](https://layerwise.app/docs/build-your-app/claude.md): Use the Claude Code on your computer to build in Layerwise with your Claude plan instead of Layerwise credits.
- [Work with project code](https://layerwise.app/docs/build-your-app/code-and-github.md): Edit the local workspace, export it, or create a connected GitHub repository.
- [Build with your ChatGPT plan](https://layerwise.app/docs/build-your-app/codex.md): Connect Codex to Layerwise and build with your ChatGPT plan's Codex usage instead of Layerwise credits.
- [Direct the agent](https://layerwise.app/docs/build-your-app/direct-the-agent.md): Plan before building, set a goal for longer work, queue follow-up requests, stop a turn, and answer the agent's questions.
- [Skills and MCP servers](https://layerwise.app/docs/build-your-app/skills-and-mcp.md): Teach the agent your conventions with skills, and connect tools from other services through MCP servers.
- [Analytics](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/analytics.md): Understand your published website's traffic, receive scheduled email reports, and export filtered results.
- [Authentication](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/authentication.md): Every project ships with built-in email authentication and delivery — no auth provider or email service to set up.
- [Connect a custom domain](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/custom-domains.md): Point a hostname at a published Layerwise project and verify DNS.
- [Database](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/database.md): Every project ships with a built-in production database — no third-party service to set up.
- [Email](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/email.md): Apps you build can send transactional email, such as receipts and order updates, with no email service to set up.
- [Environment variables](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/environment-variables.md): Give your published app API keys and settings without putting them in your code.
- [Logs](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/logs.md): Inspect local and published backend logs, follow requests live, and export logs for debugging.
- [Publish a project](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/publish.md): Deploy the current local workspace as a production release.
- [Manage releases](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/release-history.md): Inspect deployed releases, fix a failed deployment, and roll back safely.
- [Search and sharing](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/search-and-sharing.md): Help people find your website on Google, and show a preview when someone shares a link on Instagram, iMessage, or WhatsApp.
- [Storage](https://layerwise.app/docs/deploy/storage.md): Every project includes file Storage for images, videos, documents, and other files, with no third-party service to set up.
- [Prompting for a useful first version](https://layerwise.app/docs/getting-started/prompting.md): Give Layerwise enough product context to produce a testable first project.
- [Quick start](https://layerwise.app/docs/getting-started/quickstart.md): Create a project, make a change, and publish a working version.
- [Troubleshooting](https://layerwise.app/docs/reference/troubleshooting.md): Recover from common problems in the Layerwise workflow.
- [Find and organize projects](https://layerwise.app/docs/workspace/projects.md): Navigate a team's project list and return to the work that matters.
- [Manage teams and members](https://layerwise.app/docs/workspace/teams-and-members.md): Organize projects into teams and give collaborators the right access.
## Blog
- [How to Build a Notion-Style Notes App with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-a-notes-app-with-ai): Build a Notion-style notes app in Layerwise. Define the page record, choose local saving or account sync, plan search and Trash, test, and publish.
- [Layerwise vs Claude Code](https://layerwise.app/blog/layerwise-vs-claude-code): Layerwise vs Claude Code? Use both: Layerwise runs Claude Code on your Claude plan and adds more models, a preview, a database, sign-in, storage, and email.
- [Best Calendly Alternatives in 2026](https://layerwise.app/blog/calendly-alternatives): Compare Calendly alternatives in 2026, including Layerwise, Cal.com, Google Calendar, Microsoft Bookings, SavvyCal, and TidyCal, on price and limits.
- [Best Canny Alternatives in 2026](https://layerwise.app/blog/canny-alternatives): Compare Canny alternatives in 2026, including Layerwise, Featurebase, Frill, Sleekplan, UserVoice, and Fider, on pricing, free plans, and trade-offs.
- [Best Feedly Alternatives in 2026](https://layerwise.app/blog/feedly-alternatives): Compare the best Feedly alternatives in 2026, including Layerwise, Inoreader, NewsBlur, Feedbin, Readwise Reader, and FreshRSS, on limits and price.
- [Layerwise vs Bolt](https://layerwise.app/blog/layerwise-vs-bolt): Layerwise vs Bolt: compare model choice, tokens and credits, local files, backend services, analytics, and pricing to pick the right AI app builder.
- [Layerwise vs ChatGPT and Codex](https://layerwise.app/blog/layerwise-vs-chatgpt): Compare Layerwise with ChatGPT and Codex for building web apps, and see how Layerwise uses your Codex tokens to keep building after its credits run out.
- [Layerwise vs Lovable](https://layerwise.app/blog/layerwise-vs-lovable): Compare Layerwise vs Lovable on model choice, your own Codex account, pricing, local development, analytics, and logs. Find the right AI app builder.
- [Layerwise vs Replit](https://layerwise.app/blog/layerwise-vs-replit): Compare Layerwise vs Replit on model choice, AI pricing, local files, hosting credits, and app types. Find the right AI app builder.
- [Layerwise vs v0](https://layerwise.app/blog/layerwise-vs-v0): Compare Layerwise vs v0 on local development, model choice, built-in database and sign-in, publishing, and pricing to pick the right AI app builder.
- [Best Lovable Alternatives in 2026](https://layerwise.app/blog/lovable-alternatives): Compare the best Lovable alternatives in 2026, including Layerwise, v0, Bolt, Replit, Base44, and Claude Code, on model choice, pricing, and trade-offs.
- [Best Pipedrive Alternatives in 2026](https://layerwise.app/blog/pipedrive-alternatives): Compare the best Pipedrive alternatives in 2026, including HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Attio, folk, Close, and a CRM you build with Layerwise.
- [Best Trello Alternatives in 2026](https://layerwise.app/blog/trello-alternatives): Compare the best Trello alternatives in 2026, including Layerwise, Asana, Notion, ClickUp, monday.com, and PLANKA, on pricing, views, and limits.
- [Best Typeform Alternatives in 2026](https://layerwise.app/blog/typeform-alternatives): Compare Typeform alternatives in 2026, including Layerwise, Tally, Google Forms, Jotform, Fillout, and SurveyMonkey, on response limits and pricing.
- [Start Here with AI App Building Guides](https://layerwise.app/blog/welcome): Find the right Layerwise guide for creating your first app, customizing a template, testing data and sign-in, and publishing a release.
- [How to Build a CRM with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-a-crm-with-ai): Build a sales CRM in Layerwise with companies, contacts, deals, tasks, pipeline stages, and a weighted forecast, keeping each workspace private.
- [How to Build a Sales Dashboard with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-a-sales-dashboard-with-ai): Build a sales dashboard with AI in Layerwise. Define deals and stages, save records, calculate pipeline and revenue from them, set access, and publish.
- [How to Build an Image Compressor with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-an-image-compressor-with-ai): Build a browser image compressor in Layerwise that keeps files on the device, runs encoders in workers, and fits each image under a size limit.
- [How to Build a Product Feedback SaaS with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-a-feedback-board-with-ai): Build a Canny-style feedback service in Layerwise with team roles, two kinds of sign-in, voting, and moderation, then test it and publish.
- [How to Build a Form Builder App with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-a-form-builder-with-ai): Build a conversational form builder in Layerwise. Validate answers on the server, version published forms, control shared links, then test and publish.
- [How to Build a Kanban Board App with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-a-kanban-board-with-ai): Build a Trello-style kanban board in Layerwise with boards, lists, and cards, saved drag-and-drop order, due dates, and shared access, then publish it.
- [How to Build a Scheduling App with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-a-scheduling-app-with-ai): Build a Calendly-style booking app in Layerwise with event types, booking rules, time zone handling, and no double booking, then test and publish it.
- [How to Build an RSS Reader App with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/build-an-rss-reader-with-ai): Build your own RSS reader with AI. Fetch feeds on the server, save read and starred state per account, import OPML, then test and publish it.
- [How to Make a Browser Game with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/make-a-browser-game-with-ai): Make a playable browser game with AI in Layerwise. Scope it, write the rules into the prompt, test controls, add a leaderboard, and share a live link.
- [Build a Full-Stack Web App with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/building-with-ai): Build a client portal in Layerwise with a clear prompt, saved requests, user sign-in, local testing, and a published release.
- [Introducing Layerwise: build and run web apps with AI](https://layerwise.app/blog/introducing-layerwise): Choose your AI model, preview changes locally, and publish a full-stack web app with built-in data, sign-in, analytics, and server logs.
## Templates
- [Feedflow](https://layerwise.app/templates/feedflow-rss-reader): A keyboard-first RSS reader with list, card, and magazine layouts, feed discovery, highlights and notes on stories, and OPML import. The demo opens a sample library without an account.
- [NoteNest](https://layerwise.app/templates/notenest-notion-style-notes-app): A Notion-style workspace: nested pages built from blocks, a / command menu, rich text, and images, video, and embeds. It works without an account and syncs across devices when you sign in.
- [Wishbox](https://layerwise.app/templates/wishbox-feedback-board): A feedback SaaS starter: teams create projects, and each gets a public board and roadmap for voting.
- [Cardy](https://layerwise.app/templates/cardy-kanban-board): A team kanban board with workspaces, invitations, priorities, due dates, and checklists, plus list, calendar, and insights views of every board.
- [Slotly](https://layerwise.app/templates/slotly-scheduling-app): A personal scheduling app with event types, booking rules, weekly availability, and booking pages that show times in each guest's time zone.
- [Formpop](https://layerwise.app/templates/formpop-form-builder): A conversational form builder that asks one question at a time, with conditional logic, themes, shareable links, response export, and built-in analytics.
- [Orbit CRM](https://layerwise.app/templates/orbitcrm-sales-crm): A sales CRM for small teams with a drag-and-drop deal pipeline, contacts and companies, tasks, an activity timeline, and revenue forecasts, plus a demo you can try without an account.
- [PixelNest](https://layerwise.app/templates/pixelnest-image-compressor): A browser image compressor for JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF with presets, a target file size, resizing and cropping, before-and-after comparison, and ZIP download. Images never leave the device.
- [Inkwave](https://layerwise.app/templates/inkwave-team-shooter-game): A colorful 3D turf-war shooter with 4v4 matches, ink swimming, and customizable loadouts.
- [2048](https://layerwise.app/templates/2048-game): The classic tile game with smooth animations, sound effects, and a Top 100 leaderboard.
- [Kart Royale](https://layerwise.app/templates/kart-royale-racing-game): A 3D kart racer with drifting, turbo boosts, collectible items, and AI rivals.
- [Doodle Shooter](https://layerwise.app/templates/doodle-shooter-game): A notebook-style 3D shooter with enemy waves, grappling hooks, and four weapons.
- [Sundown Showdown](https://layerwise.app/templates/sundown-showdown-battle-royale-game): A sunset arena brawler with four fighters, shrinking gas, and fast-paced survival matches.
## Optional
- [Full documentation](https://layerwise.app/llms-full.txt): All docs pages in one file
- [Changelog](https://layerwise.app/changelog)
