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Looks like many of those mobile app generators these days:

https://www.create.xyz/

https://www.tempo.new/

Seems like most (all?) are making react native apps using expo.

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We’re a bit different than these since our apps are instantly deployed, not deployed through expo. So right after generation, you tap on your app and it loads and is usable, kinda like a webpage.

React native definitely seems to work the best! I think the current generation LLMs have just seen so much js/ts they can just about do anything in those languages.

This all feels like Dreamweaver + 25 years, to me.

wow I haven't heard someone bring up dreamweaver in probably a decade. brings back memories of coding on my cow colored gateway laptop :')

I think you're missing some too. I've been vaguely following and have seen very few that actually seem to have any apps on the app store and those that I found were basic examples.

There's at least one that generates Flutter now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43342101

Also Lovable, which the above is inspired by!

Wonder if there will ever be a .net maui one

yea there's a ton now that i've stopped trying to keep tabs on them. i agree that most 'vibe-coded' apps are still really, really basic, so we try to lean into that. give some cool apis that make certain things easy, and make it easy to create kinda dumb, but fun apps. the sweet spot is usually some kind of meme, or something with your friends, like https://asim.sh/@rish/s/157178/create-a-cute-gamified-app-ca...

We need a generator for mobile app generators.

i think i've seen this prompt at least 5 times today in the logs lol

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