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24 alternatives to Dyad

Hi HN! I left Google earlier this year and created Dyad, a local, open-source AI app builder made with Electron. The motivation: I tried one of the popular cloud-based AI app builders, but when I pulled down the app to run locally and debug in Cursor, it just didn’t work. So I created Dyad, an app builder that runs fully on your computer, making it easy to switch between Dyad and coding tools like Cursor or Claude Code. Source code: https://github.com/dyad-sh/dyad/ Download (free, no sign-up): https://www.dyad.sh/ I've gotten questions about how it…

Dyad is a free, open-source coding tool that generates UI components and websites locally on Windows and Mac. It works as an alternative to commercial platforms like v0, Lovable, and Bolt, allowing users to connect any… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Hi HN - I'm excited to share a free, local, open-source AI app builder that I created. You can see what it looks like and download it here: https://dyad.sh/ It's open-source and on GitHub: https://github.com/dyad-sh/dyad If you've used one of the popular AI app builders like lovable, v0 and bolt, but want something more flexible and without the lock-in, I think you'll like dyad. Here's a few things that makes it different: - Runs locally - Dyad runs entirely on your computer, making it fast and frictionless. Because your code lives locally, you can easily…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Den▲948

    Multiplayer AI agent builder

    2025 · getden.io · its alternatives →

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    Design-first app builder for native mobile and web

    2024 · mindone.app · its alternatives →

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    LobeHub▲381

    Agent teammates that grow with you

    Jan 2026 · app.lobehub.com · its alternatives →

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    SimplAIfree tier, from $5/mo▲589

    Hey HN, I've been building SimplAI for the past several months — it's a platform for building, testing, and deploying LLM-powered agents and multi-step workflows. The problem I kept running into: spinning up an AI agent pipeline means stitching together prompt management, tool calling, memory, evals, and deployment — often from scratch every time. SimplAI tries to be the layer that handles all of that so you can focus on what your agent actually does. What it does: - Visual + code-first workflow builder for chaining LLM calls, tools, and APIs - Built-in prompt versioning and A/B testing…

    2025 · simplai.ai · its alternatives →

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    AgentHub▲279

    Automate any workflow with AI

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Free & easy-to-use AI tools, designed for creators

    2023 · kajabi.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for internal tools, dashboards, business applications, workflows and AI agents. Build visually, from a prompt, or from Claude Code, Codex and Cursor over MCP 🚀 - ToolJet/ToolJet

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build business AI agents in minutes

    Apr 2026 · jetadmin.io · its alternatives →

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    I’ve been building a small hardware box that runs local LLMs like Mistral, Qwen and Llama, and exposes an OpenAI compatible API on your local network. There’s no cloud, no login system and no telemetry. I built it because a lot of small firms want ChatGPTbstyle tools but can’t use cloud AI for privacy or compliance reasons, and most don’t want to deal with GPU servers, drivers, Docker or model configs. The aim is to make local AI feel as simple as plugging in a router. Right now the box boots into a very simple web UI where you choose a model and start using it. The API follows the OpenAI…

    Nov 2025 · axis-one-psi.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Dify.AI▲261

    Open-source platform for LLMOps, define your AI-native apps

    2023 · dify.ai · its alternatives →

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    UiHub▲118

    Appaca is my third pivot. A couple of years ago, I started working on an idea on no-code platform that generates code. The goal is to help devs and agencies ship products faster for their clients. I went through Antler startup accelerator and got initial funding. I was working on the right problem, but wrong solution. Instead of no-code, I should have jumped into LLM a lot earlier. I felt defeated when Lovable, Base44, and Bolt came out strong, showing the world what LLMs can do in software development. No one cared about my product anymore. I pivoted my startup second time after that, to an…

    2023 · appaca.ai · its alternatives →

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    Clark▲264

    Hey folks, I've been building Clark solo, with the aim to match Manus agent (I really like it!) in features and capabilities, but also in its relentless ability to just complete tasks while using browser, computer etc. So far I think I've achieved 1:1 core feature parity: 1) computer use agent 2) browser use in same thread 3) wide and deep research - clark calls clark 4) integration with google tools Would love to have community feedback and for you to try it out, a couple thousand people already using it daily for very broad use cases. You can use this referral link, that hopefully works…

    Jul 2026 · clarkchat.com · its alternatives →

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    Build your AI agent in minutes to delegate the daily grind

    Dec 2025 · workspace.google.com · its alternatives →

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    No code AI tool building platform

    2023 · telefono.do · its alternatives →

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    Build a Netflix-style library of AI-powered tools to sell

    Mar 2026 · mindpal.space · its alternatives →

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    Onyx▲165

    The open source AI teammate you've dreamed of

    2025 · onyx.app · its alternatives →

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    Agnes AI ▲124

    Hi HN, I'm Daniel, part of the team at Agnes AI, a Singapore-based AI lab. We've been building quietly for a while and I wanted to share what we've made with this community and get honest feedback from people who actually build things. What is Agnes AI? Agnes AI gives you access to three models through a single free API. We have text, image and video models. The API is fully OpenAI-compatible, so you can just swap the base URL to https://apihub.agnes-ai.com/v1 and use your Agnes API key. No other changes needed in your existing code. It is completely free. No need to submit…

    2025 · agnes-ai.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate & share your own AI tools

    2025 · toolable.ai · its alternatives →

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    Atomic▲140

    Hey HN, I’ve been building Atom (https://github.com/rush86999/atom), an open-source, self-hosted AI automation platform. I built this because while tools like OpenClaw are excellent for one-off scripts and personal tasks, I found them difficult to use for complex business workflows (e.g., managing invoices or SaaS ops). The main issue was State Blindness: the agent would fire a command and assume it worked, without "seeing" if the UI or state actually updated. I just shipped a new architecture to solve this called Canvas AI Accessibility. The Technical Concept: Instead of…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Viberia▲146

    Hey HN, This is my take on the agent harness. Everything on an isometric map. Agents are grouped into "buildings" that run in a sequence or a loop; e.g., the CodeForge has an agent that writes a PRD, another one that implements, and a third that reviews. Everything is customizable, you build your own buildings/teams however you want. It's a Tauri app, really light (about 8x less energy than the closest competitor I benchmarked, so it actually runs from a coffee shop on battery). It's macOS only for now, but ping me if you are willing to test the Windows or Linux version. I've been…

    May 2026 · getviberia.com · its alternatives →

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    Co-Op▲30

    AI is in a weird place right now. Technical people marvel over it while non-technical people don't really care. So we built Co-Op, an app specifically designed for non-technical people to run AI agents without needing a Mac Mini or laptop running 24/7. Your agents run throughout the day and complete real work across your most important apps, no code required. For me, this looks like a daily notification with my unread emails across Outlook, Gmail, and any other inbox, the weather, commute time, flight prices I'm monitoring, and the news. But it goes way beyond that. Our agents can build…

    Jan 2026 · co-op.software · its alternatives →

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    [deprecated] AI Gateway - core infrastructure stack for building production-ready AI Applications - pyadav/gateway

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The developer-first hub for open-source AI workflows

    2025 · blueprints.mozilla.ai · its alternatives →

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