Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Open-sourced Webflow for your own app
Hi HN, I’m Kiet, one of the creators of Onlook studio. I made this app that allows you to visually edit your locally running React app and write the code back to it in real-time. The purpose is to allow you to develop UI while fully owning your code the whole time. There are other visual builders out there but they either require you to upload your code to the cloud or some lengthy setup process. Onlook runs locally, deterministically, and only requires adding a plugin for the compile step (2 lines of config change). Technical details: This is technically a web browser that can point to your…
Onlook Studio is a visual editor for React applications that runs locally on a developer's machine. It allows users to edit UI elements in their running app through drag-and-drop interactions while automatically… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Open-sourced Webflow for your own app launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Onlook for Web▲574The open-source, local-first Figma for React apps
2025 · onlook.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I’m Kiet – one half of the two-person team building Onlook (https://beta.onlook.com/), an open-source [https://github.com/onlook-dev/onlook/] visual editor that lets you edit and create React apps live on an infinite canvas. We launched Onlook [1][2] as a local-first Electron app almost a year ago. Since then, “prompt-to-build” tools have blown up, but none let you design and iterate visually. We fixed that by taking a visual-first, AI-powered approach where you can prompt, style, and directly manipulate elements in your app like in a design…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Webcodesk - Web App Builder for Create React App. Contribute to webcodesk/webcodesk-srv development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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FlutterFlow 2.0▲600Build beautiful and functional native apps online
2021 · ph.flutterflow.io · its alternatives →
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I made this because building UIs in a lexical medium like code is super annoying. I have to pre-render what I’m making in my head, and then jump between the browser and IDE to test. I was inspired by the developer console in chrome and safari since I end up editing css there because it’s ironically more convenient. Hope it’s useful!
2022 · dev.aspect.app · its alternatives →
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Layouts.dev▲699A notebook for building interfaces with Tailwind & shadcn/UI
2024 · layouts.dev · its alternatives →
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Locofy.ai▲720Hey there, I am Honey - Co-founder at Locofy. We, along with other makers, have been building Locofy.ai to help massively accelerate the builders - the designers, developers, product managers & founders, and we're excited to share it today with the HN Community. Locofy.ai simply converts designs into production-ready frontend code for web and mobile apps. It adapts to your preferred design tools, tech stack, and workflows with ease and lets you launch upto 4x faster, while letting designers design the way they want and giving high-quality responsive code that developers love. With this…
2022 · locofy.ai · its alternatives →
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WeWeb▲537Create websites faster with a next-generation visual builder
2021 · weweb.io · its alternatives →
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React Flow | Svelte Flow - Powerful open source libraries for building node-based UIs with React (https://reactflow.dev) or Svelte (https://svelteflow.dev). Ready out-of-the-box and infinitely customizable. - xyflow/xyflow
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · rnplay.org · its alternatives →
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Devsync▲319Visually edit CSS. Live-sync the result with your editor.
2020 · devsync.co · its alternatives →
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Build AR/VR Apps in React Native + ship directly to devices
May 2026 · reactvision.xyz · its alternatives →
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Code.xyz▲378The online code editor for building APIs in a single click.
2018 · namekeeper.com · its alternatives →
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Create and share simple web demos using TypeScript, CSS, and HTML. Prototype new ideas quickly.
2017 · codewich.com · its alternatives →
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Hey guys! I’ve been working on a web app called CodeCafé—a collaborative, browser-based code editor inspired by VS Code and Replit, but with no downloads, no sign-up, and zero setup. You just open the link and start coding—together. The frontend is built with React and TypeScript, and the backend runs on Java with Spring Boot, which handles real-time editing via WebSockets. For syncing changes, I’m using Redis along with a custom Operational Transformation system (no third-party libraries!!!). The idea came after I found out a local summer school was teaching coding using Google Docs (yes,…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open source, dev-friendly and powered by GraphQL and React
2019 · webiny.com · its alternatives →
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Hey, we’ve been working on an open-source project built on top of Comfy for the last few weeks. It is still very much a work in progress, but I think it is at a place where it could start to be useful. The idea is that you can turn a workflow into a web app with an easy-to-use UI. Currently, it should work with any workflows that take images and text as input and return images. We are aiming to add video support over the next few days. Feedback and contributions are more than welcome!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ArachStudio ▲80Live-edit your GitHub components directly in the browser
Jul 2026 · arachstudio01.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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I built React Photo Studio, a free image editor that runs entirely in the browser with React and WebGL. Right now only the brush tool is functional for drawing, while the rest of the interface is a prototype awaiting development. Everything is client side, no backend. I would appreciate feedback on usability and code structure, and I welcome pull requests. Live demo https://reactphotostudio.app Code https://github.com/chase-manning/react-photo-studio
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Atono▲189We kept asking "why did we build it this way?" and spending 20 minutes hunting through Jira, Slack, and GitHub for answers. It was a symptom of a bigger "Jira-problem". So we built Atono (https://atono.io). The idea: Stories that don't die when you ship. Everything - requirements, code changes, bugs, decisions - stays in one place. Our take (might not be for everyone): -Feature flags live in the story, not another tool -Feature engagement for you to see if people use what you built -Context > process What's in it: -Toggle feature flags right in the story -See usage graphs without…
2025 · atono.io · its alternatives →
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