Tools / Coding

Bolt

Free plan

Prompt, edit and deploy full-stack web apps in your browser

Bolt, from StackBlitz, builds full-stack web apps from prompts and runs them in the browser. You can edit code directly or through chat and deploy when ready. Usage is measured in tokens, with a free daily and monthly allowance.

What freelancers use it for

  • →Spinning up a demo app for a client meeting
  • →Building landing pages with custom logic
  • →Prototyping a SaaS idea without local setup
  • →Making quick changes to a small web project from any computer

Key features

  • •Prompt-to-app generation
  • •In-browser development environment
  • •Direct code editing alongside chat
  • •One-click deployment
  • •Unused Pro tokens roll over

Pros

  • +Nothing to install
  • +Full access to the generated code
  • +Free tier to try it

Cons

  • −Token use is hard to estimate on bigger projects
  • −Complex apps still need developer skills

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