The AI app builder that runs what it builds.
Build an interactive web app, not just a set of pages. Describe who signs in, what data it stores, what each role can do, and what should happen next. Playcode builds the screens and logic, then runs the app with backend, database, logins, and hosting included.
No credit card required · AI credits included
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From your workflow to a running web app
Define the users, records, permissions, and core action before the agent builds.
Define the workflow
Name the people, records, and action that make the app useful. "A CRM for my roofing crews - leads become jobs, managers assign crews, and the office tracks invoices."
Playcode asks what each role can see or change, which data must persist, and what should happen when a record moves to the next state.
Watch the agent build
The AI agent builds the screens, data model, access rules, and workflow logic. Watch the implementation tasks complete one by one.
Review the key path with realistic records, then ask for changes in plain language or edit the interface directly.
Test it, then publish
Check sign-in, permissions, record changes, and the main workflow. Then publish the browser-based app on Playcode Cloud with backend, database, and HTTPS running.
Share the link with the people who use the workflow. Add a custom domain under applicable plan limits after its DNS records are configured.
Your website is live!
The runtime is included. Your app is live from day one.
Every app gets a real backend, a database, logins, and automatic HTTPS on infrastructure Playcode owns and operates. Not a prototype, not an export you still have to host - the working software your team and customers use.
Still stitching together hosting, auth, and a database? Playcode ships them with the app - one project, one runtime.
Your app comes with a marketing team built in.
An app without users is a demo. The same AI that built your product markets it: ask in the chat - it checks real Google data, shows you what it found, and writes the answer into your public pages.
- Know exactly what's slowIt audits your live pages with Google's own Lighthouse, fixes what drags your scores down, and measures again to prove it.
- Target keywords people actually searchReal Google search volumes, difficulty, and intent for any keyword your customers might type - no guessing.
- See who links to your competitorsBacklink profiles for any domain, and live Google rankings for any query - including yours.
- Then it writes the pagesResearch becomes your landing page, the fixed titles, the launch post - in the same conversation, next to the app it already runs.
- thedailybite.blog214 links
- austinfoodguide.com86 links
- eatlocal.co41 links
Built so your business doesn't lose its work.
When an app runs your business, its database is the business - customers, records, invoices. Playcode keeps your app's work in independent layers: saved on the machine, kept off it, and yours to take home.
You don't have to run your own rescue copies - but you can. Download the full project anytime - it's real code, and it's your property.
- SnapshotsOn the machine
The whole app saved together - code, files, and database. Restore to a saved point in about a second.
manual · on request · auto before risky changes - Git historySeparate infrastructure
Every change to your code is committed to history that lives apart from the machine your app runs on.
every change · recoverable independently - Encrypted off-site backupSeparate provider
Your project history is also backed up nightly, encrypted, at a separate cloud provider - and every backup run is monitored.
nightly · encrypted · monitored - Your own copiesIn your hands
The project is real code. Take the full export whenever you like and keep copies wherever you trust.
export anytime · your property
Change boldly. Rewind instantly.
Before risky changes - and any time you ask - Playcode snapshots your entire app. If an update breaks the workflow your team depends on, rewind: code, files, and database come back together, exactly as they were, in about a second. That is only possible because Playcode owns the machines your app runs on. Every change is also committed to git on separate infrastructure, so your history survives anything.
Auto-snapshot before risky changes · git history on separate infrastructure
- Broke somethingReworked permissionsjust now
- Added invoice export2 min ago
- New client portal1 hour ago
- Launched the CRMyesterday
Change your app in seconds
Click to edit visually, or tell AI what to change. Press Publish - your team sees it immediately. No developers needed.
Click any element in your app to select it. Change labels, colors, and layout - or ask AI to do it for you.
Start with one tool. Grow into the system your business runs on.
Add a client portal. Add payments. Add dashboards, reports, automations - even the public website. It is the same project and the same chat, so the software grows with your business instead of hitting a wall.
- An internal toolWhere it starts
- Team logins+ roles and access
- A client portal+ customers see their own data
- Payments and invoices+ money flows through it
- Dashboards and reports+ the numbers on one screen
- The app your business runs onSame project. No rebuild.
Choose the app job you need
For team workflows, explore the portal, CRM, dashboard, inventory, and field-service paths. For customer-facing products, start with a SaaS, booking, store, or membership app.
Client Portal
Logins + shared records
Internal CRM
The workflow your team runs on
Ops Dashboard
Live numbers on one screen
SaaS MVP
Real, paying users
Booking System
Fills your calendar
Online Store
Takes orders and payments
Inventory Tracker
Knows what's in stock
Field Service Tracker
Every job, one board
Membership Site
Members log in
Need a different app workflow? Describe it from scratch.
Why choose Playcode over other AI app builders?
No-code builders make you assemble the app by hand. AI coding tools generate code and leave you to run it. Playcode does both jobs: it builds the app and runs it - backend, database, and rollback included.
No-Code App Builders
- You assemble the app by dragging and configuring
- Weeks to learn the editor before you ship
- Complex logic gets harder as the app grows
- Locked into their runtime and pricing
AI Coding Tools
- Generate code - hosting and deploys are on you
- You wire up the database, logins, and backups
- Made for developers, not operators
- When it breaks, you debug it yourself
Custom Development
- Months to deliver
- Every change is a new invoice
- Dependent on their schedule
- Handoff risk when they move on
Playcode AI
Recommended- Describe the app in chat - the AI agent builds it
- Backend, database, logins, and hosting included
- Rewind the whole app - database included - in seconds
- Edit with AI, visually, or directly in code
- Export the code anytime - zero lock-in
Built by people without developers
"It started as a booking page. Now it is the system my company runs on - schedules, invoices, customer records. When I need a change, I describe it in chat and it is live the same day."
"I launched a working MVP - logins, subscriptions, a real database - without hiring a developer. Investors clicked through the product, not a slide deck."
"We replaced a $300-a-month tool with an internal tracker shaped like how we actually work. The team lives in it every day."
Simple pricing
Start small. Upgrade when you're ready.
Free
Start building with Playcode AI
- AI credits included to start
- Publish your project instantly
- Subdomain included
- Hosting included
- No credit card required
Pro
Most PopularEverything you need to build
- 100 AI credits/month
- All AI models (12+)
- Visual editing
- Custom domains
- Hosting included
- Export your code anytime
- Private projects
- Unlimited collaborators
Cancel anytime. No hidden fees.
How credits work
Credits are used when AI helps you. Simple edits cost less, complex features cost more.
- Simple edits"Change button color" ~0.3-0.5 credits
- Add component"Add a navigation bar" ~1-2 credits
- Create page"Build a contact page" ~2-3 credits
- Full feature"Add user authentication" ~5-10 credits
Most users never run out. 100 credits = lots of building.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most tools do half the job. No-code builders give you an editor - you assemble the app. AI code generators write code - you host and maintain it. Playcode AI plans and builds the app, and Playcode Cloud runs it: hosting, database, logins, HTTPS, and background jobs. And because Playcode owns the machines, you can rewind the whole app - code, files, and database together - to a saved moment.
Yes. Describe what the app stores and who signs in, and Playcode builds it with a real database, authentication, and user roles on Playcode Cloud. Client portals, CRMs, dashboards, booking systems, and SaaS MVPs all run with real data.
Use an AI website builder when the main job is publishing public pages for people to read, discover, or contact you through. Use an AI app builder when people sign in, work with stored records, have different roles, or move data through a workflow. This page focuses on interactive, browser-based apps.
No-code builders replace code with a visual editor you still have to master - the building is manual. In Playcode you describe the app in chat and the AI agent does the building. You refine with plain language, visual editing, or direct code access - and the runtime is included.
No. You describe, the agent builds - everything happens in plain language, and any language works. And if you do write code, the full source is right there to edit whenever you want precision.
Yes. Playcode never hides the source: real React, Vue, or HTML you can open, read, and change by hand. Let AI do the heavy lifting, then fine-tune yourself when it matters.
A first working version typically takes 5-30 minutes. After that, changes are conversational: describe what you want, watch it apply, publish.
Yes - completely. Export the full source anytime and run it on Vercel, Netlify, AWS, or your own server. Nothing is locked in.
Export your project code when you need to audit, hand off, or move. While the app runs on Playcode Cloud, the platform also provides the managed runtime: hosting, database, jobs, HTTPS, snapshots, and rollback under supported plan limits.
Your projects are private by default on paid plans. EU-based bare-metal hosting (Hetzner), HTTPS everywhere, daily encrypted backups, single-engineer production access. SOC 2 audit and full GDPR alignment in progress (EU data residency and right-to-erasure live today). We do not train models on your code or content. Full overview at /security.
Yes. Full functionality on phone, tablet, and desktop. Build, edit, and publish from anywhere.
Email support@playcode.io and a real person responds. There is also a help center with guides and a changelog tracking every update we ship.
Still have questions? Contact us
Describe the app. It's running.
Press play on your business - from the first internal tool to the software it runs on, all in one chat.
An internal CRM that retires our spreadsheets...Start buildingNo credit card required · AI credits included
The real code is yours
Playcode shows the real code behind the app. Use AI for speed, edit directly when you need precision, and export the project when you need control.
import React from 'react'
export default function Hero() {
return (
<main className="site">
<Hero business="Dental Clinic" />
<Services />
<ContactForm />
</main>
)
}Export anytime
Download the project whenever you need the files.
Developer can edit it
Share access or hand over the code. Nothing is trapped in Playcode.
Host anywhere
Keep it on Playcode, or move it to Vercel, Netlify, AWS, or your own server.
The AI app builder for workflows, data, and user roles
What does an AI app builder create?
Playcode builds browser-based web apps, internal tools, CRMs, client portals, dashboards, booking systems, inventory trackers, and SaaS MVPs from plain-language workflow requirements. Describe the users, records, permissions, and core action, and Playcode turns them into screens, data, logic, and editable code.
A website primarily presents public content. An app lets people sign in, work with stored records, and complete a repeatable workflow. If the main job is a public business site, follow the website-builder path instead.
Choose the narrowest app path
Use the dedicated client portal, AI CRM, AI dashboard, SaaS app, booking website, ecommerce website, or membership website guide for those jobs. Inventory and field-service trackers remain in the internal-tools path because they are internal operational workflows.
In either case, Playcode can run the result on Playcode Cloud with backend services, database-backed state, logins, files, HTTPS, background jobs, snapshots, and rollback on the supported path.
Playcode features
- Define users, records, permissions, and workflow states in plain language
- Build apps, internal tools, portals, dashboards, and automations
- Real backend, database, authentication, and background jobs on Playcode Cloud
- Publishing with preview links, custom domains, and automatic HTTPS under applicable plan limits and DNS setup
- Full-app rewind: code, files, and database restored together to a saved moment
- API, webhook, SMTP, and token-based integrations when the target service supports them
- Full code access, export, and an editor that works on phone, tablet, and desktop