Will Chen

Dyad - Free, local, open-source alternative to Lovable / v0 / Bolt

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Dyad is a free, local, open-source vibe coding tool. It's an alternative to v0, Lovable, and Bolt, but without the lock-in or limitations - you can use any AI model (including free Gemini & OpenRouter ones)! Download it for free: runs on Windows and Mac

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Will Chen
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After nearly nine years at Google, I left three months ago to build Dyad — a free, open-source vibe coding tool that runs locally and gives you the control that Lovable, v0, and Bolt don't. It’s been an amazing journey building in public, and I’m excited to finally launch it on Product Hunt!

Here's a few things that make Dyad special:

💻 Runs on your computer (Mac/Windows)

♾️ Free forever – no limits, no required subscription

🦋 No vendor lock-in – works frictionlessly with other AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code

Download Dyad for free at https://www.dyad.sh/

We're shipping updates every week based on feedback by our amazing community of thousands of builders. Don't wait, be a part of the growing community:

Veit Josef Schneider

@wwwillchen congrats on the launch! Already tested it and works great!

Will Chen

@veit_josef_schneider awesome, thanks!!

Sanjeev Kumar Sahoo

@wwwillchen Awwwsome

Anna Filou

@wwwillchen you're a saint!

le monkey dev

@wwwillchen sadly I use linux...I would love to use it but I am NOT using apple or windows

le monkey dev

@wwwillchen Still sounds and looks absolutely EXCELLENT!

because of no pricing tags I can immediately say this product is better than bolt, cursor or lovable

Dilip Kumar

Awwwsome 👏👏👏👏👏

Will Chen
Kshitij Mishra

this is goldmine for developers!

Will Chen

@kshitij_mishra4 thanks! great for developers and non-developers 😀

CaiCai

Congratulations on the launch! It’s inspiring to see a free, open-source, and local coding tool that puts users in control

Will Chen

@hi_caicai thank you🙏 that's exactly what we're aiming for

Sathish
💡 Bright idea

Congrats on the launch @wwwillchen does dyad keep the memory of every conversation?

Will Chen

@sathish_thiyagarajan27 there isn't a memory feature right now, but it's a good idea!

Dyad uses the current chat as context (and you can configure how many messages, e.g. a few messages or all the messages, are used from the current chat to optimize your tokens).

Sathish

@wwwillchen Thank you for your response, Most of the except GPT doesn't offer that feature and it is difficult to keep track on certain things and also if you have time try launching in go-publicly.com no compulsion at all. Maybe you can visit and share your feedback.

Jacob Seeger

This is awesome! Could I connect an existing VS code workspace (that I built on Lovable) with Dyad to make iterative changes on an existing app?

Will Chen

@jacobseeger yes! Dyad works well with all of your existing IDE / coding tools like VS Code.

ryan wong

way better than lovable and bolt

Will Chen

@ryan_wong14 thanks, appreciate it!

Mohammad Mezher
Absolutely love this, @wwwillchen Super inspiring, beautifully crafted, and best of all it’s open to everyone!
Will Chen

@mohd_mezher thank you for the kind words!

Leonard
Amazing launch and great work!
Will Chen

@leonardcser thanks! a lot of work but well worth it 😊

Pulin Yu

It is convenient by working seamlessly with AI models like Gemini & Claude, and running on both Mac and Windows. Makes using it so easy and smooth.

Will Chen

@pulin_yuuu thank you!

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