Imagine - Build something real with the most complete AI builder
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The most complete AI builder ever made.
With Imagine, you turn your ideas into functional products by chatting with AI.
No matter your prompt, your applications will always have:
- Built-in cloud: Auth, Databases, Storage, Notifications, Hosting
- Fullest compliance: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, CCPA
- SSR and server functions, enabling fast load times and strong SEO
- Highest security: DDoS, Abuse protection, Encryption, Data migrations
- Scalability: Completely managed cloud infrastructure
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Appwrite
Hey Product Hunt 👋 this is Eldad from the Appwrite team, and we're very excited to launch Imagine today.
We built Imagine because we believe software creation shouldn’t be limited to people who already know how to code, set up infrastructure, or glue together dozens of tools just to get something working.
With Imagine, you can go from an idea to a real product in minutes, whether that’s a prototype, a landing page, an internal tool, or a full app you want to share with the world. Just describe what you want to build, and Imagine helps you create real working products.
Imagine is the alternative to Lovable, Supabase, and Vercel, in a single platform.
That means no need to:
- Integrate multiple vendors
- Manage multiple subscriptions
- Worry about security across a scattered stack
With Imagine, you can go from prompt → working app, and still have the fundamentals builders care about: a real backend, real data, real auth, real deployments, without the glue code and setup overhead.
Imagine is built on top of Appwrite’s cloud infrastructure, so it’s designed for builders who want to move fast, but still want things like security, scalability, and production-ready foundations from day one.
We’d love your feedback. We’re here all day to help you answer any questions!
Try it. Break it. Build something real with it.
Appwrite
@eldad_fux Amazing work! Really a breath of fresh air in all the ai tool noise!
Appwrite
@eldad_fux honestly, using Imagine has been such a game-changer. Excited for others to try it too!
Appwrite
@jade_baudchon Some of your demos with it have been mind blowing!!
Appwrite
@eldad_fux Loving using an AI builder that actually produces production ready code.
Imagine
@eldad_fux Love the focus on making product creation simpler and more accessible. Really looking forward to the feedbacks and conversations today
Appwrite
@eldad_fux Quality of web app after first prompt is just insane. I built multiple projects with Imagine and it never stops to surprise me with UI/UX ideas I never had in my original prompt. And they are great!
Looks promising! Is there a way to lock or freeze certain layers like schema, auth rules or infra so AI changes don't accidently break them later?
Imagine
Thanks for your interest@lak7! We've seen thousands of apps generated so far and have not yet seen this type of behavior. We have a dedicated agent to Cloud resource provisioning that only gets to work when needed. Regardless, you can always revert your code to a prior version which will also restore the infrastructure to that state. Give it a go and let us know how you like it!
Appwrite
@lak7 @arielweinberger following up with Ariel's comment, we also have built in backup functionality and soon we also plan to add a way to export your entire project to Appwrite Cloud or to a self hosted Appwrite instance which also give you 100% control and zero vendor locking.
@arielweinberger @eldad_fux makes sense, thanks for clarification. I gave it a try and the UI and overall ease of use feel very solid. Also console, network and server tabs are actually very useful at the bottom. Excited to build more with it.
Appwrite
@arielweinberger @lak7 Glad you like it so far! We're happy to help if you have any other questions or more feedback 🖤
Appwrite
DevQuizzes
Awesome work as always guys!
Appwrite
@madzadev Thanks for the support!
Appwrite
@madzadev Thank you so much Madza! It always means a lot from coming from you.
Your support of us has been amazing since day 1 ♥️
Product Hunt
Imagine
@curiouskitty Great question! We took a unique approach where we don't do "dev mode" the traditional way developers do it. As a developer, you usually code in development mode where you can make changes and see them live on your screen. This is great for fast iteration locally, but one downside of this approach is that you need to wait for areas of your code to hydrate to see errors if there are any.
We solve this problem in a few ways:
We have our own custom build flow (based on Vite, built with Rust) that ensure builds are ultra fast (less than two seconds). This allows us to run a full build and type check for every change. This eliminates the vast majority of bugs.
Even with build-time efforts to reduce broken code, runtime errors can still happen. As we encounter those, we have a pipeline that adds custom linting rules that are used as-needed. This further reduces the chance for code smells and runtime bad practices.
Our sandboxes have a proprietary diagnostics server that performs checks on every file write, ensuring checks happen on the fly quickly before generation is even done, allowing the AI to self-correct before considering the job done. You will sometimes see this indicated as "Fixing errors..." in the workspace state.
When errors do occur, Imagine is fully aware of logs across all surfaces. This includes client-side logs, server-side logs, and network errors. This really helps troubleshoot issues fast.
We allow you to revert back to older versions. Since we define every app's infra using Appwrite infrastructure-as-code, reverts apply to infrastructure as well. No state drift.
QA agent is in the works - it will know your app, be able to use it, and catch the bugs on a separate branch before finalizing your change. Stay tuned!
Let me know if you have any questions!
Triforce Todos
This could be a game-changer for solo founders or designers who want prototypes that actually work.”
Appwrite
@abod_rehman Exactly. When we started building Appwrite our mission was to empower developers. With Imagine we just want to empower - empower everyone.
Imagine
@abod_rehman I'd go ahead and say you can build fully functional apps for all the things you never had the time for previously! There's a lot of power to this. For many, it can be more than just a prototype!
Imagine
@abod_rehman Thanks! Bias aside, that’s the goal, real, working prototypes. I’ve already built a few personal tools with Imagine and it’s become my default.
having backend, auth and deployment all in one place is the real value here. jumping between lovable and supabase and vercel gets messy fast even for simple projects.
can you eject the code if you want to move off the platform later or is it locked in?
Appwrite
@topfuelauto zero vendor-locking. You can export your code at any point in time and use Appwrite Cloud or your own self-hosted Appwrite instance (100% open source) with it to continue your project on your own terms.
Appwrite
@topfuelauto yes, Imagine lets you download the codebase of your project.
Appwrite
@topfuelauto 100% this!
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Does it also support creating smartphone apps?
Appwrite
@busmark_w_nika Currently, it supports only web apps. However, supporting mobile apps is a part of our long-term vision.
Appwrite
@busmark_w_nika not just yet, but definitely something we have on our roadmap!
Osaurus
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Been duct taping Supabase + Vercel + random auth for side projects. Looks like this could fold that into one flow. Chat-to-app is neat, but I care about real backend + SSR + GDPR bits. I'll try a tiny internal tool and see if it chokes.
Appwrite
@alexcloudstar looking forward to hearing about your experience!
Appwrite
@alexcloudstar excited to see how it works for you 🖤
Imagine
@alexcloudstar I look forward to your feedback. Feel free to add me on Discord as well if you have thoughts to share.
Appwrite
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Appwrite
@ponikarovskii the Imagine team is the same team behind Appwrite. Imagine is the only vibe coding platform with full, mature, first party backend and cloud capabilities - already tested and used by +400,000 software engineers.
Appwrite
@ponikarovskii Rork seems to be a pretty cool platform to generate cross-platform/mobile apps, but I did not see much information on their website about any backend offerings aside from serverless functions, which are a staple for any real production-grade app.
Imagine is deeply integrated with Appwrite Cloud, so it comes with an already battle-tested backend infrastructure that is secure from the get-go, including dedicated offerings for databases, storage, auth (with a permissions system) and realtime events across all of these. Additionally, Imagine comes with a dedicated agent to handle provisioning of all these resources so you never need to write any separate code to automate backend management (or deal with it manually).
ChatPal
Compelling that it's all in one - you manage backend/database? What if I want to bring my own Supabase database?
Appwrite
@daniele_packard One really cool feature that Imagine offers is an agent dedicated to provisioning cloud resources for our in-built backend offerings (database, storage, etc.). This substantially streamlines the process of configuring database tables, adding new indexes, setting up a storage bucket and so on with the appropriate permissions.
That being said, Imagine does not restrict you from connecting to any external services via their APIs.
Appwrite
@daniele_packard Thanks for the kind words. Imagine is built on top of Appwrite Cloud, and both products are developed by the same team. This lets us treat them as a single, integrated system rather than stitching together separate services.
Appwrite already includes databases, authentication, storage, messaging, realtime, hosting, an edge network, and built-in security features. Imagine uses all of this directly when generating an app. The agent does not just write code - it provisions the backend, configures hosting, and wires everything together automatically.
Instead of toggling between Supabase for backend, Vercel for hosting, and an AI builder on top, you get one seamless experience. In most cases, you do not even need to know Appwrite is running in the background - it simply works as part of the product generation flow.
If you prefer Supabase, you can ask the agent to use it, but you will lose the native integration and end-to-end workflow that make Imagine shine.
Appwrite
@daniele_packard also important to note, Appwrite is 100% open source (55k stars on GitHub) and can easily be self hosted. You can learn more on https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite