Hey Product Hunt! This is Kevin, one of the co-founders of Orchids 👋
Today we're excited to introduce Orchids 1.0, the first AI app builder for building any app, any stack (web, mobile app, chrome extension, slack bot, AI agent, anything!).
Orchids is also the first AI app builder to let you build for FREE using your existing ChatGPT, Claude Code, Github Copilot, Gemini, GLM subscriptions or any API key.
Using an AI app builder shouldn't feel low quality and constraining. Orchids is a huge unlock for anyone looking to build with AI and we're excited for you all to try it.
Join the 1m+ users on Orchids already :)
@kevinlu12 first up, immense respect to you guys for allowing the use of personal subscriptions. that’s not something you see from many of these tool at all (if any), so props for that!
i do have an issue though,
when a project has completed and the agent is then fixing issues in its code, in the app preview, it states that those fixes are free. however after completing a project and having a bit under 50% of my usage left, how did I run out shortly after while the agent was still fixing these issues? it was in the middle of replacing a certain instance, then i got the message “You have run out of credits. Please upgrade your plan to continue.”
is this expected?
Congratulations again on the Orchids 1.0 launch — it’s exciting to see an AI app builder designed without constraining architectural flexibility.
I’ve started exploring Orchids using Naveen@prismatom.com while building Prismatom, which is assurance infrastructure for regulated financial systems. We’re particularly interested in evaluating Orchids for building and iterating on internal infrastructure components.
To properly evaluate Orchids in a real-world infrastructure context, it would be helpful to have access to additional usage credits. This would allow us to meaningfully test system boundaries and share more substantive feedback from a fintech and security-focused use case.
We’d be happy to provide detailed product feedback and insights from our evaluation, which could be valuable as Orchids continues to evolve. Either way, I’d love to stay close and share what we learn as we build.
The "bring your own subscription" model is the right call — most vibe-coding tools charge separately on top of what you're already paying for Claude or GPT, which adds up fast. Curious how Orchids handles context management on complex multi-file projects — does it surface context window limits to the user or try to manage that automatically in the background?
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Congrats on the launch guys! Looking forward to trying this out. Question for you: Does it support OpenRouter API keys and if so, how reliably does it work?
I've used Orchids since November. It is awesome 💪🏻 The "clone" feature is unbeatable, no other tool does it better. Kudos on the launch 🎉
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Congrats, Kevin!
I have two questions regarding the long-term side of things: 1. Vendor Lock-in:If I build a project with Orchids, can I export the full source code to host it independently? It’s crucial to know if we truly own what we build. 2.Maintenance: How does Orchids handle updates months later? Does the AI maintain the full context of the existing codebase to ensure that adding new features doesn't break old ones as the app grows?
I’ve been using your app for ~2-3 months, and over the last month I’ve been really disappointed last month.
Example: 50 minutes ago I started a task (Opus 4.6) and the agent froze. It stayed “running” with no progress or output. After I reloaded the page, it resumed for ~20 minutes, used ~95k tokens, then froze again. When I stopped the task and started it again, it began from scratch. Over the last month, my agent consumed ~3M tokens in these loops with no expected output.
Support hasn’t replied at all.
I really wanted this to work (I like the design), but right now it feels unreliable.
Can you share when you plan to fix these issues (support responsiveness, freezing, and token burn with no results)?
Great work with the BYOK man! I truly think this is how we should start shipping software now. What's the most interesting piece of tech you've seen that's come out of Orchids yet
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I have been using it since a long time now. It is awesome Can t live without its clone feature
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@adam_sardo Hey yes can you send in an email to hello@orchids.app? Did you explicitly click the "Fix with Orchids" button?
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@kevinlu12 The BYOK feature is awesome- I can't wait to play more with it. Keep building great features for us "indie" folks
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@durjoy 🚀
Hi Kevin,
Congratulations again on the Orchids 1.0 launch — it’s exciting to see an AI app builder designed without constraining architectural flexibility.
I’ve started exploring Orchids using Naveen@prismatom.com while building Prismatom, which is assurance infrastructure for regulated financial systems. We’re particularly interested in evaluating Orchids for building and iterating on internal infrastructure components.
To properly evaluate Orchids in a real-world infrastructure context, it would be helpful to have access to additional usage credits. This would allow us to meaningfully test system boundaries and share more substantive feedback from a fintech and security-focused use case.
We’d be happy to provide detailed product feedback and insights from our evaluation, which could be valuable as Orchids continues to evolve. Either way, I’d love to stay close and share what we learn as we build.
Warm regards,
Naveen Bharti
Co-Founder, Prismatom
https://prismatom.com/
The "bring your own subscription" model is the right call — most vibe-coding tools charge separately on top of what you're already paying for Claude or GPT, which adds up fast. Curious how Orchids handles context management on complex multi-file projects — does it surface context window limits to the user or try to manage that automatically in the background?
Congrats on the launch guys! Looking forward to trying this out. Question for you: Does it support OpenRouter API keys and if so, how reliably does it work?
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@cinemachine Yep supported and quite reliable from our testing!
@kevinlu12 🙌
Awesome! Great work guys... All the best!
Congrats, Kevin!
I have two questions regarding the long-term side of things:
1. Vendor Lock-in: If I build a project with Orchids, can I export the full source code to host it independently? It’s crucial to know if we truly own what we build.
2. Maintenance: How does Orchids handle updates months later? Does the AI maintain the full context of the existing codebase to ensure that adding new features doesn't break old ones as the app grows?
Thanks for the insights!
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Congrats on your launch!
I’ve been using your app for ~2-3 months, and over the last month I’ve been really disappointed last month.
Example: 50 minutes ago I started a task (Opus 4.6) and the agent froze. It stayed “running” with no progress or output. After I reloaded the page, it resumed for ~20 minutes, used ~95k tokens, then froze again. When I stopped the task and started it again, it began from scratch. Over the last month, my agent consumed ~3M tokens in these loops with no expected output.
Support hasn’t replied at all.
I really wanted this to work (I like the design), but right now it feels unreliable.
Can you share when you plan to fix these issues (support responsiveness, freezing, and token burn with no results)?
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@andrew_dyuzhov3 Can you send an email to hello@orchids.app with your project link (orchids.app/projects/...) so we can investigate this problem?
Orchid's is great. It really helped me save time when I wanted to mimic the design of a website I liked a while back. Cool to see them on PH!
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@jonathan_maynard1 So happy to hear!
Great work with the BYOK man! I truly think this is how we should start shipping software now. What's the most interesting piece of tech you've seen that's come out of Orchids yet
I have been using it since a long time now. It is awesome
Can t live without its clone feature