CodinIT, local open-source Lovable alternative (Electron desktop app)
Details
- External ID
- 46334615
- Source
- HN
- Company
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- Product
- CodinIT, local open-source Lovable alternative (Electron desktop app)
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Dec. 20, 2025
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 26
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.700381679389313
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
Hi HN!I left AWS a few months ago and created CodinIT, a local, open-source AI app builder made with remix + Electron.The motivation: I tried one of the popular cloud-based AI app builders, but when I pulled down the app to run locally, it just didn’t work especially with the monthly costs needed to build something half decent without being limited.So I created CodinIT, an app builder that runs fully on your computer, making it easy to switch between CodinIT and coding tools like Cursor or Claude Code.Source code: https://github.com/codinit-dev/codinit-dev Download (free, no sign-up): https://codinit.dev Read the docs: https://codinit.dev/docs
Enrichment
- Theme
- Claude integrations and coding agents
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- AI feature
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- open-source ai code generation for desktop
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes This is an Electron wrapper around Remix that calls existing LLM APIs, executes local file operations, and renders a web preview of generated code.
Discussion
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