Blink — Build production apps in plain English
The full-stack AI app builder · Backed by Y Combinator

Build production apps
in plain English.

Blink turns a sentence into a shipped app — frontend, backend, database, auth, and hosting included on day one. No stitching together five vendors. No weekend lost to boilerplate. Just describe it, watch it build, and ship.

No credit card required  ·  Free tier with real hosting  ·  Own your code (plain React + TypeScript)

Trusted by 1M+ builders shipping production apps — from solo founders to YC-backed teams.

Y Combinator Product Hunt #1 Featured on Hacker News SOC 2 ready

A real app. Built start-to-ship on camera.

No mocks. No edits. Watch a working app come together from a single sentence — database, auth, UI, and a live URL included.

DEMO · blink.new
Hosted on Loom. Click play to watch the unedited build.
Try it yourself Takes about 4 minutes from idea to deployed app.

The standard MVP setup is five vendors and a weekend lost. Blink replaces the stack with a sentence.

The old way
  • × Pick a hosting provider, set up CI
  • × Wire Supabase / Firebase for the database
  • × Bolt on Clerk or Auth0 for sign-in
  • × Integrate Stripe by hand
  • × Hook up Resend or Postmark for email
  • × Debug the seams between all of them

Five dashboards. Five bills. A weekend gone before the first user lands.

The Blink way
  • Database, auth, hosting — already in
  • Stripe billing in < 5 messages
  • Production URL on first deploy
  • Edits by chat — Blink rewrites the code
  • Self-corrects errors without prompting
  • Export to GitHub, deploy anywhere

One chat. One bill. One app you actually own.

A full backend, on day one. Not a glossy demo.

Speak it, ship it

Type what you want. Blink writes the React + TypeScript, wires the database, lays out the UI, and shows you a live preview as it builds. Edit by chat. No DSL. No proprietary builder UI.

The whole stack, included

Database. Auth. Edge functions. AI integrations. Hosting on a global CDN. The same production-grade stack that powers blink.new itself — no plugins to stitch, no vendor zoo to manage.

Real URL, not a sandbox

One click to deploy. You get a public production URL on a global edge network — ready for users, ready for revenue. Outgrow Blink hosting? Export to GitHub and roll your own. Your code, always.

Three steps. No setup.

  1. 01

    Describe what you want.

    Tell Blink in plain English. No specs, no schemas, no boilerplate. "Build a Kanban tool for my law firm with client portals" is a complete brief.

    "a marketplace for local pottery, with seller payouts via Stripe"
  2. 02

    Watch the app come to life.

    Blink's agent writes the code, runs the database migrations, configures auth, and builds the UI — live, in front of you. Spot something off? Type the fix. Blink rewrites in seconds.

  3. 03

    Ship to a real URL.

    One click. Production-ready infrastructure, global edge CDN, your domain when you're ready. Iterate by chat or open the project in your IDE — your code is plain React + TypeScript.

    https://your-app.blink.new
Try it — free Takes about 4 minutes to your first deployed app.

Founders shipped apps they'd spent a year not shipping.

In one uninterrupted evening, I built a full-featured, enterprise-grade platform — Quantum Social AI — from zero to working prototype, entirely on Blink. What used to take a team and a roadmap, I did solo in a few hours.
An indie founder Built Quantum Social AI in one evening

"I tried Blink against Lovable, Bolt & Base44. Less prompting, fewer mistakes. The code quality is the difference — strict standards, stability, higher reliability."

Solo developer · migrated from Lovable

"Setting up Stripe was taking me forever between Lovable, Clerk and Supabase. I've done it in less than 5 messages on Blink. Demo next week — I'm finally going to make it."

SaaS founder · shipping a demo

"I've gotten further in 5 days than I have in a year. The builder is really cool — it actually does what the others promise."

First-time builder · 5 days in

"I built a full-featured GPT-4 clone, wrote a legal brief, and analyzed an X-ray image — all in less than 25 minutes. Unbelievable."

The only AI builder that ships a real backend out of the box.

Lovable
Bolt
v0
Built-in database
Built-in authentication
Production hosting included
Self-corrects errors
Export to plain React/TS
Stripe billing in < 5 prompts

Included Partial / via plugin Not available

From weekend MVPs to enterprise platforms.

SaaS

Subscription products with Stripe billing, admin dashboards, and email digests.

Internal tools

Custom CRMs, ops dashboards, and approval workflows for your team.

Marketplaces

Two-sided apps with seller onboarding, payouts, and review systems.

AI products

Chat apps, agent tools, and AI-powered features with model integrations baked in.

Booking

Appointment systems, calendars, and resource scheduling — without the SaaS-fee tax.

Mobile-ready

Responsive web apps that feel native, or full mobile-first builds from a single prompt.

Three tiers. Annual plans cut prices in half.

Credit-based pricing — you pay for AI interactions, not seats. Every paid plan includes production hosting, custom domains, and full code download. Switch to annual billing to save 50% across the board.

Best value

Max

$200/ mo

$200$100/mo billed annually

  • 800 credits / mo (scales up to 50,000)
  • Credit rollovers — never lose unused
  • Publish to App Store
  • 2× machine performance
  • Premium support & beta access

Pro

$50/ mo

$50$25/mo billed annually

  • 200 credits / month
  • In-app code editing
  • Advanced AI models
  • Priority support

Starter

$25/ mo

$25$13/mo billed annually

  • 100 credits / month
  • 24/7 AI agents (Blink Claw)
  • Production hosting & custom domains
  • Download your full code
See full pricing on Blink

A few common questions.

Do I actually own the code Blink writes?

Yes. Every app is plain React + TypeScript. No DSL, no proprietary builder UI, no mystery abstractions. Edit any line in any editor, install any npm package, integrate any third-party API. Export to GitHub at any time and deploy to Vercel, Netlify, or your own infrastructure.

Is the deployed app production-ready?

Yes. Apps deploy to a global edge CDN. Database, hosting, and auth are production-grade — the same stack that powers blink.new itself. The free tier covers a real launch on a Blink subdomain; Pro and Max plans handle higher traffic.

How is this different from Lovable, Bolt, or v0?

Blink ships a real backend out of the box — database, auth, edge functions, hosting, AI integrations. The others give you a frontend and leave you to stitch in vendors. Builders coming from those tools consistently report less prompting, fewer mistakes, and higher code quality on Blink.

What if I'm not technical?

That's exactly who Blink is built for. Describe what you want in plain English; Blink handles the code, database, auth, and deploy. You can edit by chat for the entire lifecycle of the app — you never have to open a code editor unless you want to.

What does it cost?

Three paid tiers, all credit-based. Starter at $25/mo gives you 100 credits and the full hosting stack. Pro at $50/mo adds 200 credits, in-app code editing, advanced models, and priority support. Max at $200/mo gives you 800 credits (scalable up to 50,000), credit rollovers, App Store publishing, and 2× machine performance. Annual billing halves every price. There's also a free starting tier so you can try Blink before committing.

The next app idea you have —
ship it tonight.

The whole stack. Plain English. A real production URL in minutes.

Start building free

No credit card · Free tier with real hosting · Own your code