Bolt.new
Build websites and apps from your words right in the browser.
Overview
Bolt.new: Prompt to Full-Stack Web App in Your Browser
Bolt.new from StackBlitz is a browser-based, prompt-driven app builder that runs a complete Node.js dev environment in your tab. You describe the website, dashboard, internal tool, or SaaS product you want, and Bolt scaffolds the React + Tailwind frontend, the backend, the database wiring, and the deployment in seconds. Indie founders, marketing teams, designers, and engineers use Bolt to ship landing pages and MVPs, prototype features before involving the eng team, and turn customer feedback into a live update without leaving the browser.
Key Features:
- Prompt-to-app generation with full Node.js, React, and Tailwind environment in the browser
- WebContainers run npm install, dev server, and build entirely client-side, no remote runner
- Live preview, hot reload, and chat-driven edits with version history
- One-click deploy to Netlify with custom domain, SSL, and global hosting
- Supabase, Stripe, and Expo integrations for backend, payments, and mobile
- GitHub sync so every project is owned, exportable, and self-hostable
- Token-based pricing with daily and monthly allowances, plus credit top-ups
- Templates and starter kits for landing pages, SaaS, dashboards, and tools
- Mobile app builds via Expo with one-prompt scaffolding
Ideal Use Case:
Bolt.new is built for non-engineers who want to ship a real product, and for engineers who want to skip dev environment setup. Indie founders prototype side projects, marketing teams build campaign pages without a dev queue, and product teams turn an idea into a clickable, deployed app in an afternoon.
Why Use Bolt.new:
- Ship a real, deployed full-stack app from a single prompt without local setup
- Run a full Node.js dev environment in the browser with no install
- Iterate by chat with hot-reload preview alongside the editor
- Connect Supabase, Stripe, and a custom domain so the output is production-ready
- Export to GitHub at any time and self-host or hand off to engineers
FAQ
Is Bolt.new free? Yes. Bolt.new has a free tier with daily and monthly tokens. Paid plans start at $20/month for more tokens and longer sessions.
How is Bolt different from Lovable or v0? Bolt runs a real Node.js dev environment in your browser via WebContainers, so you get a full IDE-like setup, full-stack code, and one-click deploy without anything installed.
Do I own the code? Yes. You can export to GitHub at any time, fork it, and host it anywhere.
What hosting does Bolt use? One-click deploys to Netlify with SSL and a custom domain are built in, and you can deploy elsewhere via GitHub.
Can I build mobile apps? Yes. Bolt has Expo integration for prompt-driven React Native mobile app builds.
FAQ
What does Bolt.new do? Bolt.new lets you build websites and apps by describing what you want in plain language, and it generates the code right in your browser. You can see your project come to life instantly without needing to set up a development environment.
Who should use Bolt.new? Bolt.new is ideal for developers, designers, and anyone building web projects who wants to speed up their workflow, from quick prototypes to full applications. It works for both experienced engineers and those new to coding.
What are the pricing options for Bolt.new? Bolt.new offers a free tier with daily and monthly token limits, plus paid plans for higher usage. Visit the Bolt.new pricing page for current plans and details on upgrading when you need more capacity.
How does Bolt.new compare to similar tools? Bolt.new competes with tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and v0 in the space of AI-powered coding assistants, but focuses specifically on full-stack web development directly in the browser. The choice between them depends on your workflow, the types of projects you build, and whether you prefer an integrated development environment versus in-browser development.
FAQ
What does Bolt.new do? Bolt.new lets you build websites and apps by describing what you want in plain language, and it generates the code right in your browser. You can see your project come to life instantly without needing to set up a development environment.
Who should use Bolt.new? Bolt.new is ideal for developers, designers, and anyone building web projects who wants to speed up their workflow, from quick prototypes to full applications. It works for both experienced engineers and those new to coding.
What are the pricing options for Bolt.new? Bolt.new offers a free tier with daily and monthly token limits, plus paid plans for higher usage. Visit the Bolt.new pricing page for current plans and details on upgrading when you need more capacity.
How does Bolt.new compare to similar tools? Bolt.new competes with tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and v0 in the space of AI-powered coding assistants, but focuses specifically on full-stack web development directly in the browser. The choice between them depends on your workflow, the types of projects you build, and whether you prefer an integrated development environment versus in-browser development.
tl;dr:
Bolt.new turns a sentence into a deployed, full-stack web app — frontend, backend, payments, and hosting — without ever leaving your browser. It is the fastest path from idea to a live URL anyone can visit.
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Editorial Review
Our take on Bolt.new.
Bolt.new has grown from browser toy to real builder—Expo mobile apps, Figma import, MCP connections, and Sonnet 4.6 under the hood. Token economics still shape how you work, but paid-tier rollover softens the leash.
What works
- Browser-native with instant preview, now extending to native mobile via Expo
- Figma import, MCP connections, and in-chat image generation reduce tool-hopping
- Paid tiers include token rollover, so unused capacity carries forward
What doesn't
- Token burn scales with project size—large codebases get expensive per message
- Legacy v1 projects die August 3, 2026; early builds need migration
Bolt.new has quietly outgrown its sketch-to-website origins. It still runs entirely in your browser on StackBlitz's WebContainer tech—a full Node.js environment with no local setup—but the 2026 feature set reads differently: Expo integration lets you build iOS and Android apps from prompts and preview them on-device via QR code, Figma import handles design-to-code, you can generate and edit AI images right in the chatbox, and MCP server connections pull real context from your external tools. The model picker is gone too, replaced by two agents: Standard for everyday building and Max for deeper reasoning, with Claude Sonnet 4.6 as the default engine. In May 2026 a Microsoft collaboration landed, letting teams deploy Bolt-generated frontends into existing Azure environments—a signal this is aiming past hobby projects.
The token economy remains the defining texture. Free users get 1M tokens/month with a 300K daily cap; Pro is $25/month for 10M tokens; Teams runs $30/member/month. The honest wrinkle: token burn scales with your project's size, because most usage goes to syncing your file system to the AI. A large codebase eats tokens per message even on small changes. The good news is all paid plans now include token rollover, custom domains, and no Bolt branding, plus 10% off annual billing—so a slow month isn't wasted money the way it used to be.
One housekeeping note if you built here early: the legacy v1 agent is being retired, and v1 projects become inaccessible after August 3, 2026—migrate anything you care about. Where Bolt shines is unchanged in spirit, expanded in scope: fast prototypes, landing pages, and now genuinely usable mobile builds, all without touching a terminal. Where it still stumbles: sustained development on large multi-file projects, where the sync-cost tax on every message makes you feel the meter running. It's a tool with boundaries, but the boundaries moved outward this year.
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