AI assistants and search
Lovable alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
nocobase/nocobase★23,577 GitHub starslicence unclearA no-code platform with WYSIWYG builders and AI features for creating business apps and workflows.Open on GitHub ↗CherryHQ/cherry-studio★49,957 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceAn AI productivity studio offering smart chat, autonomous assistants, and unified access to multiple LLMs.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Credits/consumption economy and built-in grants
- Integrated first-class hosting, scaling, and security scanning
- Large template gallery and polished UX around iteration/history
- Built-in connectors to many third-party tools and enterprise features
- Team/workspace credit management and enterprise support
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Lovable, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.