Lovable builds new apps. Your site already exists.
Lovable is great for starting a new app from a prompt. When the site already exists, in its own stack and repository, MakeThemCode lets non-developers vibe code on it instead.
$1.00 of free credit on every new project. No subscription.
What happens when you bring an existing project to Lovable
It is built to start projects
Lovable generates an app and syncs it to a new repository. It is not designed to pick up a codebase you already have.
Its own stack
Lovable works with its own framework and backend. If your site uses something else, it can't run it as is.
A second app to maintain
You end up with a new project to host, or code to move back into your repository by hand.
How does it work?
No install, no terminal. Everything in your browser, on your phone, laptop, tablet.
- 1
Your developer, or anyone with GitHub access
Connect the codebase
Pick the GitHub repository of the project.
- 2
The project owner
Invite your team
Add collaborators by email and choose what each of them can do.
- 3
Your team
Chat, check, submit
Ask for a change in the chat, check it in a live preview of the real app, and submit it when it looks right.
MakeThemCode starts from your repository
Same chat-and-preview experience, on the code you already run.
Your code, your stack
Connect the GitHub repository: MakeThemCode builds a cloud sandbox that runs your app, whatever the framework, as long as it runs in Docker.
Commits, not a new project
Every change is a commit on your repository, merged directly or opened as a pull request, then deployed by your CI/CD.
Rules set by developers
Developers choose which files can be changed, which ones need a review and which ones are forbidden.
Questions
- Should I choose Lovable or MakeThemCode?
- Lovable if you start from scratch and want a prototype fast. MakeThemCode if the site already exists, real users depend on it, and the people asking for changes are not developers.
- Can I use MakeThemCode on a project created with Lovable?
- Yes, if the code is in a GitHub repository and runs in Docker. Lovable projects are synced to GitHub.
- Is there a free plan?
- No, but every new project starts with $1.00 of credit, and you only pay for the tokens used.
Pay per request, with spending limits per project and per member. Developers keep control of the repository.
Keep your stack. Add the chat.
Connect your repository and try your first changes with $1.00 of credit.