From a prompt to something you can ship
AI for indie hackers
Use this page when you are one person trying to get a product in front of someone else. A good fit is a listing that builds, edits, or hosts the thing, with a price shape you can see and a mainland China mark you have read.
Lovable, Bolt, v0, and Replit start in the browser. Cursor and GitHub Copilot are the editor step. Manus is a general agent for multi-step computer tasks and is marked offered in mainland China. DeepSeek is chat for reasoning and coding help, also marked offered.
This is not a startup stack and not a ranking. NavBoth stops at the listing. Accounts, domains, and payments stay on the vendor’s site.
How to choose
- Start in the browser when you do not have a repository yet. Lovable’s listing is a full-stack web app. Bolt’s is a website or prototype. v0’s is an interface that can open Git. Replit’s also runs and hosts.
- Move to Cursor or GitHub Copilot when the work is a repository. The comparison page is those two. Mainland China access is not confirmed for either.
- Use Manus when the leftover work is a multi-step computer task, and you want a listing marked offered in mainland China. Use DeepSeek when the help should stay in chat.
- Read the China mark before you depend on a hosted builder. Only Manus and DeepSeek on this page are marked offered. The browser tools and editors are not confirmed.
Shortlist
Eight listings. Four build in the browser, two edit a repository, two are marked offered in mainland China.
CodingFree tier
Lovable
Browser app that turns prompts into full-stack web apps, with free credits and paid plans.
Mainland China: not confirmed
View listingOpen this when a prompt should become a full-stack web app in the browser, with free credits and paid plans. Mainland China access is not confirmed.
CodingFree tier
Bolt
StackBlitz's browser builder for websites and app prototypes from a prompt, with free and paid use.
Mainland China: not confirmed
View listingOpen this for StackBlitz’s browser builder when the job is a website or app prototype from a prompt, with free and paid use. Mainland China access is not confirmed.
CodingFree tier
v0
Vercel's browser tool that turns a prompt into a web app interface and can open a Git workflow.
Mainland China: not confirmed
View listingOpen this for Vercel’s browser tool when a prompt should become an interface and can open a Git workflow. Mainland China access is not confirmed.
CodingFree tier
Replit
Browser workspace for writing, running, and hosting software, including an agent that edits projects.
Mainland China: not confirmed
View listingOpen this when you want to write, run, and host the project in the browser, including an agent that edits it. Mainland China access is not confirmed.
CodingFree tierEditor's pick
Cursor
Desktop editor for agent-style coding across a whole repository, with a free tier and paid usage.
Mainland China: not confirmed
View listingOpen this when the work moves into a desktop editor across a whole repository, with a free tier and paid usage. Mainland China access is not confirmed.
CodingFree tier
GitHub Copilot
Coding assistant inside editors and on GitHub, with a free tier and paid plans for completions, chat, and agent-style edits.
Mainland China: not confirmed
View listingOpen this when completions, chat, and agent-style edits should stay in an editor and on GitHub. There is a free tier and paid plans. Mainland China access is not confirmed.
AgentsFree tier
Manus
General AI agent product for multi-step computer tasks, with public signup and paid usage.
Mainland China: offered
View listingOpen this for a general agent that takes multi-step computer tasks, with public signup and paid usage. The listing is marked offered in mainland China.
ChatFree tierEditor's pick
DeepSeek
Chat product from DeepSeek for reasoning and coding help, from the Hangzhou research lab.
Mainland China: offered
View listingOpen this for reasoning and coding help in chat, from the Hangzhou lab, marked offered in mainland China. It is a chat listing, not a host.
Head to head
Related pages
Questions
Which listings actually host the project?
Replit’s summary says you can write, run, and host in the browser. Lovable, Bolt, and v0 describe building from a prompt. The index does not record a deploy target for those three. Read each vendor’s site before you point a domain at one.
What is offered in mainland China on this page?
Manus and DeepSeek are marked offered. Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot are not confirmed. Unknown is not a quiet yes. The index does not test your network.
Is this a free way to launch?
All eight are freemium in the index: a free tier, free credits, or public signup, plus paid use. The index does not copy credit tables or say a free tier covers a production launch.
Where are no-code automations?
On the automation page. n8n, Dify, and 扣子 connect models to other apps. This page is for the product you are building, not for a workflow between products you already have.
Why is ChatGPT not on the shortlist?
ChatGPT’s listing does include coding help, and it is freemium, but it is marked not offered for ordinary use in mainland China and it does not host a project. DeepSeek is the chat listing on this page. The DeepSeek comparison still includes ChatGPT.
Limits
NavBoth is a directory of public products already in the index. These pages help you choose a listing. The product itself runs on the vendor’s site. Mainland China marks come from public offers reviewed with the seed; they are not a live connection test. No listing on these pages has a paid badge. Names belong to their owners.
Uptime, custom domains, and what a free credit includes stay on the vendor’s site. This page only points at listings whose public summary matches building, editing, or hosting a product yourself.