🎯 What you'll have at the endYou'll build a working web app just by describing it in plain words.

🧰 Before you start

A Lovable account (free tier)
A clear idea of the app: who uses it and what it does

⏱️ Time neededAn afternoon for a first version; days to weeks to launch

💵 Rough costFree tier; paid plans for more messages and custom domains

🪜 Step by step

🐣 Beginner mode: showing the 7 essential steps only. Extra steps are hidden; tap 🚀 Advanced at the top to see all 7.

✅ 0 of 7 steps done 📄 Printable page

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Write a one-paragraph idea
Who is it for, what's the main thing they do, what's on each page? (Prompt below.)
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Go to lovable.dev
Sign up and you'll see a box asking what you want to build.
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Paste your description
Paste your app description and press Enter. Lovable builds a first version you can click around.
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Improve it by chatting
Type changes like 'make the button bigger' or 'add a login page'. Make one change at a time.
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Add data and logins
Ask it to add user accounts and a database (where your app stores information); follow its prompts to connect.
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Test with real people
Share the preview link with 5 friends and fix what confuses them.
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Publish
Click Publish to put it online; add your own domain later.
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💬 Copy-paste prompts

Tap Copy prompt, paste it into your AI (Grok, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini), then replace the [yellow bits] with your own details.

💬 Describe your app

Build a mobile-friendly web app called [name] for [who].
Main goal: [what users do, e.g. book a property viewing and receive a reminder].
Pages: [home, sign up/login, main feature page, dashboard, settings].
Features: [list 3-5].
Design: clean, modern, [colours], large buttons, easy for non-technical users.
Start with sample data so I can test it.

💬 Fix something

On the [page name] page, [describe the problem, e.g. the 'Book' button doesn't save the date]. Please fix it, explain in one sentence what you changed, and don't change anything else.