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Open Lovable
★ 28kFirecrawl's open-source Lovable clone: chat with AI to clone sites and build React apps instantly
Open Lovable does the job of Lovable, self-hosted. It is MIT-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. Lovable bills $25 for it. 28k stars on GitHub.
Open-source replacement for Lovable.
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosting
- Medium
- The paid one costs
- $25
- GitHub stars
- 28k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:
How Open Lovable runs
Where it runs
Open Lovable runs on your machine or their cloud.
Installing it
Clone the repo, install with pnpm, add service keys to .env and run the Next.js development server.
Where your data lives
Generated React source lives in the selected cloud sandbox; local configuration is in .env, and prompts or site content go to the selected services.
What setup takes
Several model, extraction and sandbox service keys are needed before the complete workflow works.
The catch compared with Bolt.new
It is a developer-run example requiring several service keys, without Bolt's managed account, persistent workspace and integrated deploy experience.
Open Lovable questions
Is Open Lovable open source?
Yes — it is released under MIT.
Can Open Lovable replace Lovable?
Our verdict on Lovable is YES. OpenCode (192k stars), OpenHands (83k stars), Cline (65k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Lovable — self-host in one command and stop paying $25/mo.
Can I self-host Open Lovable?
Yes — we rate it medium to self-host, and it runs on your machine or their cloud. Clone the repo, install with pnpm, add service keys to .env and run the Next.js development server.