Rapid Web App Builders

Comments discuss tools, frameworks, generators, and low-code platforms like Lowdefy, Calque, and Anvil that enable quick setup, prototyping, and deployment of full-stack web applications to minimize boilerplate and setup time.

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skelet Oct 23, 2019 View on HN

Hi, I'm working on something similar but targeting Web frameworks for the moment. https://skelet.app

askvictor Feb 22, 2024 View on HN

Have you had a look at Anvil? https://anvil.works

gervwyk Sep 28, 2023 View on HN

Enter Lowdefy - Build business web apps in YAML - and its fantastic! Also, founder here so.. Honestly our team is writing more YAML than I think anyone, and we, including junior devs are loving the experience. Check it out!https://lowdefy.com

rpm33 Jul 13, 2024 View on HN

This is awesome, i just tried it myself for a simple form builder that I needed to send out a survey.I will play around more, at first glance, it might be useful for learning new frameworks/langages that require installation of external dependencies.what do you wish to do with further?

jimnotgym Oct 30, 2017 View on HN

I remember someone saying on HN that what the world needed was a way to make web apps that was as easy as making a Windows form in Visual Studio. Could this be that app?

matijash Feb 21, 2020 View on HN

I feel the same problem! I've been writing web apps in various technologies (from backbone to react, php to Node) and always felt I had to reimplement the same common features (while using a lot of code + tests, ...).Thinking similarly as you (terraform for code), together with my brother I started working on https://wasp-lang.dev/ - it is a DSL for building full-stack web apps. We are still very early but

tluyben2 Mar 14, 2017 View on HN

Instant gratification modern stack web (frontend/backend) programming. Ok for playing around, but for anything serious it doesn't seem to add much imho. Maybe I am missing something. If you could install it on your own company servers it would be better.

calquedev Nov 13, 2025 View on HN

Hi HN, we’re four developers who’ve worked in companies and as freelancers, and we’re tired of wasting hours on project setup. So we built Calque.It lets you:Generate a fully functional codebase instantlyAutomatically push it to GitHubDeploy it immediately to VercelPick frameworks, libraries, UI kits, and even preconfigured documentationBasically, you go from idea → code → live app in under a minute.We built it because we’ve repeatedly spent the first 3–8 hours of every proj

snisarenko Nov 17, 2022 View on HN

Hey man,I am working on framework to quickly build simple web apps/ui. http://WidgetTerminal.comWould love to talk to you about your use case. Contact info in my profile.

egusa Jul 14, 2016 View on HN

"a developer playground for quickly building full-stack web apps"i like the idea, good luck fog creek!