WeWeb

Build a responsive frontend over one API with reusable components and workflows

KINDA · partial replacement
price $39/mosubscription / year $468estimated build time multi-dayreplaced by 0 people

The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For WeWeb, build a responsive frontend over one API with reusable components and workflows. The hard boundary is visual frontend editor, hosting, connectors, code export, and collaboration, plus connectors, runtime reliability, and governance.

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What you give up

  • visual frontend editor, hosting, connectors, code export, and collaboration
  • hundreds of connectors
  • pixel-perfect app design
  • mobile app-store builds
  • enterprise permissions and scale

Why people still pay

People still pay for WeWeb because the builder is only useful when its runtime, connectors, permissions, and deployments remain boring for years. The recurring cost buys schema migration, auth, permissions, connector drift, queues, deployments, backups, and auditability, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • Runtime and tools: TypeScript, React, Node and PostgreSQL with workspace membership enforced on the server.
  • Before starting: A PostgreSQL database, session authentication, two isolated example workspaces and private attachment storage.
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TypeScript, React, Node and PostgreSQL with workspace membership enforced on the server
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Data design: Store ViewDefinition, FieldBinding, APIContractVersion and DraftChange; server authorization remains authoritative and optimistic changes reconcile against returned record versions.
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Setup: A PostgreSQL database, session authentication, two isolated example workspaces and private attachment storage
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1

Pin the working slice and create its example input: Build a responsive frontend for a known service-request API with list/detail/edit views and a reviewed submit workflow. Confirm setup: A PostgreSQL database, session authentication, two isolated example workspaces and private attachment storage.

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Phase 2

Implement persistence and write-time invariants before decorating the UI: Store ViewDefinition, FieldBinding, APIContractVersion and DraftChange; server authorization remains authoritative and optimistic changes reconcile against returned record versions.

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Phase 3

Connect the working view to real saved state. Check membership on reads, mutations, attachments and exports. Keep activity history separate from editable current state; do not make private records public through search.

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Phase 4

Expose the app-specific limits and recovery path in context: Start with one documented API and fixed components. Do not create an unsafe general expression evaluator or imply a visual frontend supplies backend access control.

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Phase 5

Walk through this concrete acceptance case and preserve its exported evidence: Two editors update the same request and one loses access; show a revision conflict and reject unauthorized saves instead of hiding controls only in the frontend. Finish the README and backup/restore instructions; report unfinished capabilities explicitly.

the pro prompt
download AGENTS.md
Build the following focused alternative to WeWeb. This is a deliberately limited personal or small-team substitute, not parity with the paid service.

WORKING SLICE
Build a responsive frontend for a known service-request API with list/detail/edit views and a reviewed submit workflow.

SETUP AND ARCHITECTURE
Use TypeScript, React, Node and PostgreSQL with workspace membership enforced on the server. Prerequisites: A PostgreSQL database, session authentication, two isolated example workspaces and private attachment storage. Before integrating anything, record actual versions and permissions, plus model files or provider limits only where used, in the README; make unavailable dependencies visible rather than simulating success.

DOMAIN MODEL AND INVARIANTS
Store ViewDefinition, FieldBinding, APIContractVersion and DraftChange; server authorization remains authoritative and optimistic changes reconcile against returned record versions.

IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT
Check membership on reads, mutations, attachments and exports. Keep activity history separate from editable current state; do not make private records public through search. Provide an input/setup view, the main work view, and a review/export view appropriate to this workflow. Preserve the last saved state if a job or save fails. Include empty, loading, permission-denied, partial and retryable-error states. Log identifiers and error categories without secret values or unnecessary private content.

APP-SPECIFIC BOUNDARY AND RECOVERY
Start with one documented API and fixed components. Do not create an unsafe general expression evaluator or imply a visual frontend supplies backend access control.

ACCEPTANCE SCENARIO
Two editors update the same request and one loses access; show a revision conflict and reject unauthorized saves instead of hiding controls only in the frontend. Also reopen the app after an interrupted operation, confirm the saved record/export remains inspectable, and document the recovery action. These are implementation acceptance requirements, not a claim that this guide has been tested.

DELIVERY
Deliver a runnable repository with migrations or project-format versioning, a non-sensitive example, environment/permission setup, the exact manual acceptance steps, and a backup/export-and-restore walkthrough. Implement the working slice before optional integrations; list any deferred paid-product capabilities honestly. Do not add capabilities outside the working slice just to resemble the original product.

PROJECT RULES FOR AGENTS.md
Keep the domain invariants above executable at the write boundary. Propose scope changes before adding providers or permissions. Never fabricate source evidence, publish results, identity matches or successful delivery. Preserve user originals and require an explicit confirmation for destructive changes or external publication.

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Alternatives to building your own

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Questions about WeWeb

Can you build your own WeWeb with AI?

Partly. The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For WeWeb, build a responsive frontend over one API with reusable components and workflows. The hard boundary is visual frontend editor, hosting, connectors, code export, and collaboration, plus connectors, runtime reliability, and governance.

What does the WeWeb build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Build a responsive frontend for a known service-request API with list/detail/edit views and a reviewed submit workflow. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: visual frontend editor, hosting, connectors, code export, and collaboration; hundreds of connectors; pixel-perfect app design. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the WeWeb prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this WeWeb project take?

The catalogue estimate is multi-day for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing WeWeb?

visual frontend editor, hosting, connectors, code export, and collaboration; hundreds of connectors; pixel-perfect app design; mobile app-store builds; enterprise permissions and scale. People still pay for WeWeb because the builder is only useful when its runtime, connectors, permissions, and deployments remain boring for years. The recurring cost buys schema migration, auth, permissions, connector drift, queues, deployments, backups, and auditability, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Essential plan is $39/mo (monthly), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building WeWeb?

Nordcraft Free: A responsive visual frontend over REST or GraphQL with components and workflows; free publishing keeps the badge and subdomain. WeWeb Free: The same visual frontend builder publishes unlimited branded apps on its own subdomain for free, with APIs, components, and workflows. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.

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