{"id":87417,"title":"a0.dev: Build Mobile Apps in Minutes","tagline":"Generate, preview, and refine your app—all in one place.","body":"Hey everyone, we’re [Seth](https://x.com/sethsetse) and [Ayo](https://x.com/TheDonAyo) and – co-founders of [a0.dev](http://a0.dev)\n\n**tl;dr**\n\n[a0.dev](http://a0.dev) is the fastest way to build React Native apps.\n\nWe generate the **entire front end** of your app for you—navigation, state management, and UI screens, all set up and ready to go.\n\nNeed to prototype a single screen instead? We also built a Component Generator, like **v0 but for React Native**, so you can quickly create and export screens with clean, production-ready code. Check out a quick demo video👇.\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/GXVqQHJCCac\u003e\n\n# **The Problem:** _Building Apps is Hard_\n\nLaunching a mobile app is much harder than releasing a website. Setting up your project, coding every screen, managing state, and integrating the backend can take **weeks**.\n\nAnd if you’re building for iOS, you need a Mac to run Xcode, deal with provisioning profiles, and compile your app—just to test it.\n\n[**a0.dev**](http://a0.dev) removes these barriers. We generate your app’s front end in minutes and let you preview it right away—no Mac, no complicated setup, no waiting.\n\n# **Our Solutions:**\n\n**#1 Full App Generator –** Build a complete React Native app\n\n[a0.dev](http://a0.dev) takes care of the entire front end of your mobile app—so you can go from idea to working UI in minutes.\n\n✅ **Instant App Generation** – Describe your app, and we generate a complete React Native project with navigation, state management, and essential UI screens.\n\n✅ **Live Preview \u0026 Hosting** – Share your app instantly with anyone, no need for TestFlight or manual builds. We host your app so you can test and iterate faster.\n\n✅ **Remote Development Environment** – Work on your app from anywhere via an SSH-powered cloud IDE, with real-time reload and collaboration.\n\n🚀 **Faster to Market** – We’re proving that high-quality mobile apps can be built in record time. We both shipped fully functional apps to the App Store in **under 24 hours** using [a0.dev](http://a0.dev).\n\n\\\n**Check out our demo** where we made a chess timer app in \u003c10 minutes.\n\n[**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_upRVS63Fk**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_upRVS63Fk)\\\n\\\n**#2 Component Generator –** Like **v0, but for React Native**\n\nAlready have an app or need to quickly prototype a single screen? Our Component Generator lets you create custom React Native UI screens in seconds.\n\nWhile our focus is on building entire apps, our component generator helps you iterate and test ideas **faster than ever.** Try it out [here](https://a0.dev).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=87417\u0026key=user_uploads/1607594/35f5044d-d40a-4dba-8fb7-71ef8ffddc7c)\n\n**Our Story \u0026 Vision**\n\nWe started as indie app developers, making side income with apps generating up to $14k MRR. But we realized how hard it was for others to do the same. Our goal is to make mobile app development even easier than building websites. We want more people to be able to make a living creating and selling their own software. [a0.dev](http://a0.dev) is the platform we wish we had when we started—and now we’re building it for you.\n\n**Our Ask**\n\n* If you’re a mobile app developer who wants to make a new app or an aspiring app developer looking to enter the scene, contact us and try a0, we’ll help you create and launch your app in \u003c 3 days.\n\n**Get Started**\n\n* Try our Component and Full App Generator at \u003chttps://a0.dev\u003e\n* Follow our journey on X: \u003chttps://x.com/a0_dev\u003e\n\n_Need to reach the founders?_\n\nEmail: [**founders@a0.dev**](mailto:founders@a0.dev)","slug":"Mjx-a0-dev-build-mobile-apps-in-minutes","created_at":"2025-02-04T21:52:45.423Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T06:37:06.423Z","total_vote_count":142,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Mjx-a0-dev-build-mobile-apps-in-minutes","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=87417\u0026key=user_uploads/1607594/35f5044d-d40a-4dba-8fb7-71ef8ffddc7c","company":{"id":30223,"name":"a0.dev","slug":"a0-dev","url":"https://a0.dev","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/eed1f4cfbc94ee7934ad288bea413225964237fe.png","batch":"Winter 2025","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Developer Tools","Generative AI","Design"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30223"}}