{"id":92464,"title":"stagewise: The frontend coding agent for production codebases","tagline":"Visually build your apps frontend right inside your browser on localhost.","body":"# **TL;DR**\n\n**stagewise is a frontend coding agent for production codebases**\n\n→ ❌ No more tedious context switching\\\n→ 🤝 Works with all kinds of web app frameworks\\\n→ 🚀 Integrates into existing, production-grade apps\n\nGet started now on [stagewise.io](https://stagewise.io#quickstart) and use the code **STAGELAUNCH** to **get 25% off for 3 months**! 🎉\n\n‎\n\n# **WATCH THE DEMO**\n\nhttps://youtu.be/q7JFZBEfyjo\n\n---\n\n---\n\n# **ABOUT US**\n\nWe’re **Julian** and **Glenn**, and we’ve built **stagewise** because we wanted to quickly iterate on app frontends with AI - even if they’re not just simple prototypes anymore, but real projects.\n\n‎\n\n# **THE PROBLEM**\n\n**AI-powered app builders work great - until they don’t.**\n\nOnce you move into a production-grade project setup on your local machine, you lose the awesome experience of visually building your apps frontend with simple prompts.\n\nYou move from tools like **v0 or Lovable** to tools like **Cursor and Claude Code**, but there’s a catch.\n\n**AI code editors are** **not good at building frontends**, because:\\\n→ They don’t understand your apps user experience\\\n→ They don’t see your browser content, but only the codebase\\\n→ You have to switch between browser and IDE all the time\n\n‎\n\n# **THE SOLUTION**\n\nWith stagewise, we’ve developed an **open-source** and **framework-independent** toolbar that brings our frontend coding agent **right into your web app on localhost**.\\\n\\\nHere’s how it works:\\\n→ You prompt changes by clicking and commenting on elements in your app\\\n→ We automatically collect browser and app metadata\\\n→ The agent makes precise changes to your local codebase\n\nThe toolbar has already surpassed **4,800 GitHub-stars** ⭐️ and **130,000 downloads 📈**\n\n‎\n\n# **OUR VISION**\n\n_We believe that the best user experiences are built by **iterating fast** and putting yourselves **in the shoes of your user**._\n\n_Our product enables teams to do exactly that - and we continue to work on a future, where awesome production-grade user experiences can be built lightning-fast and without coding skills._\n\n‎\n\n# **JOIN OUR COMMUNITY**\n\n👾 [**Join us on Discord**](https://discord.gg/DjMqMnUVCh)\\\n𝕩 [**Follow us on X**](https://x.com/stagewise.io)\\\n**📬 Contact [Julian](https://mailto:julian@stagewise.io) or [Glenn](https://mailto:glenn@stagewise.io) via mail**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=92464\u0026key=user_uploads/2819631/ef40781f-3dfc-45ed-984e-f347f6c60e0c)\n\n","slug":"O3M-stagewise-the-frontend-coding-agent-for-production-codebases","created_at":"2025-07-25T20:30:11.898Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:57:23.506Z","total_vote_count":88,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/O3M-stagewise-the-frontend-coding-agent-for-production-codebases","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=92464\u0026key=user_uploads/2819631/ef40781f-3dfc-45ed-984e-f347f6c60e0c","company":{"id":30772,"name":"stagewise","slug":"stagewise","url":"https://stagewise.io","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/d9ff55657c9c6cb094a914f151062d5bc781a912.png","batch":"Summer 2025","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Developer Tools","Open Source","Web Development"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/30772"}}