Leap is an AI app builder designed specifically for developers, enabling them to create complex applications with advanced infrastructure and deployment control while leveraging the speed of AI.
Launching soon
After trying every AI App Builder that treats developers like no-coders, we're building our own.
After experimenting with every AI-powered app builder we could find (Bolt, Lovable, et al.), we were surprised by their popularity despite their clear limitations.
Most are restricted to building single-page apps on top of Supabase. That works for basic use cases, but as developers, we quickly ran into walls when we needed more advanced infrastructure or architecture.
These tools also lack proper isolated test environments, which limits control over deployment. Approving a buggy SQL migration, for example, could impact your production database.
These may not be flaws. The tools seem designed for non-developers who prioritize simplicity and may not need advanced features. But we wanted something different.
A tool built for developers who want the speed of AI without giving up control of their architecture, APIs, infrastructure, or deployment.
So what makes Leap different?
You still start from a prompt, but after that, the workflow is developer-first:
- You can iterate using versions and diffs.
- Apps use Encore.ts for the backend. It's our open-source framework, trusted by thousands and with 9.5k GitHub stars.
- It generates live architecture diagrams and API documentation, so you understand what you're building even when much of it is generated by AI.
- Manual code edits are of course supported.
- The framework includes a declarative infrastructure layer, like a cloud-agnostic version of AWS CDK, enabling Leap to set up infra for microservices, databases, pub/sub, and more in about 1–2 seconds.
- The preview environment you work in is completely isolated from prod.
- For deployment, you can use open-source tools to package the app into Docker containers and deploy anywhere.
- Or use Encore Cloud to manage deployments and infra provisioning in your AWS or GCP cloud.
Leap isn't meant to replace every workflow or tool right away. We expect it to be most useful for spinning up new projects or building isolated systems within an existing product.
We built Leap because nothing else met our needs as developers. Now that we're starting to welcome beta users, we'd love to hear your thoughts:
- Does this solve any development or deployment pain you've experienced?
- What would you need to confidently use this to build production-grade apps?
Your feedback will help shape Leap, so we hope you sign up for the beta waitlist above and we'll get you access as soon as we can.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at marcus@leap.new.
— The Leap Team