Dyad is a free, local, and open-source AI app builder that allows users to create full-stack applications without coding by chatting with AI. It supports Supabase integration for comprehensive app development and allows users to run local AI models with Ollama. The tool offers both free and paid plans with additional features like AI credits, exclusive AI modes, and direct support.
Dyad is a free, local, and open-source AI app builder designed to help users create full-stack applications without coding, simply by chatting with AI. It serves as an alternative to other AI app builders, emphasizing no lock-in and allowing users to utilize any AI model, including free Gemini and OpenRouter ones, by using their own API keys. Dyad runs locally on Windows and Mac, ensuring privacy, speed, and seamless integration with existing developer workflows and preferred IDEs. It supports Supabase integration for comprehensive app development (Auth, Database, Server Functions) and enables running local AI models with Ollama.
A.The Dyad core product isn't going anywhere; it is—and will always remain—a free, local, open-source AI app builder. The Dyad Pro subscription helps us sustainably develop and improve Dyad, benefiting both free and paid users alike.
A.A credit corresponds directly to the cost of sending a message to an LLM. Longer conversations or interactions involving complex codebases will consume more credits, but usage remains fully under your control.
A.Because credits correspond to the cost, there isn't a fixed number of messages you can send. As an illustrative example, the Dyad app codebase itself is more than 200k tokens and sending a message will typically consume around 1-2 credits, thanks to the Pro modes which optimize credit usage.
