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Croft vs Lovable

Lovable is a slick AI app builder — chat, and it generates a full-stack app you can publish to a URL. It's aimed at founders and makers shipping a product to the public. Croft is built on a different dream: the software is small, the people using it all know each other, and the app should quietly work for years — on a server that's yours, behind a login for the people you invite.

	Lovable	Croft
Built for	Launching a public product	Running your actual life and work
Your apps are	Public URLs by default	Private by default, behind your login
Users are	Strangers who sign up	People you invite by name
Login & security	Generated per app by the AI	Built into the platform — apps can't get it wrong
The AI	Built in and metered by credits	Your own Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok — no tokens resold
Pricing	Credits and message limits	One flat price
Where it runs	Lovable's hosting	Your own private server
When you leave	Export the code, then find hosting	A single export that runs anywhere Docker does
Best when	You're building and launching an MVP	You're running a small business, team, club, or home

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What Croft actually is.

Croft is a home for the small apps you build with Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok. Your assistant writes the app; Croft runs it on your own private server — with a database, one login for the people you invite, HTTPS, and backups all handled. One flat price, bring your own AI, no lock-in.

How it works Connect an assistant, describe an app, invite your people. Under the hood The stack, the security model, and how your data is handled. Pricing One flat price. 7-day free trial, no card to start. Prompt library Copy-paste prompts to build your first app in minutes. Connect an assistant Point Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok at your croft over MCP. The full picture See everything Croft does on the home page.

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