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Glossary

MVP

The smallest useful version of an app you can put in real hands and learn from.

Definition

An MVP, short for minimum viable product, is the smallest version of an app that is still useful enough for real people to try. You ship the core job, not every nice-to-have. In vibe coding and AI-built tools, an MVP is often the first hosted version your team can open at a URL, sign into, and use with real data, instead of another chat preview or slide deck mock.

Why it matters

AI makes it tempting to keep polishing in the chat window. An MVP forces the useful question: can someone on the team actually host, share, and deploy this tomorrow? Finance and SME tools earn trust only when people use them. Starting small also keeps rollback and backups manageable while you learn what to build next.

How Croft fits

Croft is built for that first useful version. Connect your assistant, deploy the MVP onto your private server, invite the people who need it, and keep company login, SQLite data, backups, and rollback in place while you iterate. Solo from $24/mo annual, Team $99/mo annual, 7-day trial.

Related terms

  • AI-built app An app whose code was written by an AI assistant from your prompts, then run as real software.
  • Vibe coding Building software by describing what you want to an AI and steering until it is right.
  • Prompt-driven development Building software by writing prompts to an AI and steering until the app is right.
  • Deploy an app Putting your app onto a server so people can open it at a real URL.
  • Private app hosting Hosting where only invited people can open the app, not the open internet.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does MVP mean?

Minimum viable product: the smallest version of an app that still does a real job for real users.

Is a chat preview an MVP?

Usually not. An MVP should be something people can open, share, and rely on briefly. That means hosting, not only a session preview.

How do I host an MVP of an AI-built internal tool?

Deploy it to private app hosting with team sign-in and a real database. Croft is aimed at that path.

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