Web
Open a link.
Your published app works in the browser, with its backend and sign-in already connected.
Skena Builder
AI builds your app. You control every pixel.
Describe it and your agent builds it. Then stop prompting and start touching: click anything, drag anything, and the change lands in your real code.
free to build on desktop · subscribe when you publish · your code stays yours
01describe it02shape it03ship it
describe it
Describe it. Your agent builds it.
Your own coding agent, on your own login, writes a real React app with sign-in, database and backend included.
Your agent, your login, your prompts. Everything it writes is a normal Vite, React and Tailwind file in a folder on your Mac.
down to the pixel
Then make it yours. Down to the pixel.
Click anything on the live canvas and change it with real controls: spacing, size, type, color, corners. Drag the gap between cards. Double-click to retype text in place.
Values snap to your project's own Tailwind scale, and anything off the scale is one Custom value away.
real code
Every change lands in your real code.
Only the part you touched: one class, one word, written into the file in place. The Changes panel shows it as a git diff against your own repo, ready to commit.
reusable by default
AI builds components, not dead-end pages.
Every component your agent writes shows up in the Components panel. Drag it onto any page and it lands in your TSX with placeholder props. Edit one and every copy changes, because it is one file.
on your devices
Try it on any phone or tablet.
Preview on Device builds the app and shows a QR code. Scan it with any phone or tablet on the same Wi-Fi and use the real thing.
private pages
Members only? One switch.
Turn a page private in the Pages menu. It is built separately and served only to a signed-in visitor, so its code never reaches the public site.
Sign-in comes ready: Google, email and more, with your own OAuth keys.
its own backend
Its own backend, already inside it.
Every app gets its own database, sign-in, file storage, realtime, server functions and signed webhooks, on a fast Go backend. Not a shared table.
Your React source stays on disk, a normal Vite project that runs without Skena. Cloud is the easy path, never the only one.
with skena servant
Let Servant test the whole journey.
Skena Servant drives your app in a real browser on your Mac, like a customer would, and reports what works before you publish.
With Servant Pro, you approve from your phone.
Explore Skena Servant
skena cloud
Publish. Live and ready for search.
One click puts the app and its whole backend live on Skena Cloud, edge-verified. Every public page ships with its title, description and share card, and private pages stay out of search.
About Skena Cloud 
web, desktop and iPhone
And the big one. Install it on every device.
Build and edit one React app. Enable installation and publish to give your customers a PWA with your app’s own name and icon. A native iOS shell export is optional.
Desktop + Android
Install your app.
A branded install page with your screenshots, a QR code to share, and icons made for home screens. Install into an app window in supported PWA browsers.
iPhone + iPad
Make it an iOS app.
Export a branded native shell and Xcode project that load your live app. Build for TestFlight or submit through your own Apple account.
Even as an iOS app.
Export a branded native shell and Xcode project that load your live app. Build for TestFlight or submit through your own Apple account.
- 1.Name your app and generate or upload an icon
- 2.Add screenshots and preview your install page
- 3.Publish your PWA and share its install link
Your React UI runs inside the iOS shell. Xcode on a Mac, Apple signing and store review are separate steps. Apps use your hosted backend; offline data and push notifications are not included.
pricing
Build for free. Subscribe when you publish.
Nothing to pay while you build. The month it goes live it costs $5, backend included.
Shared Launch
$5/moper app · billed yearly · or $8 monthly
Your whole launch on a shared box.
- Your own backend, database, sign-in, files, realtime
- Custom domain with automatic HTTPS
Shared Grow
$20/moper app · billed yearly · or $32 monthly
Four capacity slots instead of one.
- Four capacity slots instead of one
- 4× Launch's memory and CPU for the same app
Dedicated
from $149/moyour own box
Your own server. Fifteen thousand live connections.
- A whole server for your app
- 15,000 live connections, load-tested
Every subscription covers one app. Launch takes one capacity slot on a shared server; Grow takes four, so the same app gets four times the memory and CPU.
Prices exclude VAT. VAT is added at checkout where it applies, and companies in the EU can enter a VAT number to be reverse-charged.
from shared to seriously big
Start at $5. Scale to 1 million live connections.
Shared when you are small. One Skena-optimized box from 15,000 onward. Beyond that, you may finally need the big-cloud spaghetti.
Drag it until Skena runs out.
live realtime connections
2,000
Your first real production app
$5/moon Skena · Shared Launch
2k · $5/mo1 million · $4,999/mo
Estimated monthly cost
same load
Skena
saves ~$112/mo
Shared Launch · app + backend included
Supabase
23× more
compute + realtime + usage
Firebase
33× more
reads + writes + bandwidth
Vercel + database
51× more
bandwidth + requests + compute
Modeled from public usage pricing for a typical interactive app, sized by held live connections. Larger Skena tiers use one memory-optimized box and are verified per workload. Ordinary page views are edge-cached and don’t count against this.
faq
The important bits.
01Can people install the apps I build?+
Yes. In Publish → Installable app, enable PWA installation, choose your app’s name, colors and icon, then add a public description and screenshots. Save and publish to include the PWA, branded install page and QR link. Visitors get their browser’s install prompt or clear steps for their device. No App Store submission is needed for the PWA. The optional native iOS export provides an Xcode shell project for iPhone and iPad (iOS 17.4+), with a separate App Store listing and artwork. It loads your hosted React app and includes native navigation, sharing and haptics. You build and sign it using your own Apple developer account; App Store approval is separate.
02Is this another prompt-only AI builder?+
No. A coding agent creates the first version, but Skena also gives you a live visual editor. Click any element and change it directly; the edit is written into the real React code.
03Do I own the code?+
Completely. Every project is a normal Vite, React, and Tailwind app in a folder on your Mac. It runs without Skena and there is no proprietary export format.
04Which coding agents can I use?+
Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode work out of the box using your own login. Skena does not proxy your prompts, tokens, or agent subscription.
05What happens when I publish, and do I have to use Skena Cloud?+
Choose a Skena Cloud subscription and Skena deploys your app to a secure URL, with its own backend, database, sign-in, files, and realtime already connected. You do not have to: building on your desktop is free and the code is yours, so you can host it anywhere. Only the one-click Publish flow uses Skena Cloud.
download
Build something real.
Free on your desktop. Generate with your own agent, drag-fix the design on a live canvas, and choose a Skena Cloud subscription when you are ready to publish.
free · apple silicon mac, macOS 13.5+ · nothing else to install · v0.1.27
bring your own coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode). publishing needs a Skena Cloud account.