Hey ProductHunt! 👋🏽 We're Julian and Glenn, the makers of stagewise.
The problem:
Like many of you, we fell in love with prototyping tools like v0. The feeling of magically generating a UI with a simple prompt is just incredible.
But then came the hard part: moving from v0 to our local codebase.
After switching to a local codebase and working with Claude Code or Cursor, the frontend magic was gone. We were back to manually copying and pasting screenshots from left to right, trying to make the coding agent understand the UI we were looking at.
So, we built stagewise:
stagewise is an open-source frontend coding agentthat lives inside your browser and operates on your local codebase. It lets you click on elements in you app, enter prompts like 'increase the height here' and implements the changes in your source code.
stagewise basically brings the magic of tools like v0 and lovable right into your local project setup.
Here's how to try it out with a single command:
start your web app in dev mode (e.g. on localhost:3000)
open a terminal and navigate to your web app's directory
run:
npx stagewise@latest
The command will inject the stagewise coding agent on top of your running web app, ready to play with.
Our ask:
Please try out the agent for you project and give us honest feedback - that's the best way for us to improve stagewise.
You can use the coupon code PRODUCTHUNT to get a month off!
We're excited to hear your thoughts!
About stagewise on Product Hunt
“The frontend coding agent for existing codebases”
stagewise launched on Product Hunt on August 15th, 2025 and earned 325 upvotes and 35 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. Visually build your apps frontend right inside your browser on localhost. Compatible with any frontend framework and codebase.
On the analytics side, stagewise competes within Developer Tools, Web Design and Vibe coding — topics that collectively have 520.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how stagewise performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted stagewise?
stagewise was hunted by Garry Tan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of stagewise including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Garry Tan
Hey ProductHunt! 👋🏽 We're Julian and Glenn, the makers of stagewise.
The problem:
Like many of you, we fell in love with prototyping tools like v0. The feeling of magically generating a UI with a simple prompt is just incredible.
But then came the hard part: moving from v0 to our local codebase.
After switching to a local codebase and working with Claude Code or Cursor, the frontend magic was gone. We were back to manually copying and pasting screenshots from left to right, trying to make the coding agent understand the UI we were looking at.
So, we built stagewise:
stagewise is an open-source frontend coding agent that lives inside your browser and operates on your local codebase. It lets you click on elements in you app, enter prompts like 'increase the height here' and implements the changes in your source code.
stagewise basically brings the magic of tools like v0 and lovable right into your local project setup.
Here's how to try it out with a single command:
start your web app in dev mode (e.g. on localhost:3000)
open a terminal and navigate to your web app's directory
run:
The command will inject the stagewise coding agent on top of your running web app, ready to play with.
Our ask:
Please try out the agent for you project and give us honest feedback - that's the best way for us to improve stagewise.
You can use the coupon code PRODUCTHUNT to get a month off!
We're excited to hear your thoughts!