Desktop app · Bring your own keys · Runs locally

Describe an app. Watch it get built.

Daedalus is a desktop AI studio that researches what to build, then generates a real full-stack web app — database, accounts, a real interface — and exports it to mobile.

See what it builds

For indie makers and teams who want to ship, not scaffold.

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What Daedalus does

Four things that turn an idea into a shipped app.

Not a code snippet — the whole arc: know what to build, build it for real, put it on every screen, and stay ahead of the competition.

Research an idea that'll take off

Don't guess what to build. Daedalus scans where products launch and get talked about — Product Hunt, Hacker News, Reddit — sizes up the competitors and their pricing, and hands you a validated brief. Before you write a line.

Build web apps — simple to very complex

From a to-do list to a multi-feature SaaS: a real full-stack app with a database, user accounts and a genuine interface — not a mock-up. It plans, writes the code, runs the app, and fixes its own errors.

One build, on every screen

Your web app becomes a real mobile app — install it straight from the browser as a PWA, or export a native Android and iOS project, push notifications included. Same build, no rewrite.

Monitor the competition

See what competitors ship — pricing changes, new releases, new entrants — on demand, grounded in real sources. (Scheduled watches + weekly digests coming soon.)

Bring your own keys or Claude Code / Codex subscriptionRuns on your machine — your keys never leaveDeploy anywhere — one‑click host or self‑host
Research

Build what’s actually in demand.

Most builders start by guessing. Daedalus starts by looking — it scans where products launch and get discussed (Product Hunt, Hacker News, Reddit), reads every competitor’s pricing and features, and finds the gap you can win. You get a source-cited brief before a single line of code.

  • Real demand + fresh launches — grounded in sources it actually read
  • Every competitor with pricing, strengths, and the gaps to exploit
  • A clear wedge and a v1 scope you can ship
Research Brief · ChatPDF
Opportunity
Competitors (3)
ChatPDF$19.99/mo
PDF.ai$10/mo
NotebookLMfree
The wedge
Build

A real app, not a mock-up.

From the spec, Daedalus generates a genuine full-stack app — a database, accounts, an API, and a real interface — then runs it and fixes its own errors until it works. Simple CRUD or a multi-feature SaaS, it’s your codebase, not a black box.

  • Database, auth and UI wired together on a vetted stack
  • A self-healing build loop that catches its own errors
  • You own the code — deploy it or hand it off
Mobile

One build, on every screen.

The same app you built for the web becomes a real mobile app — no rewrite. Install it from the browser as a PWA, or export a native Android and iOS project you open in Android Studio or Xcode, with push notifications wired in.

  • Installable PWA — works offline after first load
  • Native Android and iOS projects, store-ready
  • Push notifications included
PWAAndroidiOS
Monitor

Stay ahead of the competition.

After you’ve researched a market, keep watching it. On demand, Daedalus re-checks your competitors and tells you what changed — a price cut, a new release, a new entrant — grounded in real sources, tied to the project you’re building.

  • Pricing changes, new releases and new entrants — on demand
  • Grounded in fetched sources, tied to your project’s competitors
  • Scheduled watches and weekly digests — coming soon
Monitor · what changed this week
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ChatPDF
Plus $19.99 → $15/mo
🚀
PDF.ai
shipped "OCR v2"
🆕
Okara
new entrant · 20+ languages

How it works

Describe it. Daedalus works through it.

You stay in the loop at every stage — read the brief, nudge the plan, review the build.

Step 1

Research

Market, competitors, demand — a grounded brief.

Step 2

Plan

The brief becomes a concrete, buildable spec.

Step 3

Build

A running full-stack app, feature by feature.

Step 4

Ship

Deploy to the web + export to mobile.

Your models, your call

Run it free. Run it cheap. Run it private.

Daedalus is bring-your-own-keys, so what it costs to run is your decision — not a subscription we set. The same app works across all three.

Free to start

Point Daedalus at a provider's free tier — like OpenRouter's free models — and build without spending anything. Enough to research, plan, and ship a first app.

Cheap to scale

Low-cost providers like DeepSeek cost a fraction of the frontier models. Daedalus never takes a cut.

Private by default

Run local models on your own computer and your ideas, prompts and code never leave your desk. No third party ever sees the app you are building.

Swap providers whenever you like — research on a cheap model, build on a stronger one, or use your existing Claude Code / OpenAI Codex subscription, and keep anything sensitive local. Local models are included in every plan.

Built with Daedalus

Real apps, really built.

These are live pages Daedalus generated from a prompt — running right here in your browser. Pick one and scroll, drag, and click inside.

active-theory2 · /showcase/abyssal-driftOpen ↗

Abyssal DriftA scroll-driven deep-sea experience — drifting jellyfish, light shafts and plankton rendered live in WebGL.

Generated by Daedalus and running live, right here. Nothing pre-made: prompt in, working app out.

Pricing

Pay for the tool, not the tokens.

Daedalus is a desktop app you own — bring your own AI keys and pay the providers directly. One-time purchase, no subscription, no surprise token bills.

Basic

Research, build & ship to web.

€39€49one-time
Launch priceLaunching soon
  • Unlimited local app builds
  • Market research → validated brief
  • Full-stack web apps, one-click deploy
  • All capability recipes
  • On-demand competitor monitoring
  • Bring your own keys — no markup
  • Local / offline models
  • Up to 3 devices
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Pro

Ship to mobile & installable.

€69€89one-time
Launch priceLaunching soon
  • Everything in Basic
  • Capacitor mobile export (iOS + Android)
  • PWA (installable) export
  • Priority support

One-time purchase · all sales final · lifetime updates & support. Questions before buying? [email protected]

Your keys, your data, your machine. We never see your prompts or proprietary work.

Ready to build your app?

Describe it in plain language. Daedalus researches, builds, and ships it — on your machine, with your own keys. Join the early-access list to get in 48h early and lock in the launch price (Basic €39 · Pro €69).

Bring your own keys · runs locally · your data stays on your machine.

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