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bolt.diy vs OpenUI: catalog facts
bolt.diyOpenUI
Free

Free and open source; you pay only for any model API you connect.

Free

Free and open source to run yourself.

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Works with the language model of your choice
  • Self-hostable with Docker
  • Generates UI components from plain-language descriptions
  • Renders the result live as you iterate
  • You need to set up and run it yourself
  • Output quality depends on the model you connect
  • You run the backend and frontend yourself
  • Built partly as an internal prototyping tool, with a smaller commit history than similar projects
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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