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Softr

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No-code platform for building client portals and internal tools on top of Airtable, Google Sheets, or databases without writing code

www.softr.io ↗

Softr's AI App Builder generates the database, roles, workflows and frontend from one prompt.

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◆Current state
Softr is a no-code app builder that has spent the autumn building its own database and AI hooks. On 10 November it launched an AI App Builder: a user describes the app, and Softr generates the database, user roles and permissions, workflows, integrations and a fully custom frontend. It follows October's Migrate from Airtable flow, record grouping, credit usage history, in-app notifications and official connectors in Claude and ChatGPT.
◆Where it's heading
Softr is moving from assembling apps out of blocks on someone else's data to generating whole systems on its own stack. The Airtable migration put the data in Softr Database, and the AI builder now produces everything above it, including a frontend that is no longer limited to preset blocks. The September MCP drops and October connectors point the same way: Softr apps that AI tools can build and use.
◆Prediction
Follow-up releases are likely to let users edit the generated app with prompts and to tie AI building to workflow credits; the single entry gives no detail on pricing or limits.

◆Recent moves

  1. 4d ago

    AI App Builder

    ⚡ SPARK

    The AI App Builder generates a full app from a description: database, roles and permissions, workflows, integrations and a custom frontend. It is the step the Airtable migration and Softr Database were building toward, with Softr owning every layer the AI writes.

  2. 25d ago

    Workflow credit usage history

    Workflow credit usage per workflow over 90 days, with a forecast of whether credits will last the cycle. As workflows become a billed product, customers get the visibility to manage the spend.

  3. 25d ago

    Migrate from Airtable

    ⚡ SPARK

    This is where Softr's database strategy becomes explicit: customers can now move their Airtable data, automations and apps onto Softr's own stack. It follows a month of database and workflow features built up to make that switch credible.

  4. 25d ago

    Record grouping in Softr Database

    Up to three levels of grouping with counts and collapse controls brings Softr Database closer to the table views Airtable users expect. It lands the same day as the migration tool, which is not a coincidence.

  5. 1mo ago

    Database + View public sharing

    A Softr Database or a single view can now be shared through a public read-only link or embedded on an external site. Data that stayed inside the app can now be published without building a page around it.

  6. 1mo ago

    In-app notifications

    Apps gain a built-in notification inbox for comments, mentions and workflow-sent messages. It makes Softr apps feel more like finished products and gives Workflows another output channel.