Vibecode Duda
track this build5 steps, step by step0%The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Duda, build and manage one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections. The hard boundary is agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support, plus editor polish, hosting, templates, and ecosystem.
You are building a lean indie version of Duda. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Duda indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Duda workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support - large template marketplace - managed hosting and CDN - advanced CMS - commerce and agency workflows If those capabilities are essential, use Webstudio instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build a personal replacement for Duda in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and static export; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Provide a section library for hero, proof, features, pricing, FAQ, and footer blocks. Use a constrained design-token system rather than arbitrary CSS controls. Allow inline text editing and local image upload with responsive optimization. Preview desktop, tablet, and mobile widths and surface overflow errors. Persist projects in SQLite and support a portable JSON export. Generate a clean static Next.js output and document deployment to one target. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out a plugin marketplace. Deliberately leave out multi-tenant managed hosting. Deliberately leave out advanced ecommerce, memberships, and agency billing. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - Node.js 22 - domain and deploy target - local images - optional form-email API key ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a lean indie version of Duda. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Duda indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Duda workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support - large template marketplace - managed hosting and CDN - advanced CMS - commerce and agency workflows If those capabilities are essential, use Webstudio instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build a personal replacement for Duda in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and static export; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Provide a section library for hero, proof, features, pricing, FAQ, and footer blocks. Use a constrained design-token system rather than arbitrary CSS controls. Allow inline text editing and local image upload with responsive optimization. Preview desktop, tablet, and mobile widths and surface overflow errors. Persist projects in SQLite and support a portable JSON export. Generate a clean static Next.js output and document deployment to one target. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out a plugin marketplace. Deliberately leave out multi-tenant managed hosting. Deliberately leave out advanced ecommerce, memberships, and agency billing. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - Node.js 22 - domain and deploy target - local images - optional form-email API key ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a production product version of Duda. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== PRODUCT.md ===== # Duda product brief ## Problem The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Duda, build and manage one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections. The hard boundary is agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support, plus editor polish, hosting, templates, and ecosystem. ## Product outcome Assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - Node.js 22 - domain and deploy target - local images - optional form-email API key ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support - large template marketplace - managed hosting and CDN - advanced CMS - commerce and agency workflows ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees. ===== ARCHITECTURE.md ===== # Architecture ## Starting brief Build a personal replacement for Duda in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and static export; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Provide a section library for hero, proof, features, pricing, FAQ, and footer blocks. Use a constrained design-token system rather than arbitrary CSS controls. Allow inline text editing and local image upload with responsive optimization. Preview desktop, tablet, and mobile widths and surface overflow errors. Persist projects in SQLite and support a portable JSON export. Generate a clean static Next.js output and document deployment to one target. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out a plugin marketplace. Deliberately leave out multi-tenant managed hosting. Deliberately leave out advanced ecommerce, memberships, and agency billing. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone. ===== MILESTONES.md ===== # Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations. ===== OPERATIONS.md ===== # Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Duda capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
# Duda indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Duda workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support - large template marketplace - managed hosting and CDN - advanced CMS - commerce and agency workflows If those capabilities are essential, use Webstudio instead of pretending the gap is solved.
# Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
# Build plan ## Original build brief Build a personal replacement for Duda in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and static export; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Provide a section library for hero, proof, features, pricing, FAQ, and footer blocks. Use a constrained design-token system rather than arbitrary CSS controls. Allow inline text editing and local image upload with responsive optimization. Preview desktop, tablet, and mobile widths and surface overflow errors. Persist projects in SQLite and support a portable JSON export. Generate a clean static Next.js output and document deployment to one target. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out a plugin marketplace. Deliberately leave out multi-tenant managed hosting. Deliberately leave out advanced ecommerce, memberships, and agency billing. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - Node.js 22 - domain and deploy target - local images - optional form-email API key ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
# Duda product brief ## Problem The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Duda, build and manage one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections. The hard boundary is agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support, plus editor polish, hosting, templates, and ecosystem. ## Product outcome Assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - Node.js 22 - domain and deploy target - local images - optional form-email API key ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support - large template marketplace - managed hosting and CDN - advanced CMS - commerce and agency workflows ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
# Architecture ## Starting brief Build a personal replacement for Duda in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, SQLite, Drizzle ORM, and static export; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: assemble one client-ready responsive site from reusable sections, edit copy and media, preview breakpoints, and publish a static site to a user-owned target. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Provide a section library for hero, proof, features, pricing, FAQ, and footer blocks. Use a constrained design-token system rather than arbitrary CSS controls. Allow inline text editing and local image upload with responsive optimization. Preview desktop, tablet, and mobile widths and surface overflow errors. Persist projects in SQLite and support a portable JSON export. Generate a clean static Next.js output and document deployment to one target. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out a plugin marketplace. Deliberately leave out multi-tenant managed hosting. Deliberately leave out advanced ecommerce, memberships, and agency billing. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.
# Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
# Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
# Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Duda capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
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People still pay for Duda because the page renderer is reproducible, but customers pay to avoid becoming their own hosting and browser-compatibility team. The recurring cost buys responsive rendering, forms, domains, certificates, deploys, backups, template maintenance, and browser regressions, not just the visible interface.
xagency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support
xlarge template marketplace
xmanaged hosting and CDN
xadvanced CMS
xcommerce and agency workflows
Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.
all 5 free alternatives to Duda →· no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real
Duda pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| basic | $25/workspace | $19/workspace | 1 published site included; unlimited builder projects; 150 AI credits/month; email support |
| team | $39/workspace | $29/workspace | 1 published site; 3 team seats; unlimited client accounts; 150 AI credits/month |
| agency | $69/workspace | $52/workspace | 4 published sites; 6 team seats; unlimited client accounts; 150 AI credits/month |
| white label | $199/workspace | $149/workspace | 4 published sites; 6 team seats; unlimited client accounts; full white-label platform; 150 AI credits/month |
| custom | custom | — | Custom site volume, seats, AI credits, API, SSO, support and commercial terms |
free tierno free tier; 14-day White Label trial with no credit card
billingmonthly + annual; annual plans billed upfront
hidden costsThe account plan only includes 1 site on Basic/Team or 4 on Agency/White Label; every extra published site is billed separately. AI Visibility starts at $19/month after its 14-day free period, and ecommerce/bookings plans are separate add-ons.
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Vibecode Duda
Kinda. The core of Duda is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support, large template marketplace. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Duda cost?
Duda costs about $25/month (Basic, checked 2026-07-31), which is $300 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Duda?
Honestly: agency workflow, white-labeling, hosting, client permissions, and support; large template marketplace; managed hosting and CDN; advanced CMS; commerce and agency workflows. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Duda?
Yes: Webstudio (Responsive visual sites with reusable components and CMS data; agency management becomes your own process.) Plasmic (Reusable components, collaboration and unlimited projects free; client handoff is less agency-tailored.) Silex (A free visual publisher for client sites with export; reusable-section workflows are basic.) All 5 curated free alternatives are at vibecodeit.com/duda/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.