Not a browser toy
Your code lives on your own machine, in real files you own. Nothing trapped in a tab that vanishes when you close it.
Beta access · by invitation
Build real apps for your business. without learning to code.
Kibo is your AI coding friend. Tell it what you want to build. It handles the hard stuff (databases, code, deployment) and walks you through everything else. You stay in charge. You own what you build.
Beta access by invitation. Now welcoming Better Business Bureau members and select founders.
Hi! What should we build?
Everybody says AI can build your app now. Nobody tells you the AI still hands a beginner a thousand risky decisions.
Kibo makes those decisions for you, safely, and explains each one in plain English as you go.
A real coding setup, without the overwhelm.
Kibo is a desktop app for Windows and Mac that puts your editor, your terminal, and your AI assistant in one clean, simple window. It's made for people who build through AI but find VS Code overwhelming.
Not a VS Code fork
Built from scratch for the 10% of an IDE you actually use. All the real power, none of the overwhelm.
Not an AI company
Bring your own AI, like Claude or Codex. Kibo never charges you for AI. Ever.
Think of it as the simplicity of Bolt or Replit, with the real, private, own-your-code power of VS Code, and a senior engineer riding shotgun the whole time.
Three steps. That's it.
No new platform to learn. No code editor to figure out. Just a conversation that turns into real software.
You describe it.
Tell Kibo what you want to build in plain English. A customer portal. A booking tool. An internal dashboard. Anything.
Kibo builds it.
Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini Pro does the actual coding. Kibo handles the database, the deployment, the security, the technical setup, all of it.
You own it.
Your code. Your data. Your domain. Kibo connects to your accounts so you keep everything from day one. No lock-in. No “we host it for you forever.”
The hard stuff is finally easy.
Databases. GitHub repositories. APIs. Deployment platforms. MCPs. The technical setup that used to require a developer is now one click in Kibo.
- Step 1
Connect your accounts
Supabase, GitHub, Vercel, and your AI of choice. One click each. Kibo stores nothing it doesn't need to.
- Step 2
Describe your app
In plain words, with as much or as little detail as you want. Kibo asks the right questions.
- Step 3
Kibo builds and deploys
Real code, real database, real deployment. You watch it happen. You can stop, redirect, or undo anytime.
- Step 4
You're live
Open the URL. Show your team. Use it. It's yours from minute one.
Kibo says
You don't have to know how any of this works. I'll show you what I'm doing so you understand it by the end. Pinky promise.
“But can't I just ask Claude to build it for me?”
You can. And for quick prototypes, it's great. But Claude in the browser builds things that live inside Claude. They don't have your domain. They don't connect to your real database. They're not really yours.
Kibo connects the same AI to your own database, your own GitHub, your own domain, and your own deployment. So when Claude builds something through Kibo, it builds it as a real business asset. Yours from day one. Same AI. Different destination.
The same prompt
“Build me a customer portal for my clients.”
Yours from day one
A real asset- Your database (Supabase)
- Your repository (GitHub)
- Your domain (Vercel + DNS)
- Your business, yours from day one
Same AI. Different destination. The same Claude builds it straight into your own accounts, so it lands as a real business asset.
Everything a beginner doesn't know to ask for.
The trusted stack, the safety rails, and senior-level craftsmanship, all handled for you and explained in plain English.
It picks a safe, trusted stack for you.
Ask raw ChatGPT or Claude to build an app and you'll get a different database and host every time, with no way to know what's trustworthy. Kibo comes with an opinionated, modern stack baked in: Supabase, Vercel, Next.js, Stripe, and GitHub. You're never guessing.
Secure by default, not 'if you knew to ask.'
Kibo enforces the safety rails a beginner doesn't know exist. Your database is locked down so users only see their own data (RLS), inputs are validated, and secrets never leak. Then it explains what each one means in plain English. You learn while you ship.
The AI works like a senior engineer.
Kibo injects a craftsmanship standard into every AI turn: fix the root cause, verify before saying done, and never cut corners. It also remembers your project across sessions, so you're never re-explaining your app.
Bring your own AI, get a second opinion.
Run Claude and Codex side by side on the same problem. No lock-in, and no AI markup, ever.
It just works.
One clean window for all your projects, a one-click installer, and real git and terminal built in. The 10% of an IDE you actually use, and nothing you don't.
People who'd rather build than wait.
Kibo is for owners and operators who keep saying 'someone should build this' and have decided that someone is them.
Solopreneurs
Who want to ship without hiring. Build the thing you've been describing to developers for years.
Small business owners
Tired of paying agencies for every change. Make tweaks yourself. Own the whole thing.
Operators & consultants
Who build internal tools for their teams and clients. Faster turnaround. More ownership.
From the founder
Kibo is the everyday business owner's coding dream.
You don't have to worry about security, or your AI forgetting what it's building and drifting, or coders doing lazy, quick work, or knowing what RLS, databases, or multi-tenancy even are, or which stack is the most secure and dependable to build on. Kibo knows and handles all of it, and it talks to you in plain terms so you can follow along and always know what it's doing.
On any given day I keep all nine of my dev projects organized in one clean window. I can even run Codex right alongside Claude to check each other's work, with both editing the same code without tripping over each other.
If you've ever used Claude Code in VS Code and watched it drift, or forget a phase from your build brief, you'll love Kibo. It has permanent memory, protects against drift, and keeps your build true to the original plan. It checks with you before changing course, and if you approve, it amends the plan and keeps it updated as you go.
Tired of AI coders saying 'you're right to call that out, I should have caught that'? Kibo does the job right the first time. It checks its own work at a senior-developer level, with no bloat, no security risks, and no 'fixes' that quietly break something else.
Matt Aponte
Founder of Kibo
Real questions. Honest answers.
If something here doesn't fully answer your question, ask us in your beta application. We read every one.
Kibo saysAsk me anything. Even the stuff you think might be a dumb question. (It isn't.)
No. Kibo is built for non-technical owners and operators. You'll talk in plain English the whole time. By the end of your first project you'll understand more than you used to, because Kibo explains as it builds.
The door's open
Other tools help the AI write code faster. Kibo makes sure that code is built right, kept safe, and something you actually understand, even if you're brand new.
That's the difference between a toy and a tool you can build a real business on.
Beta access is limited. Tell us about yourself and we'll get back to you within 48 hours.