Introducing platformgen: Build Platforms with AI — Now Open Source

TechnoVets, a USAF veteran-owned company, has open-sourced platformgen, a meta-platform builder that uses AI via GitHub Copilot to generate production platforms in days. The tool can produce database schemas, APIs, frontend widgets, Kubernetes configs, and Docker images, and has been used to build platforms like Ask Auger, an AI-powered SRE dashboard, and OpenJuke, a music streaming service.

Introducing platformgen: Build Platforms with AI We're excited to announce the open-source release of platformgen — a meta-platform builder that uses AI to generate production platforms in days instead of months. What Is platformgen? platformgen is not another SaaS platform . It's a tool that builds platforms . Give it a description, and it generates: - ✅ Database schema - ✅ REST/GraphQL APIs - ✅ Frontend widgets - ✅ Kubernetes deployment configs - ✅ Docker images ready to deploy All powered by GitHub Copilot via the "Ask Genny" embedded AI assistant. Real Platforms Built Today Ask Auger — AI-Powered SRE Dashboard Our flagship example is Ask Auger — an intelligent Site Reliability Engineering dashboard with 26+ widgets for monitoring, incident response, and operational intelligence: - 📊 Kubernetes monitoring pods, nodes, logs, events - 🔍 GitHub PR/branch explorer - 🎯 Jira story browser + transitions - 🐛 Service vulnerability scanning - 🔔 ServiceNow ticket integration - 📈 Prometheus metrics + DataDog integration - 🚀 Deployment pipeline status Key feature: Ask Genny — embedded AI assistant. Type any question: "Show me failed pods in prod" or "Generate a kubectl troubleshooting script" and Genny handles it via GitHub Copilot. OpenJuke — Music Streaming Platform Built in under 2 weeks with platformgen: - 🎵 Spotify API integration - 🤖 AI-powered playlist generation - 📹 Music video discovery - 📊 Artist analytics & trends Trader — Day Trading Platform Live market data, pattern recognition, backtesting engine, and Schwab brokerage integration — all auto-generated by platformgen. How It Works: 5 Steps to Production Why platformgen Exists Traditional platform development is broken: - 🐌 Months of architecture before writing code - 💸 Expensive consultants required to "get it right" - 🔒 Vendor lock-in to platforms and frameworks - 😩 Boring scaffolding work that could be automated platformgen changes this: - ⚡ Days to production not months - 🤖 AI handles architecture decisions via GitHub Copilot - 📦 100% ownership — full source code, run anywhere - 🎯 Focused on what matters — your business logic, not plumbing Open Source + No SaaS Lock-In - MIT License — Free forever. Use it however you want. - Self-hosted — Run on your Kubernetes cluster. No data leaves your network. - No subscriptions — Pay $0/month. Just contribute back if you build something cool. - Hot-reload widgets — Edit UI components live without restarting. Getting Started 5 Minutes Via Python venv recommended : This will: - Create a Python virtual environment - Install platformgen as an editable package - Add it to your PATH - Guide you through token setup Then initialize: Requires: - Python 3.10+ - python3-tk system package for UI - X11 display for desktop rendering Alternative: Docker: Handles X11, mounts, and token setup automatically. What's Next - 📝 Blog Post 2: How Ask Genny built Ask Auger meta-story - 🎥 Demo video: 60-second walkthrough coming soon - 🌍 Product Hunt: Week of Sept 3 help us get 1 - 💬 Discord community: Link to join coming soon Try It Today Clone the repo, run the installer, and ask Genny to build something. GitHub: https://github.com/techno-vet/platformgen-py https://github.com/techno-vet/platformgen-py Docs: https://github.com/techno-vet/platformgen-py/wiki https://github.com/techno-vet/platformgen-py/wiki Website: https://platformgen.ai https://platformgen.ai platformgen is built by @technovet https://dev.to/technovet TechnoVets — USAF Veteran Owned . Entirely AI-assisted development from day one. Questions? Drop a comment below or open an issue on GitHub. We read and respond to everything. Discussion Starter What platform would YOU build if you had 5 days instead of 5 months? Tell me in the comments.