# Show HN: My-app.engineer – Deploy your vibe-coded SaaS in minutes > Source: > Published: 2026-09-21 13:33:32+00:00 # Build your app with AI. Own the infrastructure it runs on. Describe the app. Agents plan it, build it and deploy it into **your own cluster** — with your kubeconfig, your git repo, your Postgres and your domain. **€19 a month, flat.** No credits. ## Live apps, not screenshots. [View all in Explore →](#) Shipped by people who described an idea, approved the plan, and let the agents build it into their own cluster. Publishing is one click — or keep an app private. ## Built it in a weekend. Then hit the wall. Three of the most-upvoted posts in the rooms where people build with AI today. Replit charged me $1,982 in 24 days on a pre-launch app with 1 user — me r/replit If you are building without 'Ejecting' you don't own your startup r/lovable The deployment problem is the biggest unsolved pain point for no-code/AI builders in 2026 r/nocode Every AI builder rents you the place your app lives — and meters every prompt. Every self-hosting tool hands you a server and leaves you to write the app. **Nobody did both.** So we did: the agents that build your app, and the cluster that runs it, in one product. You hold the keys to the second half from the first sign-up. ## The builder, and the place it runs. Other tools stop at the first half and rent you the second. Here the second half is yours — a real Kubernetes cluster under your account, from day one. ### AI agents build it Describe the app in plain language. The agents propose a plan, you approve it, and only then is code written — so you know what you're getting before you get it. - **Plan first.** Every build starts with a plan you approve — not a surprise. - **Real code, real URL.** Each build ships with HTTPS to yourapp.you.my-app.engineer or your own domain. - **Iterate by chatting.** A feature, a fix, a redesign — ask, and the live app changes. - **Your own AI key on Pro.** OpenRouter or Ollama — the message allowance disappears. No token markup. ### Your cluster runs it Your account comes with its own Kubernetes control plane over your own isolated space. Download a kubeconfig and kubectl works. Standard Kubernetes — not a proprietary box. - **Bring your own nodes.** Put Tailscale on a machine at home, click*Add as node* , paste one line. It's in. - **Or rent a machine.** A Hetzner server joins your cluster as a worker in under a minute; you pay only while it runs. - **Already running things on a VPS?** Pair it and get a migration plan for what's on it. ## Made for the people who already built something — and got stuck at the part that isn't building. ### Founders who vibe-coded You built it on Lovable, Bolt, v0 or Replit. The export sits in a folder. Bring the idea here; the agents rebuild and deploy it into a cluster you hold the keys to. [How a rebuild works →](https://my-app.engineer/docs/bring-your-app.html) ### Leaving a credit meter Effort-based billing turned a hobby into a $1,982 invoice. Here the number is €19 and it does not move when you prompt more. [See the two prices →](#lp-pricing) ### Self-hosters & homelabbers You already trust Coolify or Dokploy. This is the same ownership — kubeconfig, your nodes, your Postgres — with the agents that write the app included. [The keys you get →](#lp-own) ### Small teams & IT A namespace per user, quotas, Kubernetes Dashboard read-only or full admin, EU hosting or your hardware. Nothing exotic to audit — it's Kubernetes. [Governance notes →](https://my-app.engineer/docs/for-teams.html) ## Own it. Not "export it later" — from the first build. Ownership you can check yourself, tonight, instead of a promise on a pricing page. Each key comes with the command that proves it. ### Your cluster Standard Kubernetes with your own control plane. The Cluster tab hands you a kubeconfig; the Kubernetes Dashboard opens as full admin if you like. ### Your code Every app has its own git repository with full history, under your username. Clone it with your own credentials, any time, to anywhere. ### Your data Your app's database runs inside your cluster in plain PostgreSQL — reach it with the tools you already know. One click downloads everything we hold about your account. ### Your keys Your AI provider, your Stripe account, your domains — stored in a per-tenant vault and injected into your apps. Never copied into the workspace, never readable by another tenant. ### Your nodes The machine under your desk, the NAS on the shelf, a rented server — join them to your cluster and the apps run on hardware you chose and can unplug. ### Your name on it Point your DNS at us, click once; the certificate is issued and renewed for you. The app answers on your domain, not ours. ## A self-hosted Lovable alternative — with the builder included. Every AI builder on the left rents you the second half. Every self-hosting tool skips the first. This is the only row with two checks. | Tool | AI builds the app | Runs on infrastructure you own | How you pay for AI | |---|---|---|---| | Lovable | Yes | No — Lovable Cloud | Credits | | Bolt.new | Yes | No — their cloud | Tokens | | Replit | Yes | No — Replit's infrastructure | Usage-based, effort-billed | | v0 | Yes | No — Vercel | Credits | | Dyad | Yes, locally | Nothing runs — you deploy it yourself | Free, your own key | | Coolify / Dokploy | No builder | Yes — your VPS | Free, open source | | my-app.engineer | Yes | Yes — your own Kubernetes cluster, your nodes | Flat plan · your own key on Pro | As published on each tool's pricing page and docs, September 2026. Corrections welcome — [hello@my-app.engineer](mailto:hello@my-app.engineer) ## Payments, analytics, brand, social — one click into your cluster. The part every AI builder leaves you to figure out. Each tool installs into your own cluster, signs you in automatically, and is yours alone. **Kubernetes Dashboard** free Workloads, YAML, logs and exec — in your own cluster. Read-only or full admin, you choose at connect. **Ghost Browser** tool A real, logged-in browser with an HTTP API your agents can drive. Research, sign-ups, the tasks that need a human-shaped browser. **Till · Money** tool Stripe accounts, products, payments and bookkeeping — over an API your agent can use to add checkout to any app. **Pulse · Market** tool Every app's visits, sign-ups and activations, counted first-party in your cluster. No third-party script. **Crest · Brand** tool Brand creation — voice, look, story. Crest knows who the brand is, so every app and post agrees. **Herald · Social** tool The social-media manager — composes, schedules and posts in the brand's name, from your cluster. Plus the open-source stack you'd otherwise install by hand — **Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, cert-manager, MinIO, Velero, Kyverno, Falco** and more — rolled out into your cluster with one click. Paid tools carry one flat monthly price each: **you pay for the tool, never per prompt.** ## A number you can plan around. No credit meter on your prompts. A monthly allowance you can see on the built-in AI — or bring your own key and there is no allowance at all. No card. Your own cluster included. - 1 app, on your own Kubernetes control plane - 10 AI messages a month on the built-in AI - 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB — sleeps when idle - Live URL with HTTPS, Explore, the tools catalogue [Start free →](#) The whole second half: dedicated cluster, your hardware, your key. - 10 apps - A dedicated cluster — your own k3s, not a shared control plane - Join your own machines as nodes over Tailscale - Bring your own AI key (OpenRouter / Ollama) — unlimited messages - 1,000 messages a month on the built-in AI if you'd rather not [Start on Free, upgrade inside →](#) **Need more metal?** Rent a Hetzner machine from the Cluster tab — prepaid credit, billed only while it runs, and it joins your cluster as a worker in under a minute. **Paid tools** are a flat monthly price each, cancel any time; a lapsed tool keeps its data. Most people we read are paying $25–100 a month for a builder plus $20–59 for hosting and a database, and still don't hold the keys. ## The things people ask before they sign up. ## I don't know Kubernetes. Is this for me? Yes — that is the point. Your cluster is created with your account and the agents deploy into it; you never write YAML or touch a node unless you want to. Kubernetes is there when you reach for it (a kubeconfig download, the Dashboard, a cluster buddy that explains what it sees) and invisible when you don't. ## Isn't this just another platform to be locked into? It's designed so the answer is checkable rather than promised. Your cluster is standard Kubernetes you hold a kubeconfig for. Your code sits in a git repository under your name that you clone with your own credentials. Your database runs in your namespace in plain PostgreSQL. Your nodes are machines you can unplug. If you leave, you take it — nothing needs our staff to release. ## What does it cost next to Lovable + Vercel + Supabase? Pro is €19/month, flat, for ten apps and the dedicated cluster. Add your own AI key and there is no message cap and no markup on tokens. Compute is yours: a machine at home costs you electricity; a rented Hetzner worker is billed only while it runs. There is no credit meter anywhere on the platform — a surprise bill for "effort" cannot happen here. ## Is an AI-built app really production-ready? You approve a plan before a line is written, every build ships with HTTPS on real Kubernetes, and you can instrument it with Pulse and take payments through Till from day one. The apps in Explore are live, not screenshots. We are honest about the rest: the agents get better every week, and you can always open the code. ## Where does my app run — and can it run on my own hardware? By default in the EU, in your own isolated space on our cluster. On Pro you get a dedicated cluster and can join your own machines over Tailscale — the box under your desk, your NAS, your own VPS — so the app runs on hardware you own, reachable through your domain. ## Can I bring an app I built on Lovable, Bolt or v0? Bring the idea and, if you have it, the exported code as reference. The agents rebuild it here — plan first, then code — so it deploys cleanly into your cluster. There is no automatic importer; the rebuild is the honest path, and it usually takes an afternoon. ## Four steps. One live app — in your cluster. ### Sign up free Your private space and your own Kubernetes control plane come up with your account. No credit card. ### Describe it Plain language. The agents answer with a plan — what they will build, in which steps. ### Approve, then watch it deploy Only after you approve is code written. It ships with HTTPS to your URL, in your cluster, in about a minute. ### Own it & grow it Add your domain, connect Till or Pulse, join your own machine, clone the repo. Ask for changes whenever you like. ## Stop renting the place your app lives. Describe it, approve the plan, and it's running in a cluster that's yours — in about a minute. Free to start, no card.