Tue, Jul 29, 2025Doubling down on our commitment to secure vibe coding
We are excited to share that we have recently launched a series of features that demonstrate our continued commitment to making Replit the safest place for Vibe Coding for everyone. Here is a recap of key features that exist today (and what’s launching soon) to ensure our users have a safe vibe coding experience: Checkpoints & rollbacks Replit has a checkpoint and rollback system that provides comprehensive version control and state management for users’ entire development environment. When you use Replit Agent, checkpoints automatically capture your complete project state. This includes not just your code changes, but workspace contents, AI conversation context, and data in your connected databases. Rollback functionality allows you to restore your Replit App to any previous checkpoint state with a click. With Replit, you never have to worry about losing your work.
Wed, Dec 20, 20239 AI Templates and Playgrounds for Your Business
Integrating the latest AI tools into your team can be a significant advantage. However, assessing these tools and setting them up to run can take time and effort. Whether you’re testing a new large language model or building a prototype with a vector database, chances are somebody has already developed a similar AI tool. Increasing developer productivity is a cornerstone of Replit, and we want to give you the tools to elevate your team and quickly incorporate the latest AI developer tools into your business. Fork one of the AI templates below and customize it for your requirements. Once you’re finished, you can deploy it with just a few clicks from Replit and share it with your team. In this post, we’ll highlight some of the top templates on Replit that can help you explore and integrate the latest AI developer tools. 1. Gemini vs GPT-4 Easily integrate and compare the two top-performing LLMs with this starter code. Each of these templates contains the proper way to make API calls to Google’s Gemini API in JavaScript and Python.
Mon, Dec 11, 20238 Templates for Businesses on Replit
Whether you’re building an AI support agent for your customers or a web scraper to collect marketing data, chances are somebody has already developed the tool you’re about to build for your team. Increasing developer productivity is a cornerstone of Replit, and we want to give you the tools to elevate your team and business practices quickly. Fork one of the templates below and customize it for your specific requirements. The app you build and deploy can scale with your business and adapt to changing goals, and you can use our AI code assistant to fine-tune it. In this post, we’ll highlight some of the top templates on Replit that can help you automate routine tasks, enhance customer experience, make data-driven decisions, and innovate your marketing and outreach strategies. 1. AI Support Agent Combine your documentation and internal knowledge with GPT-4, and get an agent that walks your users through basic product issues and questions. This template uses OpenAI, Pinecone, and LangChain to vectorize the files you upload and provide context to the AI. Fork the template and follow the instructions in the README.md file to get started building your AI-powered chatbot. In this demo, we embedded Replit documentation, and our agent can answer questions about Replit features and common bugs.
Mon, Sep 11, 2023Deploy Bun Apps that Autoscale on Replit
Using Replit Autoscale Deployments, developers can launch Bun apps that automatically scale from zero to meet customer demand, combining the speed of Bun and the power of Replit infrastructure. Build, iterate, deploy, and scale directly within Replit in seconds. Here’s how you can create and deploy a Bun App to Replit Autoscale Deployments in less than a minute:
Thu, Jul 7, 2022How to Get Your Repl Noticed
Ok, so you've built an awesome project on Replit and are ready to share it. Now what? How do you get your first users? How do you make it stand out? In this guide, we will cover how to publish your Repl and how to document your project to set it up for success in the community. If you want inpiration for what to build, check out the winning Repls for the Creator Fund, Kajam, or the current trending page. Let's dive in! Publish Your Repl Awesome! We've just completed our project. This Repl is a Flask app that can say "Hello World" in 5 different languages and it's ready to get published.
Mon, May 9, 2022Automating Minecraft on Replit
Replcraft is a library that allows you to automate parts of your base on a Minecraft server using code, directly from a repl. Replcraft allows you to get and place blocks, check for entities, move and craft items, read redstone, and more. This tutorial will cover a number of small projects you can build using Replcraft. If you'd be interested in joining an official Replit community Minecraft server, seeing more Minecraft-related content in the future, or you just want to leave general feedback, you can do so by commenting on this repl. Getting started Before you begin, you'll need a Replit account and a Minecraft account. To get started, fork the Replcraft template and join a Minecraft server running the Replcraft plugin. Next, create a special structure made up of a frame of iron blocks:
Mon, Mar 28, 2022Build a Speech-to-Text App with AssemblyAI on Replit
Transcription, or speech-to-text (STT), is a very helpful feature for various use cases, from AI assistants to video captioning. You can use it to create immersive virtual experiences and accessible interfaces unlike ever before. It’s no wonder STT-driven apps and services are in high demand. In this article, you’ll learn how to implement STT functionality in your own app with ease using AssemblyAI. Its API provides simple access to advanced AI models that can transcribe your audio or video files and even real-time streams. You’ll use AssemblyAI together with React, Next.js, and Replit to build a simple app for transcribing uploaded files. You can follow along with the repl here. What Is AssemblyAI Before diving in, take a moment to get to know AssemblyAI and its vast feature set. On top of both real-time and async transcription, AssemblyAI API provides many features related to general audio intelligence:
Fri, Mar 25, 2022Build Your Own Livestreaming Service with api.video
With the recent shift in the popularity of remote work environments, the demand for livestreaming services has increased. Even prior to the shift, many global companies have used livestreaming services for their organization’s all-hands meetings. api.video provides APIs and SDKs that make it easier to build your own livestreaming service and host it on your website. Additionally, they also provide solutions for uploading videos, encoding videos, video delivery, and video analytics. Here are some of the specific features of api.video: You can securely upload and store videos from your own user interface to api.video. The video can then be shared worldwide via their responsive video player. They also support progressive uploads that let you simultaneously upload large videos. You can customize your video player by choosing a video player theme, adding your own thumbnail image, and adding your own logo. You can create your own livestreaming service, which can either be done by using their API/SDK or by using their User Interface (i.e., you won’t have to code). You can access stats and analytics about your videos to learn more about your users and their engagement. Some of the use cases for api.video include:
Tue, Mar 22, 2022Making a Real-Time Chat App with Supabase on Replit
Firebase is arguably the most popular backend as a service (BaaS) offering. It’s created by Google and comes with almost everything you’d need to create a great app, including a database, file storage, user authentication, and real-time communication. However, it’s closed source, meaning all your and your users’ data is under Google’s control. That’s where Supabase can help. Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative that aims to provide a similar set of functionalities and development experience, without controlling your data. In this article, you’ll learn how to use Supabase together with Replit, a cloud-based IDE, to create a real-time chat app. You’ll see how powerful and versatile both Supabase and Replit are and how you can use them to create an amazing app in no time. You can follow along with the tutorial using this repl. How the Chat App Works Before diving into the code, let’s talk about the stack and how the chat works.
Thu, Feb 17, 2022Getting Started with Solidity on Replit
Have you ever wanted to quickly prototype an idea, reproduce a bug, or share a code demo? Maybe you just got an idea for a new smart contract that allows users to bet on soccer teams, and you want to quickly prototype this and share it with your teammates. In all of these instances, Replit is the perfect solution. Replit is a powerful online integrated developer environment (IDE) with a simple user interface that supports more than fifty programming languages. It also supports real-time collaboration, allowing for use cases like team member onboarding or hands-on learning for students. It integrates seamlessly with GitHub, allowing you to create repositories from a repl or load a repo from GitHub without any manual setup. Replit also gives you the power to share demos through a link that can be accessed by any device, anywhere in the world. In this article you’ll learn how to get started with Solidity on Replit. Solidity is a statically typed, curly-braces programming language designed for developing smart contracts that run on Ethereum. It can also be used by other blockchains for interoperability and easier migration. Getting Started with Solidity on Replit In this section, you’ll learn how to get started with Solidity on Replit and deploy your first smart contract.
Mon, Feb 14, 2022Make a Multiplayer Game with Kaboom.js and Heroic Labs
Many developers are familiar with Replit, the in-browser IDE. However, you may not know that it can be used to make full applications and games. With Kaboom, a JavaScript game-programming library that helps you quickly make fun games, and Nakama, an open source distributed server created by Heroic Labs, you can easily create a multiplayer game that runs on Replit. In this article, you’ll learn how to make a multiplayer game using Kaboom in Replit, utilizing Heroic Labs as the game server. If you want to check out the finished product or just follow along with this tutorial, you can use this REPL. What Are Multiplayer Games Multiplayer games are usually played as matches, where players join a match and compete for high scores or try to defeat each other in a battle royale with other players from all over the world. The action is happening in real time and can be played as a team or individual; Nakama can support both kinds.
Thu, Jan 20, 2022Getting Started with Rust on Replit
If you’ve been debating which new programming language to learn, Rust is a strong option. According to a recent Stack Overflow developer survey, Rust is: The most loved programming language, according to almost eighty-seven percent of surveyed developers. One of the highest-paid languages, only behind Ruby, Perl, and a pack of ever-lucrative functional languages. The best way to learn Rust, of course, is to start coding. This is where Replit comes in. Replit is a collaborative in-browser integrated development environment (IDE) that supports over fifty programming languages with built-in tooling to write and organize code; manage dependencies; perform version control; and build, run, test, and visualize execution of applications. There are a few reasons to use Replit when learning Rust:
Thu, Dec 2, 2021Deploying Django to Replit
Django is a Python framework for building out full-fledged web applications. It’s loved by developers due to its battery-included philosophy and comes preloaded with features you can use to rapidly develop your web application. Authentication and authorization have been previously incorporated into Django, which means you can focus on writing your app because the basic web development functionality has already been done. Deploying Django can be taxing due to the production environment varying from the development environment on your local machine forcing you to use different operating systems and system configurations. Technology like Docker can simplify this process. However, Replit simplifies the process even more by handling environment configuration and dependencies, which means less configuration on your end. Replit also allows for real-time collaboration. You can access Replit on any platform that has an active internet connection, and you can edit your code and connect with other developers anytime and anywhere. In this tutorial, you’ll learn why you should use Replit and how to deploy your Django project to it.
Sun, Nov 21, 2021How to Set Up Your Own Mastodon Instance with Replit
With many development tools and even whole development environments moving to the cloud, Replit is at the forefront of this change. Replit is one of the leading cloud, in-browser IDEs with support for fifty-plus programming languages with syntax highlighting and intelligent autocompletion. However, Replit is more than just an IDE in a cloud. With additional features like real-time collaboration, GitHub integration, and detailed edit history, Replit is a full-blown workspace for teams, educators, and interviewers. This guide will show you how to install Mastodon in the Replit environment, showing its versatility and potential.You can follow along with this Repl. What Is Mastodon? Before we start, let me introduce you to Mastodon: an open-source social networking software.
Sun, Aug 1, 2021Building Alexa Skills On Replit
At Replit, we want to give everyone in the world computer superpowers. We’re making it easy for anyone with a Replit account to seamlessly build and host Amazon Alexa Skills on Replit. This blogpost is a start-to-finish tutorial on making Alexa skills on Replit. Something important to note is that you don't need to have a physical Alexa-enabled device to build this. There is a great simulator in the developer console and a downloadable app on your phone. Overview Configure the Alexa skill in the Amazon Developer console Clone the "Replexa" template