My goal is to help millions of people learn vibe coding without worrying about affording it.
If you’re new to vibe coding and don’t want to stress about burning all your precious credits while you’re still figuring stuff out, I built this FOR YOU!
My hope is that you spend lots of time playing and experimenting, learning faster without stress. Then, when you transition to a paid vibe coding tool, you’ll get more out of it because you’ve already learned so much. Hopefully, you will have learned how to simplify scope down, how to articulate your vision, how to guide AI incrementally, and avoid wasted tokens.
Here’s a step-by-step tutorial how to build your 1st app:
Sign up with Google authentication (top right corner).
Type in a prompt to start a new project.
If you’re new, I recommend first drafting a product requirements document (PRD) with ChatGPT or Claude before you jump in. But if you want to get moving fast, start with something small like a simple website.
In my Youtube tutorial, I submitted a 2-word prompt loaded with complexity:
“Clone Linkedin”
Obviously, I don’t recommend doing that for real!
But I wanted to showcase what’s possible, seeing how far I’d get.
From those 2 words, the FreeVibeCode AI built most of the main pages and even core features like sending messages, posting, commenting, liking, sending connect requests, and viewing profiles.
Was it a full Linkedin clone? Absolutely NOT.
Linkedin has a decade plus of features, infrastructure, details. But in <30 mins, I was impressed how much I vibe coded!
There Must Be A Catch…
Sadly, running LLMs for vibe coding is EXPENSIVE AS HECK!
Those token calls really add up! My wallet hurts.
For now, my solution is simple:
I’ve set a monthly budget cap.
As long as I’m under that limit, anyone can use FreeVibeCode.AI without restriction. If the budget gets maxed out, the tool shuts off until next month. Probably not the best and I wish I could offer it infinitely free for all usage, but let’s see how it goes…
The limit is NOT tied to your individual account. It’s collective free access, available until my monthly money runs out!
Vibe Coding Tips for Beginners
My 3 biggest tips:
Remove most features from your scope
Be patient
Build in small increments
When you start, Free Vibe Code takes awhile to scaffold your app, create a blueprint, executes its plan, review code, and fix bugs. That 1st run can take up to 15 minutes, seriously!
But DON’T interrupt it or pester it with more prompts, while it’s still thinking. That’s the worst thing you can do - just recall times when you were in the flow, only to be interrupted by pesky managers/colleagues…
Just be patient and wait until the AI done!
After that, add features 1 at a time. Test each feature before moving on. Don’t throw multiple fixes or prompts at the AI agent all at once. You’ll get better results and learn more if you finish each step cleanly, incrementally.
But truly, whether you succeed vibe coding often depends on tip #1 - your ruthlessness in trimming down your MVP requirements.
The more you eliminate, the more likely you will succeed.
I swear by it.
What Can You Build?
If you’re just starting out, focus on small wins.
Good starter projects include:
A landing page
A personal portfolio
An information directory website
A micro SaaS app with 1-2 key features
These projects will teach you the process of vibe coding, clarifying your product vision and scope, how to add features incrementally, and how to troubleshoot issues.
If you haven’t heard me say this enough - when you’re just starting out with anything, ALWAYS OPTIMIZE FOR LEARNING.
That’s why I built FreeVibeCode.ai - to help non technical beginners learn 10x faster without burning lots of credits/money. But it is NOT meant to be a total replacement for tools like v0, Lovable, Replit, etc.
My 2 Cents on Vibe Coding
For my own day-to-day coding, I pay $200/month for Claude Code MAX subscription. It’s worth it because I cod 5 days a week on a very complex codebase so I need top quality.
But most beginners don’t need that.
If you’re non-technical or testing ideas, you don’t need to spend $200/month to start.
You’ll learn a lot playing around with this free vibe coding tool, getting your prototypes in front of REAL users with the ability to pay (not just friends/family). Then, you can more confidently transition to paid vibe coding tools that have fancier features.
Personally, I’m bullish on vibe coding and excited for many of you who’ve shared with me what you’re building!
But as a reality check - vibe coding is NOT for complex apps with lots of users. You still need significant help from senior devs. And that’s perfectly fine!
As I’ve said before:
Your vibe coding GOAL should be to get your product printing money so that you can confidently (and easily) invest in bringing onboard full-time technical talent.
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