JetBrains previews no-code app builder

JetBrains is offering early access to Kineto, an AI-powered, no-code development platform intended to help anybody create professional or personal apps regardless of technical ability.

Launched August 5, Kineto helps users create, deploy, and maintain ready-to-use websites and small “single-value” apps without writing a single line of code, JetBrains said. These apps could include a portfolio website, a family budget planner, or the next big app, the company noted. Interested participants can join the waitlist at kineto.dev.

With Kineto, JetBrains said it was building a bridge between creative people, small businesses, and no-code platforms to open new era in which people will create their own personal web apps with minimal effort. “The key principle behind Kineto is no code for you at all,” the blog post introducing Kineto said. “We and our tools take care of the coding, so you could focus on being creative. We’ve leveraged 25 years of experience building products for developers to create this technology that will help millions of people make their ideas happen—and truly enjoy the process of creation.”

The initial step with Kineto is to formulate a prompt with a detailed explanation of what an app should do and what it should look like. Each prompt is processed by Kineto and translated into the appropriate functionality. Kineto asks users to choose a basic design template, font, and color scheme to provide a starting point for building an app. Users then verify and modify functionality, user roles, and the rules of the app. JetBrains said Kineto takes approximately 20 minutes to generate a prototype of a fully functional app. Users then can add desired features, rehash the design, embed AI-generated illustrations or their own images, and publish the app.

JetBrains, known for its Kotlin programming language, recently revealed it was also working on a high-abstraction language that would help make AI code generation more controllable, transparent, and useful.