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TLDR: What is Gadget?
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The fastest way to build and run web apps

Gadget is the JS development and hosting platform with everything you need to build and run web apps with ease, stitched together from the start.
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TLDR: What is Gadget?
6 mins
Why our customers use Gadget

A Backend. A Frontend. A Database. A Custom API. Fully hosted.

A Backend.
A Frontend.
A Database.
A Custom API.
Automatically hosted.

Get everything you need to code, debug, deploy, and scale web apps 10x faster.

Hosted, full-stack environments with one click

Creating an app called product-inventory, which results in a fully setup frontend, backend, db hosted on GCP
Creating an app called product-inventory, which results in a fully setup frontend, backend, db hosted on GCP

Extensible backend & database, with no setup and very little boilerplate

Database

Build tables in seconds with our table editor. No SQL or schema migrations required.

Use rich field types like vector & computed fields in your app.

Manage and edit records with a spreadsheet UI.

Gadget schema user interface
Backend

Create serverless API actions with one click.

Define their behavior in a real Node.js environment.

Run actions on a schedule or as background jobs with very little code.

Gadget code editor where you can write their business logic
API connections

OAuth to third party APIs without code.

React to realtime events with built-in webhook handlers.

Sync large datasets, with one API call.

Webhook topics registered and API scope permission granted
Background jobs handling webhooks from Shopify and BigCommerce

Auto-generated APIs for your backend & database

Instant, typesafe APIs and client libraries.

Complete documentation, customized for each project.

Code samples tailored to your API endpoints.

the generated APIs, client, docs and examples
the generated APIs, client and examplesthe generated APIs docs

Zero-setup React frontends, for pixel-perfect UIs

Frontend

Use extensible, auto-generated components, pre-wired to your API.

Build custom UIs with the full power of React.

See your changes in real time, on a public URL, with hot module reloading.

Deploy in a click,
host & scale with peace of mind

One-click deploys of your app: backend, schema, frontend, config, and everything in between.

Hosted, scaled, and kept performant by Gadget. Serverless at every tier.

Google Cloud hosting
24/7 monitoring
Database auto-indexing
Deploy and scale GadgetDeployed to the worlds

Enterprise-scale infrastructure

Built to handle high throughput without service disruptions.
99.99% uptime
+4bn webhooks processed

Tooling to help you build faster, wherever you prefer

Build with our cloud IDE or your favorite local tools

Changes on the cloud editorTransfers cloud to local and vice versa Changes on local IDE

Collaborate on projects without stepping on each other’s toes.

Unlimited dev environments
Source control with Git
Scriptable CLI commands
Use git and github to source control your Gadget projects
API playground

Test actions instantly using the built-in JS and GraphQL playgrounds to run your APIs as you build.

Gadget API JS playground built for the Gadget JS API client
Logs
Troubleshoot as you build using an embedded logging tool with search and filtering built in.
Gadget's uniquely designed logs view equipped with powerful filtering

Add the essential features for your app with minimal effort

Instant auth. Extensible login forms, with email and Google SSO working out of the box.
Password recovery
Email templates
User roles & permissions
Stripe billing. Customizable plan selection pages. Just add in your pricing.
One-time billing
Recurring billing
Usage-based pricing

Things you'll never have to do...

Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB indexing
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres permissions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB setup
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres updates
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Connection pooling
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Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API type validation
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Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Realtime queries
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API client generator
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CRUD
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Search
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Filter
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Pagination
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Upserts
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Bulk actions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
SSL certs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Load balancer
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Docker
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Secret management
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Shopify OAuth
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Webhook handlers
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CORS configs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB indexing
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres permissions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB setup
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres updates
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Connection pooling
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API type validation
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Realtime queries
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API client generator
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CRUD
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Search
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Filter
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Pagination
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Upserts
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Bulk actions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
SSL certs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Load balancer
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Docker
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Secret management
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Shopify OAuth
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Webhook handlers
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CORS configs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB indexing
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres permissions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB setup
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres updates
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Connection pooling
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API type validation
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Realtime queries
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API client generator
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CRUD
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Search
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Filter
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Pagination
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Upserts
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Bulk actions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
SSL certs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Load balancer
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Docker
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Secret management
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Shopify OAuth
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Webhook handlers
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CORS configs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB indexing
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres permissions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB setup
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres updates
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Connection pooling
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API type validation
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Realtime queries
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API client generator
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CRUD
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Search
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Filter
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Pagination
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Upserts
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Bulk actions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
SSL certs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Load balancer
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Docker
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Secret management
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Shopify OAuth
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Webhook handlers
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CORS configs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Realtime queries
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API client generator
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Search
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Connection pooling
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Filter
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres updates
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres permissions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Pagination
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Upserts
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB setup
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CORS configs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CRUD
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API type validation
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Bulk actions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Shopify OAuth
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
SSL certs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB indexing
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Load balancer
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Webhook handlers
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Docker
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Secret management
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Realtime queries
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API client generator
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Search
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Connection pooling
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Filter
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres updates
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Postgres permissions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Pagination
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Upserts
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB setup
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CORS configs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
CRUD
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
API type validation
‍
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Bulk actions
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Shopify OAuth
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
SSL certs
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
DB indexing
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Load balancer
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Webhook handlers
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Docker
Each project starts with a postgres database out of the box that scales as your app grows
Secret management

For developers who want to ship more

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Ecommerce brands
Freelancers
Agencies
Increase revenue by completing more projects and eliminating maintenance.
Gadget literally doubled the number of projects we could ship. We’ve seen more than a 30% increase in revenue as a direct result of Gadget projects.
Preslav Nikov, Founder & CEO of Craftberry
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App developers
Be first to market and iterate faster than your competitors.
Apps built with Gadget
By skipping all the boilerplate and jumping straight into growth with Gadget, UPEZ went from a passion project to an investment-backed company.
Son Chu, Founder & CEO of UPEZ
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Ecommerce brands
Grow your business and streamline operations with custom functionality.
Gadget makes things really simple. It takes away any of the orchestration we have to do to deploy to production, especially for my frontend developers, they’re able to adopt backend tasks and take things full solution.
Rigel St Pierre, Director of Engineering, Mejuri
Freelancers
Build and run full stack apps with confidence, while staying independent.
Gadget's basically a full-stack dev team in my back pocket. I get the backend best practices I need, and a 24/7 devops team that makes sure all of my projects are running smoothly.
Aurélien Bobenrieth, Developer

Build anything, so much faster

Ecommerce apps

Custom or public apps for Shopify and BigCommerce.

Tutorials
Pre-purchase checkout UI extension
Product recommendation quiz
Internal tools

Mission critical tools, like dashboards and automations.

Tutorials
Automated product tagger
Integrations

Two-way data syncs between popular APIs.

Tutorials
Forward data to an existing service
SaaS

Multi-tenant SaaS apps that scale to millions.

Tutorials
AI screenwriter

Deploy your first app in seconds

Fork and extend one of our pre-built app templates to jump start your next project.
Launch a Shopify product quiz
Build a ChatGPT clone
Start with TailwindCSS
Send Slack notifications

Why developers love Gadget

“We’ve been building apps for a few long-term looking, VC-backed apps and Gadget has been part of their build plans for its ease of use. We’ve been loving it and the brands we’ve worked with have too.”
Simon Barnes
Partner
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“We’ve built 3 apps in the past 3 months using Gadget. Without it, this probably would have taken 6 to 8 months.”
Parkfield Commerce
Developer
“It's the best platform I've used for building B2B software”
Cameron Smith
Developer
“We can definitely recommend @gadget_dev - we use it for all integrations, custom apps etc we build for our Shopify and Shopify Plus merchants. Awesome!”
Think Commerce
@wethinkcommerce
“@gadget_dev is insanely good. In many years of poking away at @Shopify app dev I have never felt more expressive. Amazing docs, wonderful workflows, and it already feels like a huge superpower for our business.”
Steven Michael Thomas
Founder
“Just gotta say - I’m so glad I found Gadget - I’ve built apps in the past, and this has just really streamlined EVERYTHING. The authentication, tunnelling, and then deploying makes things so much easier!!!!”
Mike
Developer @ Mellow Fields
“Catching up with @gadget_dev after a long time, and wow 🤯

The last time I played around with it it was a little raw, but now it's a fully-fledged IDE, and probably the best IDE I have ever used. Lot of built-in goodies.I am bullish and excited to build some apps with it. 🔥”
Jonathan Gardn
Developer

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