$0 on ads, 600+ visitors and 320+ components later — plus a $5 community goal to unlock more free AI

A few days ago I launched openconstructor — a free, open-source AI interface builder that runs in the browser with no sign-up required.

Total ad budget so far: $0.

Here is what happened in the first few days just from shipping in public:

• 600+ unique visitors from the US, Europe and Asia trying the editor;
• #1 on Google for openconstructor;
• Featured by Asian AI radars (8.0/10) and covered in a YouTube Short by an independent creator I didn't even know;
• Hands-on reviewed by TapToAgent (8/10 — and the one bug they found, style drift on small edits, was fixed the same day).

👉 Try it live: openconstructor.pw · Code: GitHub · Benchmarks: AI models tested

What shipped while I was watching the traffic

The catalog grew from 145 to 320+ plain HTML & CSS components, and I added 12 full website templates (SaaS, AI startup, coffee shop, mobile app, luxury real estate, gym, conference and more) that you can open and edit in one click.

On the AI side:

• Web browsing (exploring internet): paste a link ("build a landing page in the style of https://…") or ask about something current, and the AI reads the web before building;
• Surgical edits: ask to change one price or one button, and the rest of the block stays untouched;
• Live streaming, Brand Kit and one-click export to HTML, Vite + React (.zip), Vue, Svelte, Roblox (Luau / .rbxmx) and LÖVE 2D.

Why the free limit exists — and the $5 deal

Right now, anyone can open openconstructor.pw and run 3 free AI generations a day with no account and no API key (and 20 a day with a free account). If you bring your own key from Groq, OpenRouter, Gemini or Anthropic, there is no limit at all.

The built-in free AI is paid out of pocket and runs on open models. The support wallet is still sitting at $0.00.

So here's a simple deal:

The moment the project receives its first $5 in support, I will add new built-in free AI models to the default selector and raise the daily free generation limit for everyone.

Every dollar goes straight into inference credits and keeping the built-in AI free without forcing people to hunt for API keys.

How to support (or just help for free)

If openconstructor saved you an hour of layout work or Roblox Studio tweaking, you can click Support inside the editor at openconstructor.pw (or send directly to the project wallet):

• USDT (BEP-20 / BNB Smart Chain) or ETH (Ethereum): 0x1c7c67AE3c839e79f11956E47B924883272cF90F

Don't want to spend a cent? A ⭐ on GitHub or testing one of the new templates helps just as much.

As soon as that first $5 lands on-chain, I'll ship the new free models and post the receipt.