# No-code

Concept · [Building with AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai)

Also called: nocode, no code, low-code, low code, app builder, AI app builder, website builder

Tools that let you build an app or site by arranging visual blocks or describing what you want, instead of [writing code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code). The app still depends on a [back end](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/back-end), a [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) and [authentication](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication). The tool either sets those up for you or leaves them for you to add.

**For example:** You drag a form and a table onto a page in a no-code tool. Behind the scenes, the tool creates the [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) that saves what people type into the form.

## Connects to (22)

- [Vibe coding](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vibe-coding): Building software by describing what you want to an AI tool and accepting the code it writes, often without reading that code closely.
- [Back end](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/back-end): The part of an app that runs out of sight on a server.
- [Authentication](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication): Checking that a person is who they say they are, usually with a login.
- [Vendor lock-in](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vendor-lock-in): Depending on one vendor so heavily that switching to another would cost a lot of time or money.
- [Lovable](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lovable): An AI app builder.
- [Bubble](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bubble): A no-code app builder made by Bubble Group.
- [Figma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/figma): A collaborative design tool.
- [WordPress](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wordpress): Free, open-source software for building and running websites and blogs, used by a large share of the web.
- [Gutenberg](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gutenberg): The block editor built into WordPress.
- [WPBakery](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wpbakery): A drag-and-drop page builder plugin for WordPress, sold separately.
- [Gravity Forms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gravity-forms): A paid WordPress plugin for building forms such as contact forms, signups and surveys.
- [Webflow](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/webflow): A visual website builder and host.
- [Wix](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wix): A website builder and host aimed at small businesses.
- [Vimeo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vimeo): A video hosting service aimed at businesses and creators.
- [Medium](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/medium): A website where anyone can publish articles and readers can follow writers.
- [Linktree](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/linktree): A service that makes one simple page holding a list of links, often used as the single link in a social media profile.
- [Google Forms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-forms): Google's free tool for making forms, surveys and quizzes.
- [Netlify Forms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/netlify-forms): A Netlify feature that collects form submissions from a site hosted there, with no back-end code needed.
- [Base44](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/base44): An AI app builder.
- [Apple Shortcuts](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/apple-shortcuts): An app on iPhone, iPad and Mac for building small automations that chain together actions across apps.
- [Shopify](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shopify): An ecommerce platform for building and running an online store, with product pages, checkout, payments and shipping tools.
- [Power Automate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/power-automate): Microsoft's tool for automating steps between apps, such as saving email attachments to a folder, with little or no code.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/no-code