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Run your app in any language your team speaks
Your team isn't all one language, and your tools shouldn't be either. Translate a whole Snill app by asking, show it per person, and never touch your data.
Vibe coding needs a safety net
Generating an entire application from scratch is impressive, but the database, users, roles and audit trail underneath are what decide whether anyone can actually use it. Here is what should be generated, and what should already be there.
How to build a hiring tracker without a developer
We built a full hiring tracker — candidates, pipeline, dashboard — in one Snill conversation, then changed it with a sentence. Every screenshot is real.
How to migrate from Airtable to a real database app
Moving off Airtable is smaller than it feels: export to CSV, describe the app around your data, then import with field mapping. A practical, low-risk guide.
You've outgrown your spreadsheet. Here's how to replace it — without a developer.
A spreadsheet is the fastest way to start — and eventually the thing holding your team back. How to tell you've outgrown yours, what a database app gives you instead, and how to switch by describing it, bringing your data with you.
How to add business logic to your app — in plain language
The data model is the easy part. The logic — calculations, rules, and triggers — is where most tools tell you to call a developer. With Snill it's just more describing: say what should happen, and your app keeps growing with your business — versioned and reversible.
Snill is live
Snill is out of early access. Describe your business in plain language and get a complete, multi-user app — database, dashboards, REST API — in seconds. Free to start.
Why we're building snill.ai
We built restdb.io for developers 10 years ago. Now we're rebuilding the same ideas for the AI age — where your business knowledge is the specification.