bolt.diyvsDyad
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
bolt.diy
stackblitz-labs community · Web app builder
#73OSSMCP
Panel
5.52 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.0
- Usefulness
- 5.3
- Cost
- 6.7
- Longevity
- 5.0
“Started life as oTToDev, which remains the best name anything on this board has given up.”
Dyad
Dyad · Web app builder
#29OSSMCP
Panel
6.42 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.8
- Usefulness
- 6.3
- Cost
- 7.5
- Longevity
- 6.0
“Bundles a Dyad Academy with the paid plan, so the tutorial is finally part of the product.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | bolt.diy | Dyad |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Web app builder | Web app builder |
| Runs | local, sandbox | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows, web | macos, windows, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | No |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | Yes |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, OpenRouter, any of 19 providers | GPT, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | mixed |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $20/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 (src/pro directory under a separate license) |
| GitHub stars | 19,929 | 21,631 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | bolt.diy | Dyad | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.0 | 7.0 | Dyad — Pick Dyad if you want an app builder that runs on your laptop and keeps the code on your disk; pick Lovable if you want hosting and a share link the same afternoon. |
| El Crítico | 5.5 | 6.3 | Dyad — The agent has no terminal tool, so nothing it generates is ever built or tested by the agent itself, and the browser preview is the only check before you ship. |
| El Profesor | 5.3 | 6.5 | Dyad — No benchmark; the design is generation to a local Next.js tree with Supabase, Neon, GitHub and Vercel as attachment points rather than a managed backend. |
| La Inversora | 4.0 | 6.0 | Dyad — Twenty-one thousand stars and a credits business bolted onto a free tool, Pro at $20 for 200 credits and Max at $79 for 900; the acquirer is whoever sells the database. |
| La Jefa | 4.5 | 5.0 | Dyad — No team plan, no SSO, no audit log, and sixty desktop installs with no central spend limit; the plans page stops at an individual. |
| El Hacker | 7.8 | 7.8 | no preference |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.