What Is Makedraft and What Can You Build With It?

Makedraft is an AI app builder for internal tools and customer-facing apps, aimed at people shipping real projects rather than prototypes. Its defining claim is that every chat opens a real branch in a real GitHub repo and deploys automatically on each commit — no sandbox and no export step. It fits teams and solo builders already working with React/Next.js and GitHub-based workflows; if you need a no-code tool that hides the codebase, it is not that.

What Makedraft actually does

The product positions itself as an “AI builder that gets down to business,” with the workflow built around your repository rather than a throwaway preview environment.

• Chat equals a branch. Your first message opens a branch in a GitHub repo. There is no separate sandbox or preview that later has to be migrated.
• Commit equals a deploy. Each branch ships as its own live service, and when the agent pushes a commit it redeploys automatically.
• Model choice on paid tiers. Pro and Business plans are not locked to a single model, so you can switch models on a chat that is stuck instead of starting over.
• Custom domains. You can point your own domain at what you build instead of staying on a shared subdomain.
• React and Next.js. The builder works with React and Next.js projects.

Under the hood, the site lists GitHub, Render, Supabase, and Stripe as the tools it runs on.

What you can build

The site frames the output in two directions: internal tools and customer-facing apps your team can rely on. Templates give a concrete sense of the range:

Templates are organized into Apps and Games, Landing Pages, Components, and Dashboards, so the intended scope runs from marketing pages to dashboards and small interactive apps.

How the workflow differs from typical AI builders

Most AI builders generate code in a sandbox and leave you to export it into a repo and set up deployment. Makedraft removes those two steps by making the repo and the deploy the starting point. One user quoted on the site, an indie hacker, puts it as no longer worrying about migrating off the tool because “it was already my repo.” A freelance designer notes that every approved commit is live about a minute later, with no separate deploy step to forget before a client demo.

The practical implication: you should be comfortable with GitHub as the source of truth. If your team reviews branches and merges commits, that model fits. If you want a hosted editor that abstracts the repo away entirely, the branch-per-chat approach adds concepts you may not want.

Things to check before committing

• Pricing and plan limits. The site links to a Pricing page and distinguishes Pro and Business plans (including model choice), but the supplied material does not state prices or usage limits. Check the pricing page directly for current terms.
• Model access by tier. Model switching is described for Pro and Business; confirm what the entry tier includes.
• Stack fit. React and Next.js are the stated supported projects — verify your existing stack matches before assuming a smooth import.
• Integrations. GitHub, Render, Supabase, and Stripe are listed as the underlying tools; confirm the specific integration depth you need (for example, Stripe billing flows) on the site.

If your goal is to stand up an internal dashboard or a customer-facing app that lives in your own repo and deploys on every commit, Makedraft is built for exactly that. Start from a template closest to your target, or open a chat and treat the first branch as your working repo.