PiPilot
Changelog

What’s new in PiPilot

Every release, in plain language — the features, fixes, and announcements that make building from anywhere feel effortless.

v4.8
Announcement

PiPilot BaaS — a full backend for any app, from one SDK

Give any frontend — React, Next, Vue, Svelte, Expo, on your own host — a complete managed backend without leaving the browser. PiPilot BaaS provisions a database, user authentication, file storage, realtime channels, scheduled cron jobs, and serverless functions, all reached through the @pipilot/client and @pipilot/server npm SDKs. The agent sets it up autonomously: provision, set access policies, seed data, deploy functions, and wire it into your app.

  • A managed database with per-table access policies — the agent creates tables, sets policies, and seeds data for you; browse and edit rows in the Backends console.
  • Built-in user auth: email + password, passwordless magic links, and Google/Apple/X sign-in — every backend auto-provisions a user directory.
  • Serverless FUNCTIONS — deploy real backend routes (Stripe checkout + webhooks, privileged logic) with the in-container db, storage, and secrets in scope.
  • Realtime broadcast channels and scheduled CRON jobs, plus managed secrets and keyless AI — the full backend surface, with no servers to run.
  • Consumed from any app via @pipilot/client (browser) and @pipilot/server (service) — install, createClient, and go. Your app stays on its own stack and host.
Learn more in the docs
v4.8
Feature

Real user accounts for the apps you build

The apps PiPilot builds can now sign in real end-users out of the box. Add email-and-password accounts, one-tap passwordless magic links, or Google/Apple/X — with branded verification emails and a per-app user directory — in a few lines of the @pipilot/client SDK. Sessions are issued and verified server-side, so per-user data policies just work.

  • Email + password sign-up with branded, no-reply verification emails, plus passwordless magic-link sign-in.
  • Google, Apple, and X (Twitter) sign-in with zero OAuth config — one centralized broker handles it for every app.
  • Every sign-in records the user into a per-app directory, so your app can scope and manage its own users.
  • Secure sessions verified server-side; owner/authed table policies enforce per-user data access automatically.
Learn more in the docs
v4.7
Announcement

PiPilot Host Fullstack — now a first-class project type

PiPilot Host is now something you pick, not just something you ask for. Choose “PiPilot Host Fullstack” in the composer and you start on a working scaffold wired to the platform SDK. The AI edits real files like any project; one Publish packages the whole app — frontend, backend, and images — and ships it, self-healing on validation errors. No deploy config, no slug, no separate account.

  • New “PiPilot Host Fullstack” project type in the composer and New-project picker — start on a preconfigured full-stack scaffold in one click.
  • The agent builds by editing real files (frontend + backend on the platform SDK); a local preview renders the UI instantly while you work.
  • One Publish packages the entire project — text and binary assets — and deploys it; the platform assigns the address, runs QA, and the agent fixes validation errors automatically.
  • A dedicated Publish panel: SEO meta baked into the page, plus connect a custom domain with automatic TLS.
Learn more in the docs
v4.6
Announcement

Introducing PiPilot Host — full-stack hosting, a Vercel alternative

Our proprietary hosting engine is here. Ask PiPilot to deploy and it ships a live frontend AND a serverless backend — with a database, object storage, and managed secrets — all on one domain, with zero config and no separate account. The agent writes the backend, provisions the data plane, deploys, and polls until it’s live, fixing build errors on its own.

  • PiPilot Host: a full-stack deploy target where frontend + serverless backend ship together on the same domain — no separate API host, no CORS setup.
  • Every hosted app gets a production database and object storage with a typed SDK from the first deploy — no provisioning, no connection strings.
  • Managed secrets via one-time user-entry links (values never touch the browser or the model) and a tamper-verified data plane that rejects writes if the backend code is altered.
  • Versioned deploys with instant rollback, custom domains with automatic TLS, and per-user isolation enforced server-side.
  • Driven entirely by the agent — new deploy_hosted_app + hosted_app tools mean you just describe the app and it goes live. Prefer your own host? PiPilot still deploys to Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare & GitHub Pages.
Learn more in the docs
v4.5
Feature

AI Video Generation — from a prompt to a finished MP4

Ask PiPilot for a promo, teaser, or product demo and it renders a real, narrated video in the cloud — themed motion cards, custom or stock imagery, background music, AI voiceover, captions, and even a live screen-recorded walkthrough of the app you just built. Every render is published to your Google Drive as a shareable link.

  • New video capability: describe a storyboard and PiPilot renders a 1080p MP4 — themed title cards, Ken Burns imagery, 35 transitions, and an auto-generated thumbnail.
  • Screencast scenes drive your DEPLOYED app live (with a synthetic cursor + click ripples) to record a genuine product demo — sign in, click through features, all scripted.
  • Scene visuals are generated to your prompt (accurate and on-brand) or pulled from a huge built-in stock library; live video b-roll via Pixabay when connected.
  • Built-in AI voiceover with 20+ voices, background music that auto-ducks under narration, and burn-in captions — title cards and captions can even type on-screen.
  • Finished videos publish to your Google Drive as a durable, shareable URL. Free plan renders up to 3 minutes with a small watermark.
Learn more in the docs
v4.5
Fix

Polish: media previews and richer link cards

A few quality-of-life upgrades around media and sharing: the File Manager now plays video and audio inline, and links to PiPilot now unfurl with a proper branded preview card.

  • File Manager previews video and audio files inline with a native player, alongside images.
  • Video captions and typewriter text overlays render smoothly, and title-card typing is now snappy instead of lagging.
  • Sharing a pipilot.dev link now shows a branded 1200×630 preview card on social and chat apps.
Learn more in the docs
v4.3
Feature

The Launchpad: a weekly competition for what you ship

A Product-Hunt-style stage for apps built with PiPilot. Submit your own published app or nominate someone else’s, gather upvotes and comments, and watch the leaderboard move in real time — every week the top 3 win bonus build hours and a spot on the Wall of Fame.

  • New /showcase Launchpad, also in the /app sidebar — a weekly, Product-Hunt-style competition for published PiPilot apps.
  • Submit your own app or nominate anyone’s published app; every entry gets a shareable link.
  • Signed-in visitors upvote, downvote, and comment — ranking updates live off net score.
  • Top 3 each week win bonus build hours (1st +20h, 2nd +10h, 3rd +5h) and a Wall-of-Fame spot; a new week opens the moment voting closes.
  • A live activity feed and an "All apps" browse tab keep the whole Launchpad discoverable, not just the leaderboard.
Learn more in the docs
v4.3
Feature

Sharper prompts, real brand logos

Small polish across the board: an ✨ enhance button rewrites a rough prompt before you send it, and the MCP marketplace and "Connect your stack" integrations now show real, recognizable brand marks instead of generic icons.

  • ✨ New enhance-prompt button rewrites a rough idea into a clearer, more buildable prompt before you send it.
  • Real brand logos (via Simple Icons) now render across the MCP marketplace and the "Connect your stack" integrations list.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Fix

Reliability pass: previews, publishing, and connecting

A cluster of small fixes that add up: File Manager thumbnails always load, republished sites never flash blank, and reconnecting GitHub no longer collides with an old token label.

  • File Manager thumbnails and previews now load reliably via an authenticated fetch.
  • Fixed a brief blank-screen flash right after republishing a site — stale HTML always resolves its bundle now.
  • GitHub token links use a unique, timestamped description instead of a bare label that could collide on reconnect.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

One-click GitHub connect, instant hosting

Two friction points, gone. Connecting GitHub now hands you a pre-filled token with exactly the right scopes, and shipping a static site to the web is a single click away.

  • Connecting GitHub opens a pre-filled token page with exactly the scopes PiPilot needs and no expiration.
  • Publish a static site to a free *.pipilot.dev address in one click.
  • No config, no CLI — the connector and the publish button do the whole job.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

Your Profile: sharing, referrals, and account at a glance

A real home for your account. See your plan and usage, share a project with any PiPilot user by email, and track the friends you have invited — all from one Profile view.

  • New Profile view: edit your display name, see plan + build-hour usage, and manage connected accounts.
  • Share a project with any PiPilot user by email — they claim their own copy in one click.
  • Invite friends and earn bonus build hours when they subscribe, with a clear welcome for anyone who joins from an invite.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

File Manager, rebuilt

Your project files finally get a real file manager. Organize with folders, drag files in, select and download a batch as a ZIP, and actually see what you are looking at.

  • Create, rename, and delete folders with full breadcrumb navigation.
  • Drag-and-drop upload, multi-select, and one-click ZIP download for any set of files.
  • Search, sort, and browse a grid view with real image thumbnails and previews.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

Bring your own assets to a build

Hand the agent your own logo, image, or document and it uses it — for real, not just as a reference. Generated images also got sharper: no more garbled text baked into logos and banners.

  • Attach images and docs right in chat — the agent reads them as part of the build.
  • New save_asset tool imports an uploaded image or logo straight into the project as a real, usable file.
  • Generated images no longer bake in garbled text — logos become symbolic marks, OG images stay textless, and every request uses a valid aspect ratio.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

Clone any UI

Point the agent at any public website and it studies the real thing: design tokens, components, fonts, and layout, then rebuilds it in your project.

  • Give the agent a URL and it extracts design tokens, components, fonts, and assets from the live page.
  • A responsive pass and a screenshot confirm what was captured before anything gets rebuilt.
  • The agent rebuilds the design in your project — a real starting point, not a rough guess.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

A template gallery for every framework

Skip the blank page. Start from a ready-to-use template in any web framework, or publish one of your own for the community — right from an in-app gallery or the public template gallery.

  • 6+ starter templates per web framework, plus blank scaffolds — pick one in-app or on the public /templates page.
  • Publish your own project as a template; a Community tab surfaces what other builders have shared.
  • ✨ AI-written descriptions summarize a new template the moment it is published.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

DeepWiki: ask about any GitHub repo, built in

The agent now has DeepWiki wired in as an always-on tool. It can read the docs and structure of any public repository on GitHub and ask questions about it — so it builds against how a library actually works, not a guess.

  • Built-in DeepWiki MCP — the agent reads any GitHub repo’s wiki, structure, and docs on demand.
  • Ask a question about a library or codebase and get a grounded answer mid-build.
  • Free, no token, always on — nothing to connect or configure.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Announcement

AnyClaude SDK — our open-source agent engine, now core

The engine that runs every PiPilot build is now the open-source AnyClaude SDK, published on npm and adopted as the core builder in the PiPilot workspace. A more capable agent loop with context-editing and background sub-agent dispatch — and one you can build on yourself.

  • AnyClaude SDK is open source on npm (anyclaude-sdk) and now powers PiPilot’s agent loop.
  • A sturdier build engine: context-editing, deferred tool loading, and background team dispatch.
  • The same SDK we build on is available to the community to build their own agents.
Learn more in the docs
v4.2
Feature

PiPilot DB — a Postgres database, auto-provisioned

Every app can now get a real Postgres database with zero setup. The agent provisions PiPilot DB automatically as it builds — no keys, no dashboard — and you can claim it into your own account to keep it forever.

  • Production-grade Postgres provisioned in seconds — no signup, no connection strings.
  • The agent creates tables and runs SQL for you, with Auth and a REST Data API included.
  • Claimable and portable: claim it into your own account with no migration and no lock-in.
Learn more in the docs
v4.1
Feature

Mobile builds & app-store submit

PiPilot now ships native mobile apps end to end. The agent builds an Android APK or an iOS app through Expo (EAS), previews it live on your phone with Expo Go, and submits straight to Google Play and the App Store using your own connected store accounts.

  • Build Android APKs and iOS apps via Expo (EAS) — no Mac or local toolchain required.
  • Submit to Google Play and the App Store with your connected Apple Developer and Play accounts.
  • Preview a running build on a real device instantly through Expo Go.
Learn more in the docs
v4.1
Feature

Desktop apps with cloud builds

Ship cross-platform desktop apps from the same chat. The agent scaffolds Tauri or Electron projects and runs a GitHub Actions matrix that builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux in parallel — then delivers the signed installers to your Google Drive.

  • Generate Tauri and Electron desktop apps from a single prompt.
  • GitHub Actions matrix builds macOS, Windows, and Linux artifacts together.
  • Finished installers are delivered straight to your Google Drive.
Learn more in the docs
v4.1
Feature

Mission Runners

Hand off long jobs to background autonomous cloud agents. Spawn a Mission Runner on your current project or a cloned repo, watch it work, and steer it with follow-up instructions — runners queue up and report back when each mission is done.

  • Spawn autonomous cloud agents that run missions in the background.
  • Monitor progress live, then edit-and-resend to refine a mission mid-flight.
  • Queue multiple missions across your project or any cloned repository.
Learn more in the docs
v4.1
Feature

The fullstack hub

PiPilot is no longer just for web apps. Describe what you want and the agent builds it — web frontends, backend APIs, Python/FastAPI services, CLIs, npm packages and SDKs, mobile, and desktop — with kind-aware previews that run each project type the right way.

  • Build web apps, backend APIs, Python/FastAPI services, CLIs, npm packages/SDKs, mobile, and desktop.
  • Kind-aware previews launch each project type in the way that fits it.
  • Publish-ready npm packages and SDKs scaffolded straight from a prompt.
Learn more in the docs
v4.1
Feature

Connect your stack — deploy to your own accounts

New connectors put you in full control. Connect Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Expo (EAS), Apple Developer, Google Play, GitHub, Supabase, PiPilot DB, Stripe, or Resend once, and the agent deploys, submits, and wires up everything in your accounts — your URL, your data, and your billing stay yours.

  • New Expo (EAS), Apple Developer, and Google Play connectors for native build and submit.
  • Deploy to your own Vercel, Netlify, or Cloudflare Pages accounts in one step.
  • Full control: your accounts, your URL, your data, your billing — nothing locked in.
Learn more in the docs
v4.1
Feature

Git version control, built in

Every project now has real version control. The agent can commit, check status, read the log, restore files, and push or pull to your remotes — so your build history is durable and entirely yours.

  • Real git inside the builder — commit, status, log, and restore as the agent works.
  • Push and pull to your own remotes to keep history in sync everywhere.
  • A durable, owned commit history backs every change the agent makes.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Announcement

A brand-new V4 — landing, docs, and design system

We rebuilt the entire surface of PiPilot around a calm, editorial design language: a warm off-white canvas, expressive display type, and components that get out of your way. The new landing, docs, and showcase all ship together.

  • A cohesive design system shared across every marketing and product page.
  • Rewritten docs with quickstarts, guides, and copy-paste recipes.
  • A community Showcase featuring real apps shipped from the browser.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Feature

Build from anywhere

The headline of V4: full cloud building from any device. Spin up an E2B sandbox, build a complete app from your phone, and watch it come to life in a live preview that runs entirely in the cloud — no laptop required.

  • Mobile cloud building via E2B sandboxes — ship a full app from your phone.
  • Live preview runs in a cloud sandbox, so what you see is exactly what deploys.
  • Sandboxes boot in seconds and stay in sync with every edit the agent makes.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Feature

Agent teams

Big builds no longer wait on a single agent. Spawn a team of background agents that split the work, coordinate among themselves, and report back — so a multi-screen app comes together in parallel instead of step by step.

  • Spawn background agents that collaborate and self-coordinate on large builds.
  • Agents divide work by feature and merge results without stepping on each other.
  • Watch progress stream live as each agent checks off its part of the plan.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Feature

Real browser automation

The agent can now drive a real cloud Chromium through Playwright. It opens any URL, clicks through flows, screenshots the result, and verifies its own work — so the app it builds is the app it actually tested.

  • The agent drives a real cloud Chromium (Playwright) to test and navigate any URL.
  • Automated screenshots let the agent see and self-correct visual bugs.
  • End-to-end flows are exercised before a build is handed back to you.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Feature

Instant deploy, zero setup

One click takes your project from prompt to a live URL — a free, keyless instant deploy with no account, no provisioning, and no bill to set up. Add PiPilot DB for data, or ship to your own Vercel/Netlify/Cloudflare for a full backend.

  • One-click instant deploy: free, keyless, a live shareable link in seconds.
  • Static frontend hosting — pair with PiPilot DB (instant Postgres) when you need data.
  • Your deployed app gets a shareable URL the moment it ships.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Feature

130+ MCP integrations

Connect the tools you already use. PiPilot now speaks MCP to more than 130 services, so the agent can read your repos, charge a card, query a database, or post to a channel as part of building your app.

  • Connect GitHub, Stripe, Supabase, Slack, Figma, and 125+ more via MCP.
  • Integrations are usable mid-build — the agent calls them as it works.
  • Each connection is scoped and authorized through your own account.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Feature

Your data, your Drive

Projects now sync to a private folder in your own Google Drive. It costs nothing, it works across every device, and you stay in full control of your files — we never hold your work hostage.

  • Projects sync to a private folder in your own Google Drive — zero cost.
  • Cross-device by default: start on your phone, pick up on your laptop.
  • Your files live in your Drive, fully under your ownership and control.
Learn more in the docs
v4.0
Announcement

Secure accounts

V4 introduces real accounts. Sign in with Google, GitHub, or email, and the AI API is now gated behind your identity — so usage is yours, your projects are yours, and everything is tied to a login you trust.

  • Sign in with Google, GitHub, or email.
  • The AI API is now gated behind your account for secure, attributable usage.
  • Sessions persist across devices and surfaces, including mobile.
Learn more in the docs
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