Frontend only: an app without a server
A calculator, a timer, a checklist for yourself: those need no server. Everything happens on your own device.
All episodes in this series
- 01Mia OS in 60 seconds
- 02Your first app in one sentence
- 03Refining in The Atelier
- 04Frontend only: an app without a server
- 05Frontend + backend: an app that remembers
- 06Backend only: an app without a screen
- 07Take your app live on the internet
- 08Publishing in the Mia App Store
- 09Installing an app from the App Store
- 10Pushing updates as a maker
- 11Private sharing through Mia Connect
- 12What does an app cost? Credits explained
- 13From idea to shared app
When you do not need a backend
As soon as something is just for you, on one device, and does not have to be shared, it can run entirely in your browser. Think of a pomodoro timer, a conversion tool, a shopping list you throw away every day anyway.
How to steer towards it
In the intake choose Tool or tracker, answer Just me to *who will use it*, and state in the description or under *special wishes*, in so many words: everything local, no storage on a server.
Mia then builds an app that runs entirely in your browser and keeps data on your device.
What you notice
The result opens instantly and reacts immediately — no loading screens, no waiting on a server. Switch on airplane mode and the app keeps working.
The flip side: what you enter on your laptop will not show up on your phone. If you do want that, you need a backend — that is the next episode.
Frequently asked questions
Is my data safe then?
It lives only on your device and never leaves it. Do note: clear your browser data and it is gone.
Can I add storage later?
Yes. Ask Mia to keep the data in a database from now on; she builds the backend around it.
Dig deeper
Frontend + backend: an app that remembers
How your Mia OS app gets a memory: one database, the same data on all your devices, and tracking things together with others.
Read more →Start hereRefining in The Atelier
Changing your Mia OS app is just continuing the conversation: pick the app at the top, say what should be different and watch it change live.
Read more →Start hereWat is Mia OS?
Mia OS is een AI die werkende software voor je bouwt terwijl je gewoon praat. Geen code, geen developers. Lees hier in heldere taal wat het precies is.
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