MIA
13 videos · 10:20 min

Mia OS explained — from idea to shared app

Thirteen short videos that walk you through all of Mia OS, one step at a time: building your first app, refining it, taking it live, publishing and sharing it.

Part 1

Mia OS in 60 seconds

What Mia OS is in one minute: an operating system in your browser where you have apps built by describing them in plain language.

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Part 2

Your first app in one sentence

Building your first Mia OS app step by step: the six-question intake, from app type to look and feel, and what happens next.

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Part 3

Refining 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.

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Part 4

Frontend only: an app without a server

When your app needs no database, and how to steer Mia towards that: everything local, fast and usable offline.

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Part 5

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.

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Part 6

Backend only: an app without a screen

The handiest apps are the ones you never see: tasks that run in the background, fetch something at a set time and send you a message.

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Part 7

Take your app live on the internet

One switch puts your Mia OS app on the internet — including its own web address and, if you like, your own domain name.

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Part 8

Publishing in the Mia App Store

How to publish your app in the Mia App Store and decide exactly who may see it: public, unlisted or private.

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Part 9

Installing an app from the App Store

Apps from other Mia OS users install with a single click — nothing to download, straight onto your own home screen.

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Part 10

Pushing updates as a maker

Improve your app and push one update: everyone who installed it automatically receives the new version.

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Part 11

Private sharing through Mia Connect

Link your Mia to someone else's and share apps privately: only your connections see them, nobody else.

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Part 12

What does an app cost? Credits explained

How credits work in Mia OS: what a build costs, how many you get free each month and how to top up.

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Part 13

From idea to shared app

The whole chain in one video: from an idea through the intake to a working app that is live, published and receiving updates.

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