v0 by Vercel

What Is v0?

v0 is Vercel's AI-powered UI generation platform that creates production-ready React components and full web applications from text descriptions or images. Built by the team behind Next.js and Vercel, v0 generates clean, well-structured code using the modern web stack: React, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui components.

What started as a UI component generator has evolved into a full-fledged app builder. You can describe entire applications, paste screenshots for pixel-perfect recreation, and deploy directly to Vercel — all from a chat-like interface.

Who Is v0 For?

Target audience:

• Frontend developers who want to accelerate UI development
• Full-stack developers rapidly building Next.js applications
• Designers who want working code from their visual concepts
• Startups building polished UIs without dedicated frontend engineers
• Indie hackers who need professional-looking interfaces fast
• Teams using the Vercel ecosystem (Next.js, shadcn/ui, Tailwind)

v0 is particularly powerful for anyone already in the React/Next.js ecosystem, since the generated code integrates seamlessly with existing projects.

Key Use Cases

1. Component generation — Create complex UI components (data tables, dashboards, forms) from descriptions
2. Page layouts — Generate entire page designs with responsive layouts
3. Design-to-code — Upload screenshots or Figma exports and get working React code
4. Rapid prototyping — Build interactive prototypes without writing CSS from scratch
5. Full-stack apps — Generate entire Next.js applications with API routes and data handling
6. Design system exploration — Quickly iterate on different visual approaches
7. Code learning — See how professional components are structured and styled

What's New in 2026

v0 has expanded well beyond its original UI focus:

• Full-stack generation — Generate complete Next.js apps with server actions, database integration, and authentication
• Image-to-UI — Paste a screenshot or design mockup and v0 recreates it in code
• v0 Chat — Conversational interface for iterating on designs and functionality
• Vercel Deploy — One-click deployment directly from v0 to Vercel's global edge network
• Open source code — All generated code uses open-source libraries (no proprietary lock-in)
• Block library — A growing collection of pre-built, customizable UI blocks
• API route generation — v0 can now generate backend API routes alongside frontend components

Pricing Breakdown

Plan	Price	What You Get
Free	$0	200 messages/mo, basic generation
Premium	$20/mo	5,000 messages/mo, priority generation, advanced features
Team	$30/user/mo	Collaboration, shared projects, admin controls

Message usage varies by complexity — simple component requests use fewer messages than full-page or multi-file generations.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Generates exceptionally clean, production-ready React code
• Uses the modern standard stack (shadcn/ui + Tailwind) — no proprietary frameworks
• Code is directly copy-paste-able into existing Next.js projects
• Best-in-class for UI-focused generation
• Image-to-code capability is highly accurate
• Seamless Vercel deployment integration
• Built by the team that makes Next.js — deep ecosystem knowledge

Cons:

• Primarily React/Next.js focused — limited support for other frameworks (Vue, Svelte, etc.)
• Full-stack features are newer and less mature than pure UI generation
• Database integration options are more limited than Lovable or Bolt
• Free tier message limit can be restrictive for active use
• Requires familiarity with React to effectively customize generated code
• Less suited for non-web application types

How to Get Started

1. Visit v0.dev and sign in with your Vercel or GitHub account
2. Type a description of what you want (e.g., "A pricing page with three tiers, toggle for monthly/annual, and a FAQ section")
3. v0 generates the component with a live preview
4. Iterate with follow-up prompts ("Make the active tier highlighted", "Add animations on scroll")
5. Copy the code into your project, or click "Deploy" to publish to Vercel
6. Use npx v0 add to directly add v0-generated components to your local project

Video Resources

Learn how to use v0 effectively:

• v0 by Vercel — Complete Guide for Developers — Full walkthrough
• Building a Landing Page with v0 in 5 Minutes — Quick project demo
• v0 vs Bolt vs Lovable — Best AI Builder? — Comparison review
• Using v0 to Build a Full-Stack Next.js App — Advanced tutorial

How v0 Compares

v0 occupies a unique position: it generates higher quality UI code than any other tool, but is more focused on the React ecosystem. Compared to Bolt.new and Lovable, v0 produces cleaner component code but has historically been less full-stack. Compared to Cursor, v0 is better for greenfield UI generation while Cursor excels at editing existing codebases.

See our detailed comparisons:

• v0 vs Lovable

The Bottom Line

v0 is the gold standard for AI-generated UI code. If you're building with React and Next.js, there's no better tool for quickly generating beautiful, production-quality components and pages. Its expansion into full-stack app generation and Vercel deployment makes it increasingly competitive with Bolt and Lovable for complete application building. For the best results, pair v0 with Cursor — use v0 to generate your initial UI, then switch to Cursor for iteration and backend development.