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Firebase Studio Review 2026 — Google's Free AI Browser IDE
Firebase Studio is Google's free AI-powered browser IDE using Gemini to generate full-stack apps with Firebase backend and one-click deploy. No install required.
Firebase Studio provides browser-based workspaces for developing applications. Users can import repositories from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or a local machine, use templates, customize environments with Nix, and connect projects to Firebase services.
Its App Prototyping agent can generate applications from natural-language prompts, mockups, drawings, and screenshots. Gemini can help code, debug, test, refactor, explain, and document code. New workspace creation and signup are disabled as of June 22, 2026, and the service is scheduled to shut down on March 22, 2027. Firebase services and already-deployed apps are not affected.
Features
- Create browser-based cloud development workspaces
- Generate apps with the App Prototyping agent
- Import projects from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or a local machine
- Use templates for popular frameworks and languages
- Customize development environments with Nix
- Use Gemini for coding, debugging, testing, refactoring, and documentation
- Share workspaces and app previews with collaborators
- Connect workspaces to Firebase projects and services
Use cases
- Prototype a web app from a prompt, screenshot, or drawing
- Import an existing repository and edit it in a browser
- Build and test full-stack apps with Firebase services
- Share an app preview with testers for feedback
- Collaborate on the same cloud workspace with teammates
- Migrate an existing Firebase Studio project to Google AI Studio or Google Antigravity
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Starting price
- Subscription
- Pricing checked
- 2026-09-19
No Google Developer Program profile
No cost
- 3 Firebase Studio workspaces per user
- Standard Gemini quota for the App Prototyping agent
Google Developer Program (Standard plan)
No cost
- 10 Firebase Studio workspaces per user
- Standard Gemini quota for the App Prototyping agent
Google Developer Program (Premium plan)
Subscription
- 30 Firebase Studio workspaces per user
- Increased Gemini quota for the App Prototyping agent