december
Basic Information
December is an open source, local-first AI development platform that lets developers generate full-stack applications from natural language prompts and run them on their own machines. It is presented as an alternative to closed, subscription-based services like Loveable, Replit, and Bolt by providing a self-hosted environment that integrates AI models through user-provided API keys. The project focuses on privacy, cost control, and developer control by running containerized Next.js applications with Docker, offering a backend and frontend that run locally, and including tooling to bootstrap, preview, edit, export, and deploy projects. The repo includes configuration and startup scripts to wire in compatible OpenAI SDK providers and recommends models suited for coding tasks. The README frames December as an experimental but practical way to build applications quickly while keeping code and data on your own machine.