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Firebase Studio

Agentic cloud IDE for building and shipping full-stack AI apps with Gemini.

Category
IDE
Pricing
FREE
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
Web
Models
Single model (proprietary)
Verified
Jun 15, 2026

Firebase Studio is Google's cloud-based, agentic development environment for building and shipping full-stack AI apps from the browser. It unifies the former Project IDX with Gemini-powered agents and the Genkit framework, giving you a full Code OSS editor, app prototyping from natural-language prompts, emulators, and one-click deploy to Firebase App Hosting. It runs entirely in the browser with no local setup. The core environment is free, with optional paid Cloud Billing for hosting and higher quotas.

Capabilities 4

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • IDE integration (secondary capability)
  • Code generation (secondary capability)
  • AI app builder (primary capability)
  • App / agent deployment (primary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Runs fully in the browser, no setup
  • Gemini agents and Genkit built in
  • One-click deploy to Firebase
  • Free core tier
  • Prototype apps from a prompt
  • Still in preview
  • Tied to the Google/Firebase ecosystem
  • Gemini-only assistant
  • Workspace limits on the free tier

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