# Lovable, what it is and how websites use it.

An AI tool that generates a whole web application (React, Tailwind, Supabase) from a text prompt and deploys it. Sites built with it are recognisable by the default favicon and project structure; they often keep the original favicon and meta tags.

- **Status:** Modern. One of the fastest-growing AI builders of 2025 to 2026. The generated site is technically modern, but SEO and content need manual polishing.
- **Category:** [CMS and site builders](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms)
- **First release:** 2024
- **License:** Proprietary
- **Official website:** https://lovable.dev
- **Documentation:** https://docs.lovable.dev
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/lovable

## Lovable on audited websites

310 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Lovable (1.8%). That ranks it #2 of the 21 technologies in CMS and site builders we have seen in audits.

### Websites running Lovable vs all websites

- **Web score:** 73 (all websites 72)
- **SEO:** 72 (all websites 79)
- **Security:** 66 (all websites 59)
- **Performance:** 84 (all websites 72)
- **AI Readiness:** 26 (all websites 31)

### Most used in CMS and site builders

1. [WordPress](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/wordpress): 8.4% (1,417)
2. [Lovable](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/lovable): 1.8% (310)
3. [Framer](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/framer): 1.6% (266)
4. [Webflow](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/webflow): 1.5% (260)
5. [Wix](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/wix): 1.4% (232)
6. [Sanity](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/sanity): 1.2% (197)
7. [Joomla](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/joomla): 1.2% (196)
8. [Squarespace](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/squarespace): 1.2% (196)
9. [Webnode](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/webnode): 1.0% (171)
10. [Drupal](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/drupal): 1.0% (170)

## Google searches for “lovable”

About 2,240,000 searches a month worldwide (Google Ads estimate). The bars show the 12 months from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.

- 2025-10: 1,500,000
- 2025-11: 1,500,000
- 2025-12: 1,830,000
- 2026-01: 2,240,000
- 2026-02: 2,240,000
- 2026-03: 2,740,000
- 2026-04: 2,740,000
- 2026-05: 2,740,000
- 2026-06: 2,740,000
- 2026-07: 2,740,000
- 2026-08: 3,350,000
- 2026-09: 2,740,000

Open in search trends: https://be1st.ai/analytics/trends?kw=lovable&direction=all

## Other technologies in CMS and site builders

- [TYPO3](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/typo3): <1% of websites
- [Contao](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/contao): <1% of websites
- [Storyblok](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/storyblok): <1% of websites
- [Contentful](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/contentful): <1% of websites
- [Base44](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/base44): <1% of websites
- [HubSpot CMS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/hubspot-cms): <1% of websites
- [Ghost](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/ghost): <1% of websites
- [Blogger](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/blogger): <1% of websites
- [Payload CMS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/payload-cms): <1% of websites
- [Directus](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/directus): <1% of websites
- [Bolt](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/bolt): <1% of websites
- [Replit](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/replit): not seen yet

[All 24 in CMS and site builders](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms)

## Questions about Lovable

### What is Lovable?

An AI tool that generates a whole web application (React, Tailwind, Supabase) from a text prompt and deploys it. Sites built with it are recognisable by the default favicon and project structure; they often keep the original favicon and meta tags. The be1st catalog lists Lovable under CMS and site builders. License of Lovable: Proprietary.

### How many websites use Lovable?

310 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Lovable (1.8%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was Lovable first released?

Lovable was first released in 2024.

### Is Lovable still a modern choice?

Yes. Lovable counts as a modern technology. One of the fastest-growing AI builders of 2025 to 2026. The generated site is technically modern, but SEO and content need manual polishing.

### What are the alternatives to Lovable?

Technologies that do the same job as Lovable include Base44, Bolt, v0, and Replit.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.
