**2025-04-19**
#### Overview and Growth of Lovable
| Date | Description |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **June 2023** | The CLI tool "GPT Engineer," the predecessor to Lovable, was released as open source. It quickly gained attention, earning 40,000+ stars on GitHub. ([sacra.com](https://sacra.com/c/lovable/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) |
| **November 2024** | Official launch of "Lovable," a GUI-based AI app development platform. Enables full-stack app generation through natural language prompts. ([sacra.com](https://sacra.com/c/lovable/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) |
| **January 2025** | Registered user base surpasses 140,000. Over 1,000 products generated monthly. ([sacra.com](https://sacra.com/c/lovable/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) |
| **February 2025** | ARR reaches $17 million. Over 30,000 paying customers. More than 25,000 apps generated daily. ([lovable.dev](https://lovable.dev/blog/fundraise-series-a-announcement?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) |
| **March 2025** | Raises an additional $15 million. Focus on expanding infrastructure, improving AI features, and strengthening integrations with GitHub and Supabase. ([lovable.dev](https://lovable.dev/blog/fundraise-series-a-announcement?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) |
## Key Features
- **Natural Language App Development**: Users can describe their ideas in plain text, and Lovable generates frontend, backend, and database-integrated apps.
- **Real-time Editing & Deployment**: Instantly preview and deploy generated apps with a single click.
- **Code Ownership & GitHub Integration**: All generated code is owned by the user and can be synced with GitHub or edited externally.
- **Multi-LLM Support**: Combines models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 Mini and Anthropic’s Claude for high-accuracy app generation.
- **Backend Integration**: Easy database/API integration via Supabase. ([nocode.mba](https://www.nocode.mba/articles/lovable-ai-app-builder?utm_source=chatgpt.com))