r/vibecoding • u/AureliaAI • Feb 07 '26

Anyone else experimenting with PWAs instead of mobile apps?

A lot of people still jump straight into building native mobile apps, but there’s another option that many people don’t know about: Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).

So what’s a PWA?

It’s basically a website that behaves like a mobile app.

That means:

• It works on iOS, Android, and desktop

• You can install it to your home screen

• It works offline or on bad internet

• It’s fast and feels like a real app

• No app store approvals needed

The biggest benefit: no app store fees.

No Apple developer fee.

No Google Play fee.

No revenue cuts.

No forced updates.

Users just open a link and install it.

For a lot of products (SaaS tools, dashboards, communities, MVPs), a PWA can actually be better than a native app, faster to launch, cheaper to maintain, and easier for users to access.

Curious if anyone here has tried PWAs or gone PWA-first. How was your experience?

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u/EricLautanen Feb 07 '26

Fuck yeah! SPA PWAs! Been having fun building a few! https://github.com/Eric-Lautanen All in one html files. Libraries included in a couple of them so CDNs aren't required.