alt Hacker NewsWait is this a Lovable clone that is actually called open-lovable? That seems bold
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It's not really an "open lovable". I mean, there is of course a NextJS repo as part of it, but you need to bring your own API keys to an AI provider, as well as e2b.dev (sandbox, required) as well as firecrawl.dev (web scraping, oddly required).
It's the web scraping more than anything that makes me the least enthusiastic. I get that's the core of their business, but packaged this way, it's much less a loveable-style "build your vision" and more a "quickly copy another site". Just serving as a copy machine is the least interesting use of all this insane compute.
It feels like a common thing in the AI space (moreso than other OSS spaces). People don’t get how trademarks work and that you can’t just name your project after something that’s already popular. I think some people think it’s a clever growth hack.
As long as it’s not misleading: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/content-removal-polic...
I am reminded of OpenNext (https://opennext.js.org/) even though Vercel has a Next.js trademark.
Having started OpenDevin (now OpenHands [1]) I can say it's definitely worth renaming. It's very limiting attaching your branding to someone else's
[1] https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands