Frontman

Frontman is an open-source AI coding agent that revolutionizes how you edit web applications. Unlike traditional AI coding tools that work at the file level, Frontman hooks directly into your dev server and sees your live DOM, component tree, CSS styles, routes, and server logs in real time.

Key features:

• Visual component selection - Click any element in your browser to select it
• Plain English editing - Describe changes naturally, get real code edits instantly
• Live DOM awareness - Sees your running app state, not just static files
• Framework integration - Works with Next.js, Astro, and Vite (React, Vue, Svelte)
• In-browser interface - Chat with AI while viewing your live app side-by-side
• Real code output - Updates your actual source files with reviewable diffs

Perfect for teams: Designers and product managers can make changes without opening an IDE, while developers get faster iteration with richer context than terminal-based AI tools.

Open source and secure: Fully open source under Apache 2.0 license. Runs in development only, never production. All changes go through your normal code review process. Bring your own API key (BYOK) for complete control.