# Gemini Canvas

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-canvas/

6 people recommended Gemini Canvas in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People use Gemini Canvas to turn a prompt into a working app, script or visualization in minutes.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Builds working apps and tools quickly (3 comments in the sample): "Gemini Canvas is really powerful as it makes usable app/tool inside Gemini" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46694456)) "Google Gemini Canvas put it all together for me, slick as snot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47421283)) "< 5 minutes later I have such a thing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49118506))
- Good for interactive visualizations (2 comments in the sample): "Using Gemini's canvas for chord progressions is a great example of this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360995)) "is great at these visualizations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47338461))

## Other AI app builders people recommend

- [Lovable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lovable/): 40 recommend, 18 mixed, 74 criticize
- [Replit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/replit/): 28 recommend, 13 mixed, 36 criticize
- [Squarespace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/squarespace/): 17 recommend, 5 mixed, 19 criticize
- [Sites in ChatGPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sites-in-chatgpt/): 14 recommend, 3 mixed, 4 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://gemini.google.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gemini Canvas", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-canvas/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.