# v0 by Vercel 19 Hacker News commenters recommended v0 by Vercel and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend v0 for fast, good-looking website and app designs from a prompt; the most common caveat is that the generated code is weak and breaks as projects grow. ## Why people recommend it - Builds sites and prototypes in minutes (5 comments): "I just spent 20 minutes and built a fantastic looking small business website for my relative's new business via Vercel's v0." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45952554)) "In an hour or so, I had a functionally superior webmidi version up and running in Vercel using their v0 code." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419838)) "I just built a small business website for a relative in about 5 minutes using Vercel's v0" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46034126)) - Attractive, professional-looking designs (4 comments): "out came a professional looking website that is based on the logo design and the business segment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46058178)) "v0 and ChatGPT together for sure did much better than the average web designer and copy writer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45962591)) "creates some of the most beautiful designs and mockups when I ask it to" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570937)) - Visual starting point, not just code (2 comments): "It bridges that 'UX gap' by providing a visual starting point that isn't just a wall of code." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47080578)) "The iteration speed unlocks something new." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46851700)) - Used in production frontends (2 comments): "With Cursor, v0, and similar tools, I built our entire frontend in production." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46851914)) "My stack is Claude, v0, nextjs, shadcn, clerk, supabase, vercel." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46579468)) ## What people warn about - Generated code is low quality (3 comments): "The AI-generated designs were solid. The code behind them wasn't." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47013647)) "That does not seem like high quality engineering." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46569115)) "v0 which defaults to bloat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45977158)) - Breaks as complexity or scale grows (4 comments): "once you get past a certain level of complexity, it's breaking things, removing features, re-introducing bugs all while burning through your credits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263683)) "all these tools eventually fall apart at scale" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160275)) "The output broke half-way with a red message, the produced design was subpar" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46113677)) - Crashes or slows the browser (2 comments): "I tried to look at the landing page and it crashed Mobile Safari" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46112672)) "It slowed my browser (Firefox) to a crawl for 10 seconds but ultimately had no information whatsoever." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46112543)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Lovable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lovable.md): 73 recommend - [Replit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/replit.md): 51 recommend - [Bolt.new](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bolt.md): 20 recommend - [Sites in ChatGPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sites-in-chatgpt.md): 17 recommend - [Glaze by Raycast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/glaze.md): 16 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://v0.app/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "v0 by Vercel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/v0/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).