Know if it's
been built
before you build.
Was It Built takes your idea — in plain English — scans GitHub, the Apple App Store, Hugging Face & package registries, and tells you what already exists, what's missing, and exactly how to build the gap. New to AI? Good. This was made for you.
Is your idea already built? Find out.
Type your own app idea and get a live AI verdict right here — or try our example. No account needed.
You don't need to be technical. You need a good idea.
Most "AI tools" assume you already speak the language. Was It Built doesn't. You describe what you want in your own words — we handle the searching, the analysis and the plan. You stay in control of the decisions that matter: what to build and why.
- Validate before you waste weeks — see who's done it and how well.
- Get a real build plan, not vague advice: stack, steps, and open-source shortcuts.
- Leave with a prompt you can paste into any AI app builder to actually build it.
Six steps, zero code.
Type your idea in normal English. No jargon, no code — just what you want to make.
Was It Built searches GitHub, the Apple App Store, Hugging Face & package registries to see who's already tried it.
You get a verdict, a build plan, an architecture and matching open-source parts.
Copy your ready-made prompt into your favourite AI app builder and ship — still no coding needed.
Already started? Paste your project link and we map its current scope, then hand you the exact prompts to steer it back to plan.
Make it easy to use — audit your live site and get a paste-ready prompt for every fix.
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Eight tools. One question: was it built?
See if your idea already exists and how close the matches are.
What the AI world is shipping right now, and which markets it's entering.
30 niches where AI is under-used, each with a starter prompt.
A full plan, stack and first-prompt for your project.
Repos that add value as your build evolves.
Break down any GitHub repo — structure, commits, health.
Bookmark repos to come back to later.
Every check and blueprint, saved to your account.
"Can't I just Google it or ask ChatGPT?"
You can try — but here's what actually happens. Was It Built is the only one that checks live sources and hands you a decision.
- 10+ separate searches across sites
- Blue links — no clear verdict
- No market-saturation score
- No build plan or next step
- Guesses from old training data
- No live GitHub / App Store check
- Can draft a plan — but unverified
- Often confidently wrong
- GitHub, App Store, HF & packages — at once
- Live, grounded evidence (real counts)
- Clear verdict + saturation score
- Paste-ready build blueprint & prompt
Was It Built sits before your AI builder — it tells you what to build; your builder ships it. That's exactly how we validated and launched pixlyze.app in 20 minutes.
Search is free. Reports are credits.
Start with 3 free credits — no card needed. 1 credit = 1 premium report (market analysis, blueprint, niche or UX polish).
One AI report — validate a single idea.
Enough to run one idea end-to-end, with a spare.
Best value — for serial builders, teams & agencies.
Unlimited reports — validate as many ideas as you want, every month.
The most useful idea wins — not the most complicated one.
Great builders don't start from a blank page. They start from what already exists, find the gap, and move fast. Was It Built gives you that head start in minutes, so you spend your energy on the part that actually matters: solving a real problem for real people.
We used it on our own idea.
Then shipped it in 20 minutes.
We ran a pixel-art video idea through Was It Built. The verdict came back WIDE OPEN — nobody had shipped it. So we took the build blueprint, pasted the prompt into an AI builder, and launched pixlyze.app in about 20 minutes. That's the whole point: find the gap, then build it fast.
Find out what's already been built.
Then build the gap.
Free to start. No coding. Made for people who are new to AI but not new to good ideas.