Start a project
Four ways to begin an app: your idea, a design (Figma screens sent with the plugin, or images), a template, or an Expo app you already have.
Updated Oct 27, 2026
Pick a starting point
| Start from | Best when | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Your idea | You know what the app does. | Spent on generation |
| A design | The screens are already designed, in Figma or as images. | Spent on generation |
| A template | A finished app close to yours exists. See Templates. | None |
| An existing Expo app | You have the code. Paid plans. See Import an existing Expo app. | None to import |
From your idea
- On the dashboard, write the brief in the message box. Attach images with +; Style picks a look and brand colour.
- Click Build my app. A short brief, or a first app's brief under 160 characters, shows 4 versions under the box (turn on Plan first to see them every time): pick one, or click Use my words.
- The confirm lists the journeys the version plans and what the first build usually costs; click Build it.
The first build makes the app's foundation and its main journey, then goes on to the other journeys one after another: the card above the chat's message box shows which journey is being built, and the preview shows each screen as it lands. Click Stop beside the message box to end the chain and keep changing what is there; when credits run out, it pauses with what it built working.
A new account lands on the dashboard too. A prompt typed on the website before signing up waits in its message box with its versions or its confirm open; nothing builds until you click Build it. For a guided start, click Step by step under the versions: Idea, Details (who it is for, must-haves, where data lives) and Look & build.
From a design
- In Figma: open the + menu in the dashboard's message box and choose Import from Figma, pair the FluxNative plugin with the code it shows, and check the screens to send (12 per import on Free, 60 on paid plans). Confirm them in FluxNative, then send your brief. The plugin is a manual install in Figma Desktop.
- As images: export each screen as PNG and attach the images to the brief or to a chat message, up to 4 per message. Say which screen each is and where its buttons lead.
See Build from a Figma design.
Good to know
- Free includes 100 credits to start and 500 more when your first build step ends, each valid for 30 days: a first look at a simple app. A new app's first build usually takes 500 to 1,500 credits on Standard and each further journey 600 to 900, so a full first version usually needs Creator or a credit pack. Free can buy credit packs (from 2,000 for $6) to keep building; builds and taking the source out still need a plan.
- The plan limits how many projects can be active in the organization.
- The assistant names the app from the brief. Rename it from the project bar.
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