The workspace provides instant access to all the tools for creating your app immediately. Its customizable interface, feature-rich code editor, and integrated toolset streamline the app development process.

The workspace can help you accomplish the following goals:

  • Build apps using only natural language descriptions using Replit’s AI-powered tools.
  • Collaborate on building an app or conduct interviews using Replit’s real-time multiplayer tools.
  • Build and deploy your app from any web-enabled device, such as a phone, tablet, or laptop.

What is a Replit workspace?

The workspace is a browser user interface that lets you access Replit tools. The user interface consists of a dock that lets you quickly open tools and arrange them in resizable content panes. For a list of tools, see the Workspace Features documentation.

Getting started

Key features

The workspace offers the following powerful development features:

  • Configurable, intuitive layout for viewing tools side by side or in your preferred arrangement
  • Web app preview and interaction through the Preview tool
  • Application log monitoring in the Console tool
  • Centralized management of your app’s API keys and credentials in the Secrets tool
  • Customizable Run button actions in the Workflow tool
  • Real-time collaboration with teammates over the network
  • Seamless deployment to cloud services and database integration
  • AI-powered tools, Agent and Assistant, for project setup, feature development, and debugging.

Use cases

The following examples showcase how the workspace can accelerate your app development process.

Create a full-stack app

Build and deploy complete applications with front-end, back-end, and database components using AI-powered tools.

Create and share a Template

Publish an app and share it with others as a Template which serves as a foundation for building their own variations and enhancements.

Next steps

To learn more about the workspace, see the following resources: