Charming is a cloud hosting platform for collaborative apps, with the core idea of making building and sharing apps as easy as using Google Docs. You do not need a technical background, because the code is written by the AI assistant you are already using (such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.), and Charming handles hosting and publishing.
Purpose Charming is mainly used to host and share collaborative apps you create in conversation. You can have an AI assistant build an app, for example a family book lending library, and then invite family or friends to use it through chat or a browser. Apps are private by default until you actively share them with viewers, editors, or everyone.
Main capabilities
- Integration with existing AI assistants: create and update apps within tools such as Claude and ChatGPT, and the apps appear in the conversation and are automatically published.
- Automatic publishing and access: after an app is published, it gets a real link (such as charm.ing/maya/lending-library) that can be opened in a browser or on a phone.
- Fine-grained sharing permissions: you can choose who can view, use, or edit an app. Invitees can only open the app through an invitation.
- Built-in app features: including data storage, scheduled tasks (such as daily summaries), connecting to external APIs (such as a weather API), use in AI chat, installation to a phone, identity recognition (distinguishing different users), and version restore (restoring any saved version).
- Custom domains: the Pro version supports binding your own domain (such as books.mayahome.com).
- Example app templates: the material shows a variety of app scenarios such as a lending library, shared bill receipt printing, a morning newspaper, schedule coordination, a project status board, and contract expiration reminders.
How to use
- Open the AI assistant you commonly use (such as Claude or ChatGPT).
- Describe the app you want to the AI, for example "make a lending library for the books in our three homes."
- The AI will write code and build the app, and Charming will automatically publish it and display it in the conversation, along with an accessible link.
- You can open the app through the link in a browser or on a phone, and invite others to view, use, or edit it.
- Later, you can continue to update the app through the AI assistant, or use the version restore feature to roll back to a previously saved version.
Applicable scenarios
- Collaboration tools between individuals and family or friends, such as a shared lending library, household bills, event scheduling, etc.
- Small teams or freelancers who need to quickly build lightweight collaborative appUse it without development resources.
- Any user who wants to quickly build and share applications using AI conversation capabilities.
Limitations
- The materials do not specify the complete list of all supported AI assistants, mentioning only Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and "more."
- The free version has storage and version limits: 1 GB of storage, 10 saved versions per app, and 24-hour activity history.
- The Pro version costs $8 per month: 25 GB of storage, 50 saved versions per app, 30-day activity history, and removal of the Charming mark.
- The team version costs $14 per member per month, with a minimum of 3 seats.
- Custom domains are available only in the Pro version.
- Other feature details (such as the specific types of supported external APIs, the upper limit of data storage capacity, etc.) are not yet provided.
