Frappe vs Building with AI with React & Node

ERPNext
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I am super new to Frappe/ERPnext and started building our CRM via Frappe Framework.

Now, I casually tried lovable(AI app, for app creation etc.) and it literally built an entire CRM for me while there were as few problems.

I am now in the dilemma should I invest my time & energy in building platforms on Frappe Framework or just use the AI tools to quickly build from scratch given the rate at it generates apps/platforms.

To note, I am taking purely for internal tools for our business.

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I don’t know your background (technical or not), but casually trying AI Code Assistance (nowadays AKA vibe-coding) won’t take you anywhere. It won’t build anything reliable for your production use.

I don’t know your business requirements or the complexity of your business model, but if your requirements were THAT easy, then a Google Sheet template for CRM would be a much more reliable option than vibe-coding a brand new CRM. You’d spend your time debugging and fixing the app instead of doing your real business.

Whether you invest some money in Frappe CRM on FrappeCloud or invest some time in self-hosted Frappe CRM, you’ll be much more satisfied. Plus, you might love the development experience of the Frappe framework.

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Let me tell you my honest opinion.
Vibe-coding (conveying your requirements to an LLM) is a place for your to start if you are not coding yourself, or if you have limited coding/programming experience.
If you want to build powerful apps that scale, then you need to learn to write code yourself.
I manage a team of 5 developers, two are senior ERPNext Devs, On is junior, one devops and one secops. As my team (department) serves a big organization, I’ve started implementing a vibe-coding experience with ERPNext, it’s still not mature enough, but we go some requirements out in 1 day using this method.

Vibe-coding or agentic LLMs with coding purpose aren’t easy to implement and won’t get you far enough, they can make your life a little but easier, but for now they aren’t mature enough. But maybe by early 2026 they can build full scale apps, now you can only implement an MVP.