Which Cloud Resources do you need? AI Studio does support Firebase now too
Antigravity is for local development.
Google ai studio doesn’t seem like the platform other than pure vibecoders.
Firebase studio (project idx) was my perfect go to online IDE with all the features i ever wanted. I am very shocked for this great product go way so early. I hope this product somehow survives or Google launches similar product like this soon.
Antigravity is not just for local development. It works really great over SSH:
You can rent a VPS in the cloud or connect a machine you own to have the development completely go over the remote connection. This way you can have a very thin client and all the processing off the device.
If you are on the Google AI Pro and Ultra plans you can use credits to pay for a Google Cloud VM.
I have a request, please allows users to create unlimited workspace/projects in this remaining time so that we can enjoy this last time to an extent.
I hope developers would read this message and look after it.
This news is as shocking as economic shift. If anyone told me that firebase studio will ever get shotdown, I’d argue with every thing. Just waking up to this news feels so disappointing. But I’m sure it might be fore greater good.
We appreciate the feedback.
You can create as many AI Studio and Antigravity projects as you want, but there are no changes to current offerings at this time in Firebase Studio.
There is an exciting path forward in AI Studio and Antigravity as we take the best of what is working well and the exciting bleeding edge of Gemini models in tools in platforms we can focus on.
Thank you for being a Firebase Studio user and fan! This would not have been possible without all of you building with it.
Antigravity is good, I use it on my local machine and over ssh too. As for why i don’t rent a VPS for building my projects and use firebase studio is because the features firebase studio provided with a hassle free environment and setup compared to a VPS it was way easier.
I am very grateful to the Devs maintaining this product till now. Very saddened by this move of shutting down.
I am working on bringing as much of the magic setup from Firebase Studio templates to Antigravity. Skills are a great way to get close and you can also run NixOS on a VM with the one file setup if you want too!
I would like to know about my Premium plan that I purchased for one year…
So what does this mean? You’re going to shut the platform down after 4 months without updates, and my Premium plan just goes to waste? Are the $200 I paid just going down the drain while you keep the money, and now I have to pay for tokens in another application?
This honestly makes no sense at all.
Firebase Studio is still going to be up for a year.
Firebase Studio was so easy to use and it just works no matter what location or device…
So does AI Studio! Please let us know if there is something you are having a hard time building in AI Studio.
Everything comes to an end. When Google Antigravity was first released, I knew that Firebase Studio would be killed off soon if it couldn’t compete. But you know what? Instead of sunsetting or killing it, you could turn it into the first Cloud Agent-First IDE where we can use credits to get more computing resources while still having better model agents (like Claude) to work with. Just not with NixOS - Ubuntu is better
I have to this basically sums up my exact situation as well….. Shocked and pretty gutted!!
I have spent months learning/building an application in Firebase Studios web IDE based solely around Google/Firebase infrastructure. All by backend services etc are deliberately Firebase Console based, Google Cloud, and I am using Gemini models to help code/provide functions within the app itself. I am days away (fingers crossed) from finishing and deploying the first version for live testing. Currently I can do all of this from one combined web platform in Firebase Console/Studios (with all the noise until very recently suggesting this was the long term future). Now If I am being forced to split that up, I think AI Studios would be a bit too “casual” for my current project, meaning I would have to use Antigravity. That is not available as a web IDE though I believe? so I would have to download/have something running on my device no? I just cannot understand why you would split up a great working product, and take a step backwards in “user ease” etc in a number of ways, unless it is just to throttle users? I have to say as well It’s pretty worrying the amount of angry forum posts I have seen with regard to Antigravity and its limits!.
Anyway, to help put my mind at ease can you please confirm I will be able to migrate everything over as is without issue. The Firebase Console and its services will all remain the same for the long term future. The connected Google cloud options, APIs etc will remain the same. I’ll be able to edit/publish the application in Antigravity as I am now in Firebase Studios? (just locally instead of web based)
Thank you for any answers and information!
Best regards,
fathom
I think your “missing” some of the audience here. There will be a lot of new vibe coders who took the Gemini/AI Studio route into then using Firebase Studios. A lot of them might now know what SSH, virtual machines etc are, feel comfortable setting up the methods you mention. A few will also be put off by having to dowload software, take that commitment. I honestly thought that is why Firebase Studios was created in the first place, so you dont have to do anything like that, instead having a “everything under one roof “web platform moving into the future!
Hi
Thumbs up to Google for the great Firebase Studio. The move to Antigravity or AI Studio is understandable. But there are kinks in the execution:-
(1) The “zip & download” is not working.
(2) The transfer to AI Studio is not ready.
(3) Why the hurry to sunset the app in 2 days?
(4) Some people will have technical problems migrating to AI Studio or Antigravity & need more time.
(5) You need to get (1) & (2) ready & working well before people can migrate seamlessly & help you achieve your goals.
(6) Right now I am labouriously downloading file by file. Multiple that by number of people, that is a lot of inefficiency.
It will not sunset in two days instead it has one year - March 22 2027
Thanks! Saw the date as March 22, 2026. My bad.
Sad, but understandable. I just checked out Google AI Studio for the first time in a couple of months, it does appear to be evolving quite rapidly, which is good.
A couple of questions:
- If we migrate to AI Studio, I’m assuming that Google Firebase Console will still be used in the same way it is now, as it manages the core backend services? Or is there a plan to bring a re-imagining of Console into AI Studio?
- Firebase plans: I’m currently on the Blaze plan. Again, I assume this is still relevant as it covers the backend services?
- Is a Google One plan required after migrating a Studio app to AI studio? Or there are generous limits built into AI studio that negates the need to pay for a One plan?