Bolt Lite
Bolt Lite is Students, weekend warriors, and builders ship for only $9/mo. Join the Bolt Lite waitlist and we’ll email your access code when your spot opens up.. It is ranked #24 on the Dev Radar, in AI dev tools, first seen 5 days ago and shared in 7 posts (49.9k views).
What people said about Bolt Lite on X
Bolt has published the first 48 hours of usage data from Bolt Forge. > Forge is a mode inside the Bolt AI app builder, which allows users to run open-source models. > The full split was GLM 5.3 Flash at 46%, DeepSeek V4 Pro at 21%, GLM 5.3 at 17%, and Kimi K3 at 16%. These results show GLM 5.3 Flash, the fastest and…
— @testingcatalog, 1 days ago · 83 likes · see the post
Bolt just made a big move. Launched Forge, an open-model lab built into http://bolt.new. Instead of only closed models, you now get frontier open-weight models. GLM. DeepSeek. Kimi. Up to 50x more usage. Free until October 14th. Here's what makes this different from every other AI coding tool. When you build…
— @VaibhavSisinty, 4 days ago · 19 likes · see the post
The frontier open model takeoff is spectacular to witness! Looks like the gap between closed and open models is a thing of the past. Builders want options. They want to build with open and closed models. Glad Bolt is making this possible. Go build now.
— @omarsar0, 1 days ago · 29 likes · see the post
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Bolt Lite in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #24 of 1225
- Shared in 7 posts by 7 accounts: @testingcatalog, @VaibhavSisinty, @omarsar0, @kloss_xyz
- 49.9k views on those posts
- First seen 5 days ago, last shared 1 days ago
- Pricing seen by Jev: paid
- Market: AI dev tools
FAQ
What is Bolt Lite?
Students, weekend warriors, and builders ship for only $9/mo. Join the Bolt Lite waitlist and we’ll email your access code when your spot opens up. It was first shared on X 5 days ago and is ranked #24 on the Dev Radar.
Is Bolt Lite free?
It is a paid product.
Who shared Bolt Lite?
7 accounts on X, including @testingcatalog, @VaibhavSisinty, @omarsar0, in 7 posts totalling 49.9k views.
Every post is read and classified by Jev (TypeSafe): what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 11.2k posts from 4.9k X accounts over the last 21 days, 1.2k tools, 12 markets. Collected every 5 minutes, fully re-ranked every hour — last update 2026-09-19 16:08 UTC. Full method.