Navigate and filter your projects
You can find your projects page at x.thunkable.com/projects. This is the first page you see when you sign in.
Thunkable lets you choose between viewing your projects in List View or Grid View.
You can decide whether to view your projects in List View or Grid View in the upper right corner of the page.
You can use the search bar to filter your projects by name
PRO Thunkable creators are able to create private projects. You can use the Public and Private checkboxes to filter your projects, showing only public projects or only private projects.
When you click on the 3 dots on a project card (Grid View) or list item (List View), you can see some project options.
You can delete your project, duplicate your project, or see your Project detail page.
On the Project Detail page, you can test out your app, similar to when it has been published as a mobile web app.
You can also view information about the project, such as its name, creator, project size, and how many times it has been remixed or favorited.
If the project is a remix of another project, the name and creator of the original project will be displayed.
You can create a Thunkable account with a Google account or with any other email address.
If you've never used Thunkable before then you should visit our sign up page. The sign up page gives you two options. You can either sign up with a Google account or an Apple account and sign in immediately, or you can enter your email address and to be sent a magic sign-in link. We recommend using a Google or Apple account, as it will make testing your app a little easier.
The email will look something like the image below. Pressing the Click to Sign In button will open your new Thunkable account and keep you signed in for 30 days, unless you choose to sign out sooner.
Returning users can go directly to our sign in page to sign back into their Thunkable account. You can Sign in with Google, Sign in with Apple or Sign in with email.
This button will sign you in automatically with your Google account. For most users this will be a Gmail address but if your school or work email is powered by Google then that will work too.
This button will sign you in automatically with your Apple account.
If you click Sign in with email you will be invited to type you email address in a text input.
When you click Email me the link we will send you a link that will sign you back into your account.
To learn more about using Thunkable, take a look at some of our tutorials.
Once you're ready to try out your app, we have a helpful guide for live testing.
We have lots of ways for you to learn how to use Thunkable.
To learn how to use Thunkable, try our in-platform tutorials. Click on the expand arrow on the left to open the tutorials panel. Click on a tutorial name to launch the video in a modal you can resize and move anywhere on the screen.
Follow step-by-step app-building instructions with our video tutorials on YouTube.
The Thunkable Community is where Thunkers share their ideas with the world. You can find a wide selection of staff and community-written guides and tutorials in the Thunkable Tutorials section.
Follow these steps to build your first app!
Thunkable gives you a variety of ways to create your very own cross platform apps. To learn how to set up a Thunkable account, please read our article on signing in.
Choose how you want your projects to be laid out. Search and filter your projects.
They exist! They are helpful! Thunkable tutorials cover both basic concepts and advanced features.
With the Thunkable Live mobile app, you can preview your apps directly on your personal devices. To learn more, please click below.
Click on one of the links below to download the Thunkable mobile app.
If you don't have an iOS or Android device, you can set up an emulator on your computer that will display your apps.
We have custom components and third-party integrations that you can drop directly into your projects. These components will allow you to build more advanced features.
The language of blocks is a visible programming language. By dragging and dropping blocks together, you can program your app.
Preview your Thunkable project with our Thunkable live app, or on the Web
The Thunkable Live app connects the projects in your web browser directly to your mobile device. It allows you to do two things:
You can Live Test your project. Any changes you make in your browser are displayed on your device immediately.
You can Live Preview any of your projects, directly on your device, without the need to be logged in to your computer.
The Thunkable Live app allows you to live test your app on your device, in real-time, while you are building it. Not even hard core developers have this super power. You can also preview all your app projects from the comfort of your mobile device.
If you don't have an iOS or Android device, you can also set up an emulator on your computer that will mimic what you would see on an actual device.
With Thunkable Live installed on your device, you are now ready to live test or to live preview.
While live testing, any changes that you make to your project should be reflected in your app. Bear in mind that the Thunkable Live app doesn't check your project for errors. Some changes that you make may crash the app. If this happens simply exit out of the app and re-open it.
From any of your Thunkable projects, click on the Live Test button at the top of the screen to begin live testing.
The next pop-up you see depends on whether you select to sign in with Google or to sign in by email.
Clicking on the Live Test button will remind you to open Thunkable Live on your device.
Sign in with the same Google account in Thunkable Live to preview your projects directly on your device.
When you click the Live Test button you will be prompted to enter a code into your computer.
To find this code, open Thunkable Live on your device and click Email sign in - Generate Test Code.
Enter this code into the first prompt and you will be able to live test your app.
For the first time, you can live preview all your app projects from the comfort of your mobile device. Simply login and you should see a list of all your projects on your Thunkable Live app.
Common issues with the Thunkable Live app
If you have a Navigator as the first item in your tree, make sure your screen is dropped within it
You have unconnected blocks
You have an event triggered by a Screen. Start which may be causing the screen to crash
Your app and desktop may not be logged into the same account
(Android only) You are trying to set the value of a Slider in your blocks
(Android only) You are trying to set the latitude and longitude of a Map in your blocks
The height or width of the image may be set to 'Fit contents'
Preview on the Web allows you to live preview your own project directly from your browser. Simply click on "Live Test" to preview your own app in a pop-up window.
You can also preview any public app, directly from the Project Detail Page. Here's one example, but you can find thousands of others in the public gallery.
You can test and preview your project directly within your browser. This is a great option when designing your app's user interface and building out the app's functionality with blocks.
It is important to note, however, that Web Preview does not support some app features. This is because some app features require functionality only available on a mobile device, such as push notifications, accelerometer, and Bluetooth low energy. For a full list of features that cannot be tested with Web Preview, please see here: Publish as a Web App.
Not all components are supported on the web at this time so please see the list below of components that are not supported:
| Component | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|
Map
Location
Not supported yet
Share
Social
Not supported yet
Push Notification
Social
Not supported yet
AdMob
Monetization
Can not be supported
Bluetooth Low Energy
Sensors
Not supported yet
Accelerometer
Sensors
Supported but may not work as expected
Gyroscope
Sensors
Supported but may not work as expected
Magnetometer
Sensors
Supported but may not work as expected
Alert
User Interface
Not supported yet
Speech Recognizer
Voice
Not supported yet
Assistant
Voice
Not supported yet
Photo Library
Image
Not supported yet
Barcode Scanner
Image
Not supported yet
Local Storage
Data
Not supported yet
