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Andreo Costa
Andreo Costa

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Making an Airbnb clone in Vue3 (Desktop + Mobile PWA) + Admin Backend

I think I just finished the Airbnb clone that I worked for over 4 months. My back is hurting, unshaved, eyes hurt, I can barely watch TV.
I had to make a desktop version and mobile version as well. Bonus, an installable PWA for both desktop and mobile.
And a backend for api ..

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Project is huuuge! remember; just one person as a hobby.
So; the project is written in Vue 3 with composition API, all the new stuff, all the bells and whistles.
Let me know what you think …

Demo client-side https://airbnb-cloudcdn.surge.sh/rooms/23049796

Not working if you use proxy vpn etc..

Animated GIF Screenshot https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/lhs207ewg4tin3l7tuxk.gif

Demo mobile
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Worawat Kaewsanmuang

Ohh, man! the UI build is just awesome. Will definitely follow this article and build an Airbnb clone app of my own using Vue. The UI dashboards just look spectacular and the features are also mesmerizing. I love this. Thanks for sharing this. And also, you should check out the Flutter Airbnb app templates if you are looking for a mobile app alternative.

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Maya

What did you use for the backend?

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Andreo Costa

Custom build with firebase for db and prime-vue for the html and css components.

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Maya

So you don't need a backend language like PHP or Python or Ruby?

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Andreo Costa

No, both the admin and client front-end are hosted on free stuff like surge. as for the DB , firestore is used. Authentication is Auth0
smtp is my google account with smtp.js
phone validation is namsor
ip geolocation is IpGeolocation, free
etc..

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Andreo Costa

Admin is made with sigma-vue, a vue 3 admin template with components included
github.com/primefaces/sigma-vue
Database is firebase/firestore

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Eddie v

Hey Andreo, Great job on the AirBNB clone you developed. Is the code available in a repository or available for purchase? Let me know how i can contact you and we can discuss further.

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Arman Shojaei

This is so cool man, please share its Github link

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Andreo Costa

right now I can't, I have a few offers to sell the project and it wouldn't be right if I open sourced it. Let's see ...

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Jim Montgomery

Why not just start a paid service with it if it's not open source?

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Andreo Costa

what do you mean ?

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Jim Montgomery

Is this a commercial product? Can I post my listing or rent a place now? If not perhaps do that? It sounds like you're commercializing the software currently--by selling it with licensing, etc.

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Andreo Costa

No, this is just a clone of the airbnb. To see if I can do it . I cant use it as a real thing because it's the airbnb's design, logo, writings, etc..

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Jim Montgomery

If you work with others apply design variations to not conflict with copyright (etc), and to create and maintain the serivce, it is possible to monetize this effort. If you are interested in creating additional revenue streams, this can be useful. And if I can provide more info and participate just send me a message. AirBnb could use competition I imagine anyway.

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Alain Deviss

Is the code open source, is it for sale ?

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Andreo Costa

I just want to see if there are people interested in the project.

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Jim Montgomery

What motivated this work? How will you monetize and use it?

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Andreo Costa

I just like the Airbnb design and I had to depart from Vue 2 somehow. Last year I learned Vue in general and the best way, in my opinion is to learn the basics and start a project by yourself. Youtube is filled with notes or todo apps tutorials. As for the monetisation.. you can just change the logos some css and be used as yet another hotel/ real estate/ vacation rentals app.

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oggo

Cool!

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Andreo Costa

thanks

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Enrico Cantile

A crazy project. Congratulations, really well done.

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Rados51

This is craaaaaazy. Cool work!

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pricealvinakfrhl16

Hi bro, can we speak in private?

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Jim Montgomery

Andreo is this available on Github or somewhere to repurpose and what is the licensing? Feel free to message directly with this info.