artique vs Lucid Train

Artique is a web platform for generating mobile and web interface prototypes with AI assistance. A natural-language prompt can produce a complete prototype, while the Web Studio combines conversation, generation, and iteration in one workspace. The homepage lists multi-screen generation. Mobile Studio includes Figma export, consistent designs across screens, and real-time iteration. Finished prototypes can be exported as Figma, PNG, or PDF files. Artique offers a free plan named Gratuit at free. Users need an account, and they retain rights to designs and prototypes they create. The service runs in a browser and is described for creators presenting or selling web and mobile prototype concepts. Its terms state that service availability and error-free operation are not guaranteed.

Lucid Train is a desktop coding harness that draws architecture diagrams from a codebase and passes the diagram to a coding agent as a specification. The agent emits a semantic graph, and the ELK layout engine positions diagram elements and routes edges. Diagrams are Excalidraw scenes that can export to SVG and PNG or become Markdown specifications; Mermaid support and diagram import are also listed. Proposed edits appear as diffs, and commands use risk tiers, with catastrophic commands refused. Model options include local Ollama, OpenRouter, other OpenAI-compatible endpoints, and hosted cloud models. Repository files are processed locally; prompts and code go to the selected provider, or nowhere when using local models. The maker says it collects no telemetry, analytics, prompts, code, or usage data from local or bring-your-own-key sessions. API keys are stored locally or in the OS keychain. Connectors include GitHub, Vercel, Railway, and Grafana, plus arbitrary stdio MCP servers; remote HTTP and SSE servers cannot connect directly. The free CLI is open source. The native app costs $2.50 per month, billed $30 a year, and includes a 7-day free trial.