Google is shutting down Firebase Studio, its online coding environment. New workspaces and sign-ups ended June 22, and developers have until March 22, 2027, to move their projects. Google points users to Antigravity and Google AI Studio, which are built for prompt-driven development.
When does Firebase Studio shut down?
Google is shutting down Firebase Studio, its online coding environment, and pointing developers toward newer tools built around artificial intelligence. The company announced the retirement in March. Since June 22, people have not been able to create new workspaces or sign up to use the tool. Developers have until March 22, 2027, to move their projects to another development environment. After that, Firebase Studio shuts down completely and all remaining data is deleted.
Firebase Studio was an integrated development environment, or IDE, that connected directly to Firebase, the backend services Google offers developers for everything from databases to web hosting. Google launched it in 2025 and expected AI agents to play a role in development from the start. What has changed is how central AI has become. Firebase Studio includes an AI chatbot that can prototype and tweak apps and handle other development tasks, but most of the product is still built around editing code.
That model is falling behind how many people now build software. Coding projects increasingly begin with a prompt, and the rise of vibe coding means some users never look at the underlying code at all. Google's newer tools reflect that shift. Antigravity and Google AI Studio are both designed for prompt-driven work, and both can connect to Firebase, which is staying. That makes a separate Firebase-focused IDE less necessary.
Google made the case in simple terms. "To streamline your workflow and make it clearer where you should start building, we're beginning the process of sunsetting Firebase Studio," the company wrote in March. The move also serves Google's broader push around its Gemini models. But it leaves behind developers who valued Firebase Studio's particular approach, and it does not offer a direct replacement with the same design.
Where developers can go next
What can developers use instead of Firebase Studio?
Developers who want to stay within Google's ecosystem have two main options. Google AI Studio is web-based, so it runs in any browser. Google calls it "the fastest path from prompt to full-stack production app," and its interface puts prompts and chatting with AI at the center.
Antigravity takes a different approach. It is a desktop app meant to run locally on a user's computer. Its interface lets people work directly with their code while also directing multiple AI agents that can work on their own. It also supports AI models other than Google's own.
Which AI coding tools compete with Google's options?
Outside Google's products, the field includes Cursor, which is now owned by SpaceX and is a popular choice among developers. Anthropic and OpenAI also offer AI-focused coding tools, Claude Code and Codex. Most of these products follow a similar model, in which the developer acts as a team leader for AI agents that handle the first draft of the work.
Cost will matter as much as features. Using AI in development can come with expenses, whether through subscriptions, payments for tokens, or both. Which tools developers choose after Firebase Studio closes will likely depend as much on price as on how each interface works and what each company plans to do with its product.
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