Next workshop: Friday in NYC · 14 seats open

Build with us,
in person.

LingCode runs free Friday workshops, partners with schools and universities, and gathers ~100,000 founders shipping native apps together. The fastest way to learn is to build alongside someone who already has.

— Friday workshops

Every Friday. One to four.

Bring a laptop and an idea. We’ll bring the coffee, the engineers, and the Xcode setup. Walk out four hours later with an app you can install on your phone.

— Friday, May 15 · 1:00 PM

Ship your first iOS app, start to TestFlight.

NYC · SoHo Coworking 4 hours Beginner

Bring an app idea. Leave with it running on TestFlight. We’ll cover prompting, project structure, and Apple’s signing flow.

● Live · 14 seats left RSVP →
— Friday, May 22 · 1:00 PM

SwiftUI patterns LingCode actually uses.

NYC · SoHo Coworking 4 hours Intermediate

A working tour of the Swift patterns LingCode emits — state, navigation, async — so you can read and edit generated code with confidence.

● Filling fast · 4 seats left RSVP →
— Friday, May 29 · 1:00 PM

Native vs. WebView: what Apple sees.

Virtual · Zoom 2 hours All levels

A live teardown of an “AI-built” web app vs. a LingCode native app — through the lens of App Review. What gets rejected and why.

● Live · 47 seats left RSVP →
— Friday, June 5 · 1:00 PM

From idea to App Store in one afternoon.

San Francisco · Mission 4 hours Beginner

Our flagship workshop, now in SF. Best for non-technical founders who want to ship something real.

● Opens May 18 Waitlist →
— Friday, June 12 · 1:00 PM

Hooking LingCode into your existing Xcode project.

NYC · SoHo Coworking 3 hours Engineers

For iOS engineers who already have a codebase. Wire up the CLI and IDE to your repo, set up review flows, ship faster.

● Opens May 25 Waitlist →
— Saturday, June 13 · 10:00 AM

Teen Builder Day (ages 13–17).

NYC · SoHo Coworking 6 hours Teens

A full-day workshop for teenagers. Parents welcome. Bring lunch money. Walk out with an app on your phone.

● Opens May 25 Waitlist →
See the full calendar →
— For educators

Free for universities & schools.

If you teach mobile development, entrepreneurship, computer science, or design — LingCode is free for your classroom. No catch, no per-seat fee, no “academic edition” with features removed.

  • 01 Classroom license, free. Every student gets a Studio account for the duration of the course. Renewable each semester.
  • 02 Curriculum included. A 14-week iOS-development syllabus built around LingCode — slides, exercises, rubrics. Use it as-is or adapt.
  • 03 Guest instructors. Our team will guest-lecture in your class — virtually or in person — once per semester.
  • 04 Student showcase. Top student apps get featured on our homepage and Discord. A real shipping credential.
Apply for classroom access → See the syllabus
— Currently partnered with
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NJIT — Women's Entrepreneurship Lab
Semester program · 40 students · Spring 2026
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Columbia University — Engineering
Workshop series · ~80 attendees / month
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Brooklyn Tech HS — Intro to iOS
Year-long elective · 60 students
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Pratt Institute — Product Design
Workshop series · designers building shippable prototypes
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9 other partner schools across the US
From middle school to graduate programs
— Showcase

Apps built with LingCode.

All shipping to the real App Store. All built by founders or students. All written in Swift, no asterisks.

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5.7 mi
8:24 pace · 47 min
Today's route
↗ Central Park loop
PaceKeep
— Running tracker
Built by Maya R. · NYC · Solo founder
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Pantry
12 items expiring this week
🥬 Spinach · 2d
🥛 Milk · 3d
🍞 Bread · 4d
Pantry
— Grocery tracker
Built by Sam K. · SF · Indie hacker
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Breathe
Day 47 · 12-min streak
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3 sessions today
Breathe
— Meditation
Built by Pratt student team · 2026
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Plotline
Writers room · 4 active scenes
Scene 12 · Draft
Scene 13 · Outline
Scene 14 · Idea
Plotline
— Writing tool
Built by Liana D. · Brooklyn · Author
Browse all 247 shipped apps →
— Stay in the loop

Three ways to plug in.

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Discord

~12,000 founders and engineers helping each other ship. Channels by surface, by stage, and by city. Active 24 hours a day.

12,400 members · ~340 messages per day
Join Discord →
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Newsletter

Every other Friday: one app of the week, one technical post, and a roundup of what shipped from the community. Written by the founder.

~100,000 founders subscribed · 46% open rate
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YouTube

Build-along videos, app teardowns, and weekly office hours. The fastest way to see what LingCode can actually do before you sign up.

~1.2M views to date · weekly uploads
Watch →

Already shipping?
Mentor someone who isn’t yet.

If you’ve shipped one or more apps with LingCode, come help at a Friday workshop. We’ll cover travel for in-person workshops outside your city, and you’ll get free Studio for as long as you mentor.

Apply to mentor →