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What is Anvil and how does it work? Anvil is a platform for building full-stack web apps with nothing but Python. It has a drag-and-drop UI designer, a web-based Python IDE and a built-in database backed …

The Anvil App Server is a standalone, open-source server that can host an Anvil app on any computer – from a beefy server to a Raspberry Pi. This means you can always host your apps yourself!

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Anvil is an online IDE for building web apps entirely in Python and deploying them on the web. You build your front-end and back-end in Python, and there’s even a Python database.

With Anvil, you can see and modify your front end, back-end code and database all from the Anvil Editor. Front-end code generally runs in Forms. Forms are the pages of your Anvil app. They have a …