Just finished watching
@theo’s “Open Source is dead now” video.
Making your project closed source doesn't guarantee extra safety. 2-3 years ago, a client reached out to me, and they wanted to clone the Mobbin site.
Now, it was hard, and I didn't know how to do it. Mobbin has weird data storage and styling logic. It was hard to clone, and it took me almost 3 months.
But, do you know how I did it? I scanned each HTML and JS file and asked ChatGPT to reverse-engineer the compiled React code. I carefully reviewed and searched each client's JS file, found connections and links to files, and made this clone.
Result: I was able to clone the entire Mobbin site, including all pages, animations, data storage and styling techniques pixel by pixel.
If I were able to do such a thing with ChatGPT (free) access, then many others can do even bigger things and automate it on a large scale with Claude or Codex now.
So, yeah, it’s scary, but I'm not convinced that Closed source is the solution.
Forget Shadcn.
I have the coolest UI assets that I can use in any project.
How?
I literally cloned the entire Mobbin site from scratch.
• Pixel-perfect design
• Complex home page animations
• Full prototype functionality
I built this years ago.
(Note: The video is unedited and raw. The images aren't loading because the old URL expired, but the code is gold)
Build your own assets. Own your UI.