Project IDX Firebase Studio
Agentic cloud-based development environment for prototyping, building, and shipping full-stack AI applications (sunsetting March 22, 2027).
Naming timeline
- Project IDX
Browser-based full-stack workspace built on Code OSS and Nix with built-in Gemini in IDX assistance; entered open beta at Google I/O in May 2024.
- Firebase StudioCurrent name
Rebranded and unified Project IDX with specialized Gemini AI agents, multimodal App Prototyping agent, and Firebase App Hosting integration.
- Google Antigravity / Google AI Studio
Firebase Studio sunset announced March 19, 2026 (new workspace creation disabled June 22, 2026 ahead of March 22, 2027 shutdown); official migration targets are Google Antigravity and Google AI Studio.
What replaced Project IDX?
Project IDX has been superseded by Firebase Studio, with the latest change on 19 March 2026 (Firebase Studio Sunset Announced Mar 19, 2026 · Signups Disabled Jun 22, 2026 · EOL Mar 22, 2027). Agentic cloud-based development environment for prototyping, building, and shipping full-stack AI applications (sunsetting March 22, 2027). The underlying legacy API or CLI surface is deprecated, so a technical migration is required.
Also known as
- Google Antigravity (migration target)
- Google AI Studio (migration target)
Technical identifiers
Legacy identifiers deprecated. The underlying API or CLI surface for the legacy name is officially deprecated, so this change requires a technical migration rather than a label update.
| REST / gRPC APIs | firebase.googleapis.com cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | firebase |
| IAM Predefined Roles | roles/firebase.* |
New workspace creation disabled June 22, 2026 and service shuts down March 22, 2027; core Firebase backend services (Firestore, Authentication, App Hosting) are unaffected.
Notes & disambiguation
- Rebranded from Project IDX to Firebase Studio at Google Cloud Next '25 (April 9, 2025), unifying Project IDX with Gemini coding agents and the App Prototyping agent at studio.firebase.google.com.
- On March 19, 2026, Google announced that Firebase Studio will sunset on March 22, 2027 (with new workspace creation and user signup disabled as of June 22, 2026).
- Official migration paths: Google Antigravity (for code-first, autonomous multi-agent development) or Google AI Studio (for rapid browser-based prototyping with integrated Cloud Firestore and Firebase Authentication).
Sources & official documentation
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