Google has announced to shut down its Firebase Studio on March 22, 2027. The decision to pull the plug on the platform comes almost a year after its launch. To recall, the tech giant introduced Firebase Studio, the full-stack AI workspace in April 2025. Announcing the Firebase Studio shut down, the company said: “Firebase Studio is sunsetting on March 22, 2027”. “We’re simplifying our AI developer offerings by transitioning the lessons learned from the Firebase Studio preview into our flagship tools: Google AI Studio and Google Antigravity,” it added. By integrating agentic capabilities directly into AI platforms, the company aims to ensure that Firebase continues to provide a seamless, reliable backend for AI-driven development. Core Firebase services, such as Cloud Firestore, Authentication, and App Hosting, will continue to work outside of Firebase Studio.
Google on why Firebase Studio is shutting down
The company said: Firebase Studio launched as a preview to explore the future of AI-driven, full-stack development. Based on your feedback, we’re streamlining our tools to provide clearer, more powerful paths forward:
- For code-first, agentic development: We’re focusing on Antigravity, our next-generation IDE designed for high-velocity, autonomous local workflows.
- For rapid, browser-based prototyping: We’ve integrated Cloud Firestore and Firebase Authentication directly into Google AI Studio to provide the fastest path from prompt to production.
Your core Firebase services (Cloud Firestore, Authentication, App Hosting, etc.) are not affected. Your databases and user data will continue to function normally. This sunset only applies to the Firebase Studio development environment.
Firebase Studio sunset timeline
Google is giving a one-year transition period to ensure users have ample time to migrate their projects:
- March 19, 2026: Sunset announcement, and migration tools start rolling out to Firebase Studio.
- June 22, 2026: New workspace creation is disabled. You can continue to work in and migrate existing workspaces.
- March 22, 2027: Firebase Studio is shut down, and all remaining data is permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.
Migrate to Google Antigravity (available now)
For a code-first, agentic development experience, Google recommends migrating to Antigravity. One should choose Antigravity if you meet any of the following criteria:
- Prefer working in a local, code-first development environment with deeper control over your codebase
- Created your app using a built-in template or imported repository in Firebase Studio
- Primarily use the Code View environment in Firebase Studio
- Want direct access to state-of-the-art agentic AI development capabilities within a powerful IDE, with support for using different models like Claude and GPT-OSS, in addition to Gemini
- Started in Prototyper mode, but added significant features or execution scripts that require a local environment without cloud limitations
Migrate to Google AI Studio (coming soon)
Google says that it is still working on the migration pipeline to Google AI Studio to ensure it works reliably. Once it’s available, users should be able to choose Google AI Studio if they meet any of the following criteria:
- Prefer a web-based experience, which is ideal for multi-device workflows or environments where you cannot install local software
- Created your app using the the App Prototyping agent in Firebase Studio and value rapid prototyping and prompt-based app generation
- Want the fastest path from prompt to full-stack production app
- Check back soon for migration instructions for Google AI Studio!
