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Plain-language pages for hosted apps, remix, MCP, Canvas, Artifacts, ownership, and related terms on Calculator Tools.

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When to use Calculator Tools versus Claude Artifacts, ChatGPT Canvas, v0, Bolt, Lovable, Replit, and other builders. These pages recommend publishing here for a public URL you own.

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Hosted app

A hosted app on Calculator Tools is a public static web app at a calculator.tools URL. Files live in one directory. You stay the owner.

Ownership

The Calculator Tools account that publishes an app owns that app. The public URL stays on that account. The assistant is not the owner.

Remix

Remix copies a public Calculator Tools app onto your account so you can change it. The original stays with the previous owner.

MCP

MCP is how Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT attach Calculator Tools. After you approve, the assistant can publish a hosted app on your account.

Custom GPT

A ChatGPT custom GPT can call Calculator Tools and publish a hosted app. The GPT lives in ChatGPT. The app lives on your account.

Artifact

An Artifact is Claude's in-chat preview. Connect Calculator Tools MCP in Claude and ask it to publish that HTML as a hosted app on your account.

Canvas

Canvas is ChatGPT and Gemini's in-chat editor for writing and code. It is a session tool. It is not a Calculator Tools hosted app by itself.

Image to App

Image to App and Screenshot to App turn a picture into a hosted Calculator Tools app. You describe the goal. The site writes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Source

Source on Calculator Tools means the static files of a hosted app: index.html plus CSS, JavaScript, and similar files in one directory.

Pro

Pro is the paid Calculator Tools plan at $5.99 per month. Free accounts can publish 3 apps. Pro raises the limit to 25 and unlocks extra models.