How to Deploy Your Bolt.new-Built App
Step-by-step guide to deploying your Bolt.new app to production. Covers Vite-based React or Next.js with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS. Backend varies — sometimes Express deployment, environment variables, and production configuration.
What Bolt.new generates
Bolt.new typically generates projects using Vite-based React or Next.js with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS. Backend varies — sometimes Express, sometimes serverless functions, sometimes no backend at all. Understanding the stack is important because it determines your deployment options and the specific configuration you'll need.
Where to deploy
Depends on the stack Bolt generated. Vite React apps deploy to Vercel, Netlify, or Cloudflare Pages. Next.js apps go to Vercel. If there's an Express backend, Railway or Render are good options
Step-by-step deployment
Download your project from Bolt's WebContainer environment. Run the build locally to verify it works outside Bolt's sandbox. Set up a git repository and push. Create environment variables for any API keys or service URLs that were hardcoded. Choose a hosting platform based on your stack and deploy. Set up CI/CD so future pushes auto-deploy
Environment variables
One of the most common deployment failures is missing or misconfigured environment variables. Bolt.new apps often hardcode values during development that need to be externalized for production. Audit every file for hardcoded URLs, API keys, and configuration values. Create a .env.example file listing every required variable. Set these in your hosting platform's dashboard before deploying.
Post-deployment checklist
After deploying, verify: HTTPS is enforced on all routes, custom domain is configured and resolving, environment variables are correctly loaded, all features work in production (not just locally), error tracking is capturing exceptions, and performance is acceptable under real conditions.
Common deployment mistakes
The most frequent issues we see in Bolt.new deployments: forgetting to set environment variables (causing startup crashes), not testing the production build locally before deploying, missing build dependencies, and using development configurations in production.
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