How to Deploy Your Create.xyz-Built App

Create.xyz typically generates projects using React and TypeScript on the frontend with a Node.js backend and MongoDB for data persistence. Create.xyz generates full-stack applications from prompts with a visual editor for refining the output. Understanding the stack is important because it determines your deployment options and the specific configuration you'll need.

Create.xyz provides its own hosting. For custom deployment, the generated project can be hosted with the frontend on Vercel and the backend on Railway or Render, with MongoDB Atlas as the database

Export the project from Create.xyz. Configure MongoDB Atlas with appropriate network access rules (restrict to your server's IP, not open to all). Set environment variables for the MongoDB connection string, any API keys, and auth secrets. Deploy the backend first and confirm it connects to MongoDB. Deploy the frontend with the correct API base URL pointing to the backend. Configure a custom domain and SSL

One of the most common deployment failures is missing or misconfigured environment variables. Create.xyz 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.

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.

The most frequent issues we see in Create.xyz 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.