How do you export Lovable code to GitHub?

Step by step

1. 1

   Connect GitHub from the editor

   In the Lovable workspace, use the GitHub control in the top-right, authorise Lovable on your GitHub account, and choose the account or organisation that should own the repository. Lovable creates the repository and pushes the code.

   After that the sync is two-way: edits in Lovable land in the repository, and commits you push to the repository show up in Lovable.

2. 2

   Check what came across

   Open the repository on GitHub. You should see the Vite or TanStack Start project with package.json, src/ and a supabase/ folder holding migrations if the app has a database. The .env values are not there, because they were never in the code.

3. 3

   Clone or download if you want a local copy

   git clone the repository, or use Download ZIP on GitHub. Run npm install and npm run dev locally with a .env that points at your Supabase project.

   Local copy

   git clone https://github.com/<you>/<repo>.git
   cd <repo> && npm install && npm run dev

4. 4

   Deploy the repository

   Dashboard → Deployments → New: pick the repository and a pack. The build is detected and the commands are filled in. Add the VITE_ variables on the Environment tab and attach your domain on the Domains tab. From Claude Code or Cursor, the deploy tool does the same and returns an approval link; the build starts once the invoice is paid.

   Terminal

   hw ask "deploy <repo> as my-app and set VITE_SUPABASE_URL"

5. 5

   Move the data separately

   The export carries no data. If the app has tables, users or files, run the Hostwares migration tool to back them up from Lovable and restore into a dedicated Supabase project, then update the Auth redirect URLs for the new address.

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