Move a Lovable app to Hostwares in 5 steps

1. 1

   Export the app from Lovable to GitHub

   In Lovable, open the project and connect it to GitHub. Lovable creates a repository and keeps it in sync, so every edit you make in Lovable afterwards lands there too. You keep building in Lovable; the repository is just where the code lives.

   If the project is already connected, note the repository name. Nothing else is needed from Lovable for the code.

2. 2

   Connect the repository and pick a pack

   Sign in to Hostwares, create a site, choose the GitHub repository and a pack. Lovable apps are Vite builds, so the framework is detected and the build and start commands are filled in. A pack is fixed CPU, RAM and disk at a flat monthly price; the smallest Frontend pack runs most Lovable apps.

   Payment comes first: the order creates an invoice and the build starts once it is paid.

3. 3

   Move the data, if the app has any

   If your app has a database, sign-in users or uploaded files, order a dedicated Supabase pack and create a project in it. Then run the backup tool on your own computer: it signs in to Lovable in your browser, keeps the token on your machine, and saves your tables, rows, functions, access rules, users and files. Upload that backup in the project's Restore tab (up to 200 MB in the dashboard; larger backups go through a support ticket).

   What moves: your database structure, your app's logic, all your data, sign-in users, uploaded files. Users keep their passwords.

   macOS / Linux

   curl -fsSL https://migrate-lovable.hostwares.com/install.sh | bash

   Windows (PowerShell)

   irm https://migrate-lovable.hostwares.com/install.ps1 | iex

4. 4

   Set the environment and Supabase keys

   Open the site's Environment tab and add the variables your app reads. For the Supabase connection, your project's Overview has a "Connect to your frontend site" block with the exact names and values; paste them in and redeploy. Secrets you added inside Lovable (payment or email keys) are not exported, so add them here too.

   These values are baked in at build time, so the site rebuilds after you change them. The current version keeps serving until the new build is ready.

   Variable	Value
   VITE_SUPABASE_URL	Your project's URL, e.g. https://myapp-ab12cd34.hostwares.appWhere the app sends its database and sign-in requests.
   VITE_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY	Your project's public (anon) keySafe to ship in the browser; your data is still protected by its access rules.
   VITE_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY	The same public keyNewer Lovable apps read this name. Set both.
   SUPABASE_URL, SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY	The same URL and public key, without the VITE_ prefixApps that render pages on the server read these plain names while running. Without them every page can say a Supabase environment variable is missing.

5. 5

   Add your domain and check SSL

   Every site gets a free hostwares.app address with HTTPS. To use your own domain, add it on the site's Domains tab, create the DNS record it shows at your registrar, and the certificate is issued for you once the record resolves. Open the site, sign in with an existing account, and open a page that shows uploaded files.

   Lovable keeps publishing to its own address as well, so you can switch the domain over when the Hostwares copy looks right.

Every click and command, including what does not move, is in the migration guide.