How to share a Lovable, Bolt or v0 app as a link (export and host it)

To share a Lovable, Bolt or v0 app as a link, start with the builder's own Publish button: Lovable publishes to a lovable.app address, Bolt publishes a site from its Publish menu, and v0 publishes to a Vercel deployment. If you want it somewhere else, export the code, run npm run build, zip the output folder and publish it on a static host such as Link in Seconds. That only works for apps that run fully in the browser; anything with logins, a database or secret keys needs a real backend.

Is the builder's own publish button enough?

Often, yes. Each tool can put your app online in one step, and for a demo, a prototype or anything that uses the builder's own backend, that is the simplest and safest option.

When is it worth hosting the export elsewhere?

• You want to stop paying for, or depending on, the builder once the app is finished.
• You want the site next to your other shared files, with one place to see views.
• You want a password or an expiry date on a front-end demo.
• You already have the built files and just need an address for them.

Will your app work as a static site?

This is the question to answer first. A static site is just files: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images and fonts. It has no server of its own.

How to export and host the app

1. 1

   Get the code onto your computer

   Lovable: sync the project to GitHub (all plans) or use Download codebase (paid plans). Bolt: open the project menu and download it as a ZIP, or connect GitHub. v0: download the code from the chat or pull it with GitHub.
2. 2

   Build it

   In the project folder run npm install, then npm run build. A Vite app writes a dist folder. A Next.js app needs output: 'export' in next.config first, and then writes an out folder.
3. 3

   Check the build locally

   Run npm run preview (Vite) or open the built folder with any local web server. If it works there without your dev server running, it can work as a static site.
4. 4

   Zip the output folder

   Zip dist or out. Zipping the whole project also works: we look for index.html at the top or inside a dist, build, out, public or _site folder.
5. 5

   Publish it in the Sites tab

   On your dashboard open Sites, click Publish a site, drop the ZIP and name it. Tick Single-page app if the app has its own routes. It goes live at name.linkinseconds.site over HTTPS.

Lovable and Bolt (often Vite)

Open package.json. If the build script runs vite build, as many Lovable and Bolt web apps do, npm run build gives you a dist folder. Lovable's code export never includes the data inside your database, only the code. More on Vite builds in deploy a React or Vite build the easy way.

v0 (often Next.js)

A Next.js app only becomes static files with a static export: set output: 'export' in next.config, run the build, and Next.js writes an out folder. If the build fails because a page needs the server, the app isn't a static site and is better left on Vercel.

What does hosting cost on Link in Seconds?

Website hosting is a Pro feature. Every link feature, like passwords, expiry and analytics, is free on every plan, but publishing a ZIP as a website needs Pro or Lifetime.

Updating is one step: open the site's menu, choose Upload a new version and drop the new ZIP. The address, password and expiry date stay the same. If the app is a single self-contained HTML file, you don't need a site at all; upload it as a normal link on any plan, as in share a website you built with AI.

Quick answers

Go deeper

• Host a static website from a ZIP
• Deploy a Vite or React build
• Static websites in the docs