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Lovable migration checklist
Every point here is a step in our step-by-step guides. Skip the ones your app does not have: a static site needs a few, an app with logins, data and payments needs all of them.
Everything to check before you switch
Your setup
- You know which kind of app you have: Vite or TanStack Start.
- You know where the backend runs: Lovable Cloud, your own Supabase project or none.
- You picked where the app runs next: Vercel, Cloudflare or your own server.
- You picked the AI tool you edit with: Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.
- You decided if you keep editing in Lovable or leave it.
Preparation
- A GitHub account, with the GitHub CLI and Node.js on your computer.
- An account at the new host, and at Supabase if the backend moves.
- The login for the place where you bought your domain.
- A backup of the database, kept out of GitHub.
Migration
- The project is on GitHub and on your computer, and it runs on localhost.
- The database, the users and the uploaded files are in your own Supabase project.
- The .env file points at the new project and holds only public values.
- Edge functions are deployed with the Supabase CLI, with their secrets.
- AI and payment keys are your own. The Stripe webhook points at the new backend.
- Your AI tool has a CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md file about the project.
- The app is deployed, and every push deploys it again.
- Logins name the new address, not the Lovable one.
- The domain points at the new host.
- The GitHub sync is either part of your routine or turned off.
Final check
- Every page opens on the new address, also after a reload.
- You can log in with a real account from the old app.
- Three records you know look the same as in the old app.
- Uploaded files show, and a new upload works.
- One AI request and one test payment work.
- The domain opens the new app in a private window.
- Lovable cannot overwrite your work any more, or you tested the sync.
Get the steps for your app
The step-by-step guide asks a few questions about your app and shows only the steps you need, with a prompt for each one. Pick your AI tool and your host. It goes through the list above in order.