How Lovable hosts your app
Lovable automatically hosts your app when you publish it, handling all the technical details like servers and security. Your app will be available globally, load fast, and scale with your visitors without extra setup.
Anyone who wants to make their Lovable app available to others online needs this information when they are ready to share their project.
Do this, in order
- 1
Click the 'Publish' button in the top right of your Lovable editor, or ask Lovable to publish your project in the chat.
This action takes a snapshot of your current work and makes it live on a public web address, automatically setting up hosting and security.
- 2
If you want to update your live site after making changes, open the 'Publish' dialog again and click 'Publish changes'.
Your live site is a snapshot, so new edits won't appear until you explicitly publish the updated version.
- 3
If you need to take your site offline, open the 'Publish' dialog, click the '⋮' menu in the top-right, and select 'Unpublish', or go to 'Project settings' and choose 'Unpublish project'.
This removes your app from public view, but you can always publish it again later.
Paste this into your project
Publish my project to a public URL.
Words decoded
- HTTPS
- A secure way for your web browser to connect to a website, ensuring that information sent between you and the site is private and protected. You'll see a padlock icon in your browser's address bar when it's active.
- SSL certificate
- A digital file that proves a website's identity and enables a secure, encrypted connection (HTTPS) between your browser and the website.
- Server-side rendering
- A method where the website's content is fully built and prepared on the server before it's sent to your browser. This makes the page load faster and helps search engines understand its content better.
- Crawlers
- Automated programs, often called bots or spiders, used by search engines (like Google) and social media platforms to visit websites, read their content, and gather information for indexing or creating link previews.
- Backend
- The 'behind-the-scenes' part of an app that handles data storage, user accounts, and complex operations. It's like the engine room of a ship, while the 'frontend' is what you see and interact with.
- Run credits
- A measure of the work your app's backend does, such as processing data, running AI features, or interacting with databases. You use these credits as your app is actively used by visitors.
Where people get stuck
- Forgetting to 'Publish changes' after editing your app, which means your visitors won't see your latest updates.
- Assuming that closing your Lovable editor will take your live site down; your published app runs independently.
- Expecting third-party SEO tools to see your full content if your app is older than May 13, 2026, as they might not be 'verified crawlers' and could report pages as empty.
- Not contacting support in advance if you anticipate a huge surge in visitors for a major event, which could help prevent temporary unavailability on the Free plan.
The short version, steps, decoder and prompt on this page are written automatically from Lovable's own documentation and can lag or misread it. The official page is always the authority.