How to host your bolt.new website
bolt.new builds projects right in the browser. To host the result on your own URL, download it, build to static output, and publish that with SiteDrop.
Publish your site free →Get it live in 4 steps
- In bolt.new, download your project (the full code, as a zip).
- Run npm install and npm run build locally to generate the static output folder (commonly dist).
- Zip the contents of that folder with index.html at the top level.
- Upload to SiteDrop for an instant live link.
What file types work
bolt.new projects are usually a Vite/React app, so you host the static build (the dist folder) — HTML, CSS, JS and assets. The in-browser preview isn't a permanent URL, so build to static output and upload that. Server-dependent features won't run on static hosting.
What breaks — and how to fix it
- The Bolt preview works but my upload is blank.
The preview runs a dev server; your zip needs the built output. Run npm install && npm run build and zip the contents of the dist folder.
- Assets 404 after deploy.
Set Vite's base to './' before building so asset URLs are relative to the zip root, then rebuild and re-zip.
- npm run build fails on the downloaded project.
Run npm install first so dependencies exist, and use a current Node version. Once dist is generated, hosting it is just the zip upload.
SiteDrop vs just using Netlify
Netlify's git integration can build a Bolt project on push. If you want a permanent, brandable link without wiring up a repo and build settings, SiteDrop is the lighter route: build the static output once, upload the zip, share the URL — with a custom domain on a paid plan.
bolt.new hosting — FAQ
Bolt already has a preview — why publish elsewhere?
The in-browser preview isn't a permanent, brandable URL you own. Publishing the build with SiteDrop gives you a real link (and a custom domain on paid plans).
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