How to host your Cursor website
Cursor builds your site right in a local project folder. The output is just files, so once it looks right you can zip the static site and publish it on SiteDrop without learning a deploy workflow.
Publish your site free →Get it live in 5 steps
- Get your site looking right in Cursor and locate its files (plain HTML, or the built static output folder for a framework project).
- If it's a framework project, run its build first so you have a static output folder (commonly dist or out).
- Confirm index.html is at the top level of that folder.
- Zip the folder's contents.
- Upload to SiteDrop for a live link.
What file types work
Cursor builds files on your machine. A plain HTML/CSS/JS folder uploads directly; a framework project (React/Vite, or a Next static export) needs its build run first so you have a static output folder (dist or out). Static assets — images, fonts, client JS — are all supported; server routes are not.
What breaks — and how to fix it
- I zipped my project and it's blank or shows raw code.
For a framework project you uploaded source, not the build. Run the build and zip the dist/out folder so index.html and the compiled assets are at the top level.
- CSS/JS 404s after upload.
Usually absolute paths (/assets/...) that assume a domain root. A static export served at the zip root resolves them; if you hand-wrote paths, make them relative.
- I'm not sure which folder is the built site.
It's the one containing index.html plus an assets/ or _next/ folder after you run the build command — commonly dist or out.
SiteDrop vs just using Netlify
Netlify shines when you want CI on every git push. If you just built something in Cursor and want it live once, that pipeline is overhead — SiteDrop takes the built folder as a zip and returns a link, with no terminal deploy command and no repo to connect.
Cursor hosting — FAQ
Do I need to use the terminal or a deploy command?
No. If you've got the files (or a built static folder), you just zip and upload — SiteDrop handles hosting, HTTPS and the URL.
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