Deploy a React/Vite Website or Web App to Production

Review the Project Before Deploying

Use your AI coding assistant to check the project before deploying it.

Production Deployment Review

Identifies the React/Vite configuration, package manager, build command, output directory, production environment variables, and external services, checks that no secrets are exposed in client-side code, runs the production build, and returns a short production-deployment checklist.

Review this React/Vite project specifically for production deployment. Identify: - the project structure and React/Vite configuration - the package manager - the production build command - the build output directory - every environment variable required in production — names only - any authentication, database, API, storage, or external services - whether client-side routing requires production fallback configuration - whether the Vite `base` configuration is correct for deployment Check that no private API keys or secrets are exposed in client-side code. Pay special attention to environment variables prefixed with `VITE_`, because their values are included in the client-side production bundle. Then run the production build and fix only genuine deployment blockers. Do not redesign the project or make unrelated changes. Give me a short production-deployment checklist when finished.

For a standard Vite project, the production build normally generates the deployable files in dist/.

Create the Repository and Push Your Project

Create a GitHub repository for the project if you do not already have one, then push the latest production-ready version.

Confirm the repository contains:

package.json

Your source files

Vite configuration if used

The correct lockfile

No private .env files or secrets

You'll use this repository for the initial deployment and future updates.

Get Hostinger Web App Hosting

This tutorial uses Hostinger to run the production website or web app.

Get Hostinger Web App Hosting

Deploy your React/Vite project from GitHub and keep future updates connected.

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Import the Repository and Deploy

Then in Hostinger:

Websites Add Website Deploy Web App

Choose Import Git Repository Connect GitHub and select your project Review the detected React/Vite build settings Add the required production environment variables from Step 1 Deploy the project

Hostinger currently supports both React and Vite as frontend Web App frameworks and can deploy directly from GitHub.

Check the Deployed Version

Open the deployed version and verify the important parts of the project.

The homepage loads correctly

Important routes work

Refreshing a route does not produce a 404

CSS, JavaScript, images, and fonts load

Forms work

Authentication works if used

APIs and database features work

No critical browser or runtime errors appear

NOTE

If something works locally but fails in production, check the environment variables, routing configuration, asset paths, and Vite base setting first. Vite uses its base configuration when generating production asset URLs.

IMPORTANT

Fix any production issue before connecting the real domain.

Connect Your Production Domain

Once the deployment works correctly, connect your production domain in Hostinger, then verify it.

The domain opens the correct website or web app

HTTPS is active

Important routes work after refresh

Authentication and external services still work

Production URLs and redirect URLs are correct

No private secrets are exposed in the client bundle

Continue editing the project normally. Your deployment workflow becomes Project → GitHub → Hostinger.

Push future changes to the connected production branch and Hostinger can rebuild and redeploy the project automatically.