Guide

How to move a Bolt.new project to VS Code

Bolt gives you your full project as a download. This guide opens it in VS Code, the free editor most developers use, and runs it on your computer. About 20 minutes.

1. Download your project

In Bolt, open your project. Click the project title at the top left, then Export, then Download. Unzip the file you get. Bolt's own steps: Manage your projects.

2. Install the tools

• VS Code: code.visualstudio.com/download
• Node.js, the version marked LTS: nodejs.org

3. Open the folder

In VS Code, choose File, then Open Folder, and pick the unzipped project folder.

4. Install and start the app

Open the terminal (Terminal menu, then New Terminal) and run:

npm install

npm run dev

Hold Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and click the local address it shows.

If it asks for keys: the download contains your code but not your secret values. If your app used a database or an outside service, create a file called .env in the project folder with the keys it expects. The error message usually names them.