Base44 workflow

Take Base44 output live on EU infrastructure

Name: VibeDeploy
Brand: VibeDeploy

An export button is only half a workflow. Point the repository Base44 pushes to GitHub at VibeDeploy, and every future export becomes a build and a deploy on infrastructure under EU jurisdiction, with the frontend finally decoupled from the builder's cloud.

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Why VibeDeploy for Base44

Getting code out of Base44 is a plan upgrade; getting it into production is a pipeline question that the export dialog never answers. The workflow that scales is repo-first: Base44 pushes to GitHub, VibeDeploy builds from package.json and serves the result from EU data centres on your domain. What the pipeline cannot move is the backend, because the export ships the React frontend only and the base44-sdk continues to call Base44's servers for entities and auth. Plan around that split rather than discovering it in production.

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Export once, pipeline forever

The GitHub repo becomes the permanent handover point between builder and host. Each new export from Base44 lands as a push, and each push becomes a build and a live deploy, with no manual upload step to forget.

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Jurisdiction for the layer you actually control

The exported frontend, your visitors' page loads and their data path all move under EU jurisdiction, served by a European operator with a DPA on every paid plan. Whatever still calls Base44's backend is clearly labelled as such, not quietly glossed over.

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Costs that ignore your iteration rate

Re-export and redeploy as often as the project demands: pricing stays flat per plan, snapshots cover the rollbacks, and no per-build or per-seat meter is running while you work.

The Base44 to production workflow

1
Confirm your Base44 tier includes export
Code export sits behind Base44's Builder ($50/month), Pro and Elite plans; the Free tier and the $20 Starter plan have no export at all. If you are below that line, an upgrade comes first. Everything exported afterwards is permanently yours.
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Push the project out, preferably to GitHub
In Base44's top bar, the code icon (rendered as '> _') offers Export project for a ZIP download, while the GitHub icon connects a repository and pushes the code into it. Take the GitHub option where possible: it converts every future export into an automatic redeploy.
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Be clear about what the export contains
What leaves Base44 is the React frontend with its setup files, package.json and configs included. The backend stays behind: the bundled base44-sdk continues calling Base44's servers for entities, auth and stored data. A landing page or client-side tool with no such calls becomes fully portable; an entity-driven app keeps its Base44 dependency after the move, working but not self-hosted.
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Connect the repo to VibeDeploy
Start the 14-day trial at vibedeploy.eu; no card is asked for. Link the GitHub repository and VibeDeploy installs the dependencies and executes the build script from package.json on every push. Prefer local control? Run the same build on your machine and drag the output folder into the dashboard.
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Claim your domain
Add the domain in site settings and set a CNAME towards VibeDeploy. SSL issues automatically, usually within 60 seconds, and name.vibedeploy.eu keeps the site live in the interim.

Base44 hosting at a glance

How Base44's default hosting and a generic alternative compare to VibeDeploy.

Feature	Base44 default / generic alt	VibeDeploy
Where the frontend runs	Base44's platform	EU (Belgium)
Code export	Builder ($50/mo) and up	Not needed, the files are yours
Rebuild on GitHub push	n/a	Yes, automatic
Backend (entities, auth)	Runs on Base44	Stays on Base44 or your own replacement
Pricing model	Tiered builder plans	Flat hosting plans from €15/month

Common questions about deploying Base44

Can I export my Base44 app on the free plan?expand_more

You cannot. Export is a paid-tier feature at Base44: Builder at $50/month, Pro and Elite can produce a ZIP or push to GitHub, while Free and the $20 Starter plan have no export path whatsoever. Anyone for whom code ownership matters should treat Builder as the entry price.

Is my app fully self-hosted once it runs on VibeDeploy?expand_more

The precise answer has two halves. The frontend, yes: built from your export, served from EU infrastructure, under your control. The backend, no: it is absent from the export, and the base44-sdk in the code keeps reaching Base44's servers for entities, auth and stored data. Apps that never touch those, such as landing pages, brochure sites and purely client-side tools, come out of the export genuinely independent.

Can I cut the cord with Base44 completely?expand_more

For static or purely client-side apps, the cord is already cut once the export is hosted. Apps built on Base44 entities or auth need the base44-sdk replaced with a backend of your own before full independence; community migration SDKs targeting Supabase exist, but the effort is genuine development work, not configuration. Better to weigh that before migrating than after.

Which build tool does the exported project use?expand_more

The question answers itself at deploy time. package.json and the project configs travel in the export, so VibeDeploy installs the dependencies and runs whatever build script is defined there; no toolchain knowledge is asked of you. Building locally uses the same commands if you prefer to upload the output yourself.

Why bother exporting if Base44 already hosts my app?expand_more

Because ownership of the serving layer is where control lives. With the repo and the host in your hands, you decide the domain, the jurisdiction (Belgium, and with it EU law), the rollback mechanism, and how to respond if the builder's pricing or ownership shifts again, as the Wix acquisition already demonstrated. Exporting is the insurance; hosting the export is what gives the policy its value.