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Exporting Your Lovable Project to GitHub (Step-by-Step 2025 guide)

12/18/2025·by Aki from LovableHTML

Learn how to perform a Lovable export to GitHub using the built-in integration or manual ZIP download. Step-by-step guide for Lovable project export with screenshots.

Building with Lovable is a great way to get a full-stack app running fast, but at some point you usually want your code in GitHub. A proper Lovable export gives you version control, collaboration, and a clean way to continue development in editors like Cursor or VS Code.

In this post, you'll learn two ways to export a Lovable project to GitHub and exactly where to add screenshots so the tutorial is visually clear.

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Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have:

• A Lovable project open in your browser
• A GitHub account with permission to create repositories
• Git installed locally if you plan to clone and work on the code

Part 1: Use Lovable's GitHub Integration

The recommended approach for a Lovable export to GitHub is to connect Lovable directly to GitHub so it can create and sync a repository for you automatically.

Step 1 – Open the GitHub Integration

1. Open the project you want to export in Lovable.
2. In the top bar, look for a GitHub icon or open the Settings panel.
3. Navigate to something like Integrations, Connectors, or GitHub.

See where the button is in the below screenshot

Or in the settings panel:

Step 2 – Authorize GitHub

1. if you do not have a Github account, sign up for an account. It's free.
2. After you have signed up, logged in, switched back to your Lovable.dev tab and open your project.
3. Click Connect GitHub in one of the settings above.
4. A GitHub authorization page will open in a new tab (see screenshot).
5. Choose the GitHub account or organization you want to use.
6. Confirm the requested permissions so Lovable can create and push to repos on your behalf.

Step 3 – Create a Repository from Lovable

1. Once you are connected, you will see your repository like the screenshot below.
2. At this stage, lovable created a branch called main to 2-way sync your changes.
3. And you can also, create multiple branches in the same page on this settings panel

Part 2: Download your project or clone locally

In this part, I will show you how to download or clone your project locally, if you have never done this before.

Step 1 – Download the Project as a ZIP

1. Click on the Github repository url in your Github settings I showed above. It will look something like https://github.com/youruseername/some-repository-name.git
2. Once you click, it will open your project in a new tab.
3. Click on the green, <> Code button top right of the repository contents table (see screenshot below).
4. Click Download Zip

Converting Lovable to HTML for SEO

If you are doing this in order to fix your SEO, there is a better way. LovableHTML is a no-code SEO fix for AI sites. It works just like how SSR works and serves plain HTML version of your pages to crawlers without any downsides. Your website stays snappy, your rankings go up and AI chatbots will be able to cite your content in their answers.

LovableHTML converts your Lovable to HTML automatically, serving fully rendered pages to search engines and AI agents while keeping your app as a fast SPA for human visitors.

Summary

You now know how to export your Lovable project to GitHub using the built-in integration. Once connected, Lovable auto-syncs your changes to a GitHub repository, and you can download or clone that repo locally to continue development in your favorite editor.

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