Take Your Lovable / Replit App to Production

How to take your Lovable or Replit app to production

Five steps: audit, secure, fix the data layer, add real payments and monitoring, then deploy. Whether you built it on Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Claude or v0, the path from working prototype to a secure live product is the same. Here’s exactly how to do it, or hand it to a senior team and skip the learning curve.

From prototype to production in 5 steps

1. Audit it, List every gap, auth, secrets, data, cost, security. Score what’s launch-blocking vs nice-to-have.
2. Lock down security, Move secrets to env vars, add real auth and roles, validate inputs, set rate limits and security headers. Run the AI code security checklist against the OWASP Top 10 to see exactly what’s missing.
3. Fix the data layer, Real schema, indexes, migrations and automated backups so it scales past a handful of users. If your database uses row-level security, check it against Supabase’s RLS guidance.
4. Add payments, errors & monitoring, Real payment flow with webhooks, graceful error handling, and alerts so you know when something breaks.
5. Deploy & hand over, Ship to production hosting with CI, env config and docs, and you own the repo.

Costs and timelines for each: Prototype → Production (from a $500 audit).

Do it yourself, or have us do it

If you’re technical and have time, the steps above are doable, budget a few focused weeks and expect to learn auth, infra and security the hard way. If you’re a solopreneur who’d rather ship: we run all five for you, starting with a $500 audit, and walk you through every decision. An NDA comes first if you want one, signed before we see any code, and audit access is a read-only collaborator invite you revoke the moment the report lands. Either way, freeze new features until production basics are done.

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