38739-vm/base44-site-template-main

Base44 Site Template

What?

base44 creates really beautiful sites, which is a lifesaver for someone like me who can’t design. But the sites are all online and not under your control. This is how you can make them run locally!

How?

Make this site run:

• npm install
• npm start to check

Make your site run:

• Copy the jsx files from base44 (you can see them in base44 under Workspace > Code) into the src/ directory
• Fix imports between the files, if you didn't keep the original file structure
• Add any missing npm packages (in your jsx files, but not in template)
• Install any missing shadcn components — e.g. npx shadcn@latest add button input dialog
• Remove base44 “entity access” code (or comment out, to replace with in-memory key-value storage later)

That's it!

Usage instructions

• npm start — This will spawn a development server with a default port of 5173.
• npm run build — This will output a production build in the dist directory.
• npm run preview — This will run the production build locally with a default port of 5173 (this will not work if you haven't generated the production build yet).

Custom port

You can use the -p flag to specify a port for development. To do this, you can either run npm start with an additional flag:

npm start -- --port 3000

Or edit the start script directly:

vite --port 3000