Move a Lovable project into your own repo early
Non-technical PM outgrew Lovable and rebuilt on Next.js · Reddit r/vibecoding · u/ZvenDan · Jun 2026
Over about three weeks a PM shipped an education platform, started in Lovable, hit its limits, moved to their own repo with Claude Code, and then rebuilt on Next.js for SEO.
The honest numbers
- Says about 3 weeks of building
- Lists Claude Code at $200/mo and Lovable at $20/mo
As stated by the source. Not independently verified.
Lesson
Get your code into your own Git repo early, and check whether your framework suits SEO before launch.
Fix prompt
Copy this into your own AI tool (Cursor, Lovable, Claude Code, Bolt…). It's general guidance written by us. Review what the AI suggests before applying it.
I built my app with Lovable and want to make sure I'm not locked in. 1) Explain where each part of my app lives: code, database, file storage, auth, serverless functions and secrets, and which of them I can export. 2) Tell me how to get the code into my own GitHub repo and keep it in sync. 3) List what would need rebuilding if I moved hosting or backend, and roughly how hard each part is for a beginner. 4) Give me a step-by-step exit plan that keeps the current app live until the new one is tested. Don't change anything until I've approved your plan. Never ask me to paste API keys, passwords or .env contents; tell me where to check them myself.
Source: Reddit r/vibecoding ↗