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How to host your Bolt.new app in Canada.

Bolt.new builds and previews an app in the browser. When it’s ready for real users, host it in Canada.

Export the project — download it or push to GitHub — and Canner detects the framework, builds it in a sandbox, and serves it from Montreal over HTTPS.

Overview

Bolt.new (from StackBlitz) generates full projects — Vite, Next.js, Node, Astro — right in the browser. That in-browser runtime is great for iterating, but it isn’t where you run production. Because Bolt gives you the real project files, deploying to Canadian-owned hosting takes a couple of minutes.

Step by step
  1. 1

    Export your project from Bolt

    Use Download to grab the project as a folder, or push it to a GitHub repository from Bolt. Either gives you the real, self-contained source with its package.json and lockfile.

  2. 2

    Build it locally once

    Run npm install && npm run build to confirm it compiles outside the Bolt sandbox. Canner runs the identical build, so a clean local build means a clean deploy. Bind any server to process.env.PORT.

  3. 3

    Send it to Canner

    Drag the folder into New project, connect the GitHub repo for push-to-deploy, or run canner deploy from the CLI. No config file needed — the framework is detected automatically.

  4. 4

    Wire up data and secrets

    If your app needs a database, provision Canner’s managed Postgres (injected as DATABASE_URL). Add API keys as encrypted environment variables so nothing sensitive ships to the client.

  5. 5

    Ship it

    Canner builds, starts the app under its own Linux user, and issues TLS automatically. Your site is live at your-project.canner.app; add a custom domain whenever you want.

Deploy from your agent (MCP)

Bolt supports custom MCP connectors. In settings, add a custom MCP server pointing at https://api.canner.ca/mcp and authenticate with an “MCP connector” token from your Canner dashboard (scoped to deploy only). Then ask Bolt to deploy to Canner — it creates the project and ships your code without leaving the editor.

Say this to your agent:

Create a Canner project and save my app to it with the Canner MCP tools, then give me the live URL.
Why Canner
  • Handles whatever Bolt generated — Vite, Next.js, Node, Astro, static.
  • Three ways in: drag-and-drop, GitHub push-to-deploy, or the CLI.
  • Hosted only in Montreal — 100% Canadian-owned, outside the CLOUD Act.
  • Managed Postgres, object storage and cron included, no add-ons.
Questions

  • How do I get my code out of Bolt.new?

    Bolt supports downloading the project and pushing to GitHub. Either path gives you the standard source Canner builds from — you’re never locked in.

  • Do Next.js apps from Bolt work on Canner?

    Yes. Canner runs Next.js natively, along with Vite, plain Node, and static sites. The framework is auto-detected at build time.

  • Is my data hosted in Canada?

    Yes — compute and managed Postgres both run in Montreal. Canner has no US affiliate, so your app sits outside US CLOUD Act reach.

  • What does it cost to start?

    Nothing — the Starter tier is free and needs no card. It sleeps when idle; CA$9/mo Live keeps 2 projects always-on and adds a custom domain.

Ship it on Canadian soil.

Free Starter tier, no card required. Your app goes live at your-project.canner.app with HTTPS — hosted in Quebec, outside the US CLOUD Act.

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