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Learn Lovable, free — in 14 steps.
One free guide takes you from your first prompt to a launched, indexed app — prompting, design, data, logins, payments, SEO and the fixes in between. Learn how to build it yourself, or get an expert to build it with you or for you.
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The free guide
The complete Lovable path, in 14 steps
Follow it in order, or jump to the step you're stuck on. Every step links to detailed answers.
- 1Getting StartedWhat Lovable is, what it can build, credits, ownership and your first project.
- 2Prompting & BuildingWriting prompts that work, feeding in designs, brand assets and structure.
- 3Design & MobileLayout, typography, responsive behaviour and making a build look intentional.
- 4Forms & EmailContact forms, storing submissions, notifications and deliverability.
- 5Cloud, Database & SupabaseTables, queries, RLS, storage and how Lovable Cloud relates to Supabase.
- 6Login & User AccountsSign-in, sessions, protected pages, roles and admin access.
- 7Domains & PublishingPublishing, custom domains, DNS, redirects and preview vs live differences.
- 8SEO & GoogleIndexing, metadata, sitemaps, structured data and Search Console.
- 9GitHub & CodeSyncing to GitHub, editing code, branches and working outside Lovable.
- 10Integrations & APIsStripe, email, third-party APIs, keys and webhooks.
- 11Errors & TroubleshootingExact error messages, blank screens, failed builds and loops.
- 12Speed & PerformanceLoad time, images, Core Web Vitals and slow queries.
- 13SecurityKeys, permissions, data exposure and hardening a build before launch.
- 14Before LaunchThe checks worth doing before a Lovable project goes live.
Start with your goal
What do you want to do right now?
Pick the closest match and go straight to the relevant guides.
Build My First ProjectStart from zero
Improve an Existing ProjectPolish and refine
Write Better PromptsPrompting technique
Connect SupabaseDatabase & backend
Add Login / AccountsUsers & sessions
Connect an APIThird-party services
Improve DesignLayout & typography
Improve PerformanceSpeed & Web Vitals
Improve SEOGet found in search
Fix an ErrorSomething is broken
Build a SaaSAccounts & billing
Get Someone To Help MeHand it overBrowse by topic
Every area of building with Lovable
Getting StartedUnderstanding Lovable, creating a project, prompts, project structure, publishing and basic workflows.PromptingWriting effective build prompts, follow-up prompts, debugging prompts and feature prompts.Website BuildingLanding pages, business websites, blogs, portfolios and marketing sites.SaaS BuildingAccounts, subscriptions, dashboards, permissions, onboarding and multi-user applications.UI & DesignLayouts, components, responsive design, colours, typography and polishing AI-generated interfaces.SupabaseDatabases, authentication, storage, RLS, edge functions, queries and connecting the backend properly.AuthenticationLogin, signup, password reset, roles, protected routes and user management.DatabaseTables, relationships, CRUD, migrations, database design and troubleshooting.APIs & IntegrationsThird-party APIs, webhooks, external systems, data integrations and API security.
PaymentsStripe and other payment workflows, subscriptions, checkout and billing.
EmailResend, transactional emails, forms, notifications and inbound email workflows.SEOMetadata, sitemaps, robots.txt, structured data, indexing and technical SEO.PerformanceLoading speed, Core Web Vitals, query efficiency, scripts, assets and frontend optimisation.
AnalyticsGoogle Analytics, GTM, custom events and user behaviour tracking.
Deployment & DomainsPublishing, custom domains, DNS, Cloudflare and production setup.
SecurityRLS, API keys, authentication, server-side secrets and common security mistakes.TroubleshootingBuild errors, backend errors, broken components, loading problems and debugging.
AdvancedCustom code, complex integrations, architecture, advanced patterns and scaling.Featured
Guides people use the most
What Is Lovable? A Plain-English Explanation
An honest explanation of what Lovable actually does, what it generates, and where its limits are — written for people who are not developers.
How to Add Transactional Email with Resend
Send notification and confirmation emails from your project — including domain verification and the deliverability basics.
How to Improve Lovable Loading Speed
Find the actual cause of a slow project — images, queries, waterfalls or scripts — before changing anything.
How to Set Up SEO for a Lovable Project
Titles, descriptions, canonical URLs, Open Graph and structured data — the technical SEO baseline every project needs.
How to Secure Your Database with Row Level Security
What row level security actually does, how to write policies that work, and how to prove your data is not exposed.
How to Build Your First Website with Lovable
Go from a blank project to a published multi-page website, with the exact prompt structure that avoids the most common first-build mistakes.
Prompt library
Copy-paste prompts that actually work
Build a Complete Landing Page
A single prompt that produces a full landing page with real structure — hero, proof, offer, FAQ and a working contact form.
Copy this prompt →Build a CRM With Lovable
A working contact and pipeline CRM with the data model spelled out, so it scales past the demo.
Copy this prompt →Build an Admin Dashboard
A gated admin area with metrics, list management and edit actions, protected at both the page and the data.
Copy this prompt →Add Authentication With Email and Google
Sign-up, sign-in, sign-out, session handling and protected routes in one pass.
Copy this prompt →Make My Project Faster
Asks for measurement before changes, so you fix the actual bottleneck.
Copy this prompt →Create a Database Table With Access Rules
Creates a table and its security policies in one step, so you never end up with a table nobody can query.
Copy this prompt →Demand engine
What we're working on next
Vote for what you need and it moves up the list.
How do I write good follow-up prompts when things break?
Writing · Prompt patterns that diagnose instead of guessing, with real examples.
How do I migrate an existing website into Lovable?
Planned · Content, URLs, redirects and keeping search rankings intact.
How do I build a directory site?
Planned · Listings, categories, search, filters, submissions and moderation.
How do I add notifications and alerts?
Planned · In-app notifications, email digests and user preferences.
How do I build a dashboard with charts?
Planned · Choosing chart types, aggregating efficiently and keeping dashboards fast.
Can Lovable replace my expensive SaaS subscription?
Researching · An honest comparison covering what is realistic to rebuild and what is not.
Latest
Recently published
How to Improve a Lovable Build Prompt
Take a weak prompt and rewrite it into one that produces a predictable build — with before and after examples.
What Is Lovable? A Plain-English Explanation
An honest explanation of what Lovable actually does, what it generates, and where its limits are — written for people who are not developers.
How to Improve Mobile Layouts
Fix the responsive problems AI-generated interfaces most commonly ship with.
How to Create Your First Database Table
Column types, defaults, required fields and relationships — designed so you are not migrating data in three weeks.
How to Add Transactional Email with Resend
Send notification and confirmation emails from your project — including domain verification and the deliverability basics.
How to Build Your First Website with Lovable
Go from a blank project to a published multi-page website, with the exact prompt structure that avoids the most common first-build mistakes.
