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Deploying Vite App to GitHub Pages

Shashank sharma on January 26, 2022

GitHub Pages You can use GitHub Pages to showcase some open source projects, host a blog, or even share your resume. This will guide you...
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Arnas • Edited

Or add: base: "/<repo>/", to vite.config.js,

npm install gh-pages --save-dev

add to package.json

 "homepage": "https://<username>.github.io/<repo>/",
  ...
  "scripts": {
...
"build": "vite build",
    "predeploy": "npm run build",
    "deploy": "gh-pages -d dist",
...
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and then run command npm run deploy to keep it simple.

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Porkopek

THIS is the best method. Much faster deployment time than the article's one.
For a custom domain, change
in vite.config.js

base: "/"

and in package.json

"homepage": "your-custom-domain",

Besides that, you'll be free of git errors ocasionated by adding -f to git the dist folder and if an error is found, the folder dist got added to git, so your deploy is not going to work

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Xaypanya Phongsa

Thanks bro

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Selim Elyahyioui

I wish I had a vite.config.js but I don't (I config 2 projects with Vite + Vanilla JS (no TS) and added Tailwind to one of them). I don't know how to create a github page
Can you help me?

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Anjanique M.

This just saved my life. Thank you!!!

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Reckson Zirsangzela Khiangte

This is the way!

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Obed Sánchez

You saved me! Thanks

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Shashank sharma

My pleasure :D

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Kainat18

Hello Im trying to do the same but its still not working ?? can you help me out?

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Shashank sharma

Try to go through the steps thoroughly from the scratch. If still unable to deploy then search it on YouTube...from there you can have a better explanation of steps.

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Władysław Kulik

Thanks a lot, man, great job! Very useful instruction!

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Kent

Thanks master

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Asif Rana

OMG I just want to say a Huge thanks to you. I have been struggling past 3 days deploying my vite app to gh-pages. You saveed my life.

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Shashank sharma

I have also encountered this problem and thought of sharing this to you all . My pleasure ^_^

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tiago-academia-do-programador

I have a multi-page static website setup, but when i host it on GH Pages, the only page that actually gets pre-pended '/repo-name/' is index.html, when i click a link to another page, i get a 404 error because the links do not incluse the repository name on the path.

How do i fix this?

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Henschel NKETCHOGUE M.

Please kindly add a basename attribute to your App component as shown below:

function App() {
const router = createBrowserRouter(
createRoutesFromElements(
<Route path="/" element={<Tag />}>
......................................
</Route>,
),
{ basename: '/repo-name' },
);

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Nad Hr • Edited

Thanks a lot! Adding { basename: '/repo-name'} as a second argument to createBrowserRouter function fixed my problem.

I had added to base to vite.config and created a workflow, so the page was successfully deployed on Github pages. But when I opened it I got my custom error page, which has a Go home button. When I clicked it, it navigated back from the repo name to my main pages url 'username.github.io/' and then my page would work without the '/repo-name' in the url.

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Mohammad Rafivulla

Hey, did you fix it?
If yes could you tell us how?

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Bilal Mohmand

To recommit new changes and push up to the remote repository:

  1. On remote repository delete the "gh-pages" branch.

  2. In you local repository run this command: npm run build

  3. git add dist -f

  4. git commit -m [your commit message here]

  5. git subtree push --prefix dist origin gh-pages

if anyone has a quicker process please feel free to update this! but I found this the fastest way to push up to gh-pages.

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Subhayan Guha Thakurta

Please advise. I deployed my app. But when I go to the link: subycuro46.github.io/curo46-app/ --> it gives me a blank screen
The code is saved in folder called "curo46-app". and in github it is stored in repo "curo46-app" in main branch.

here's my package.json
{
"name": "mosaic-react",
"version": "0.1.0",
"homepage": "subycuro46.github.io/curo46-app/",
"scripts": {
"dev": "vite",
"build": "vite build",
"predeploy": "npm run build",
"deploy": "gh-pages -d dist",
"preview": "vite preview"
},
"dependencies": {
"@tailwindcss/forms": "^0.5.3",
"chart.js": "^4.3.0",
"chartjs-adapter-moment": "^1.0.1",
"moment": "^2.29.4",
"react": "^18.2.0",
"react-dom": "^18.2.0",
"react-flatpickr": "^3.10.13",
"react-router-dom": "^6.11.2",
"react-transition-group": "^4.4.5"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@vitejs/plugin-react": "^3.1.0",
"autoprefixer": "^10.4.14",
"gh-pages": "^5.0.0",
"postcss": "^8.4.24",
"tailwindcss": "^3.3.2",
"vite": "^4.3.9"
}
}
here's my vite config

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import postcss from './postcss.config.js'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'

// vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({

define: {
'process.env': process.env
},
css: {
postcss,
},
plugins: [react()],
resolve: {
alias: [
{
find: /^~.+/,
replacement: (val) => {
return val.replace(/^~/, "");
},
},
],
},
build: {
commonjsOptions: {
transformMixedEsModules: true,
}
}
})

✓ 209 modules transformed.
dist/assets/icon-01-e89d7385.svg 0.97 kB │ gzip: 0.41 kB
dist/assets/icon-02-d3838050.svg 0.97 kB │ gzip: 0.41 kB
dist/assets/icon-03-53e50533.svg 0.97 kB │ gzip: 0.41 kB
dist/index.html 1.33 kB │ gzip: 0.60 kB
dist/assets/favicon-17e50649.svg 1.52 kB │ gzip: 0.80 kB
dist/assets/user-36-01-9a55a891.jpg 22.39 kB
dist/assets/user-36-05-ba984a9e.jpg 1,317.07 kB
dist/assets/index-ab4d7545.css 63.47 kB │ gzip: 10.66 kB
dist/assets/index-f908d944.js 680.48 kB │ gzip: 209.43 kB

(!) Some chunks are larger than 500 kBs after minification. Consider:

  • Using dynamic import() to code-split the application
  • Use build.rollupOptions.output.manualChunks to improve chunking: rollupjs.org/configuration-options...
  • Adjust chunk size limit for this warning via build.chunkSizeWarningLimit. ✓ built in 1.98s

mosaic-react@0.1.0 deploy
gh-pages -d dist

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𝒛𝑪𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓!

Hi! I did everything to the letter, as indicated in your tutorial; I go to Github, check my repository, and indeed this the "main" branch with the entire project (including the "dist" folder), then I go to the gh-pages branch, and oh! problem; there are only the images (assets), and the index.html, but there are none of the components (the project, well). In setting-page, indeed there is the link, but of course when I click on it, only a blank page appears in the browser. Please, could you guide me? Thank you!

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Shashank sharma

I think the problem is in your github branch , Try to do the steps in order and start the deployment again. You are pushing the files in the wrong branch i think.

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srgeneroso

I don't like this approach. I use git actions to build and deploy after pushing to main branch. I'm trying to get/set some env variables to modify the base parameter in vite.config.

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thechallengerr

I got blank page after deploy, and i dont know why
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Please help

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Subhayan Guha Thakurta • Edited

Follow this: and make sure you create your repository as github.io so that the homepage reads as "https://.github.io/" and not https://.github.io/repo

npm install gh-pages --save-dev

add to package.json
"homepage": "https://.github.io/",
...
"scripts": {
.......keep everything unchanged, just add the following three lines in script and make sure commas are proper....
"build": "vite build",
"predeploy": "npm run build",
"deploy": "gh-pages -d dist",
...
and then run command npm run deploy

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lidorbt

It happened to me too. I used the first comment guy's suggestion and used npm install gh-pages --save-dev and gh-pages -d dist command instead and it worked.

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Dennis Quesada Cruz

Me too, did you solved it? i'm using Vue 2

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Esteban Hidalgo

How do I update the site once the page is deployed? I read a comment above about using npm run deploy but I don't have that script in my package.json

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Vyctoria Karina

Awesome :D

Thank you!! 🙏🏼

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SaTy

Wow, Thank you so much!

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poylib

thank you

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Sankalp Tripathi

Thank you so much <3

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Noe Caseres

Thanks!!!!! Now I need to update some changes (after deploy). What should I do?

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Hidayt Rahman

After changes just run the command npm run deploy