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Sharing what you build with AI
Practical guides for the moment your AI-built app needs to leave your screen.
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Backlit is out of beta
The closed beta is over. Backlit is now in full production and open to everyone. Connect your assistant, publish your app, and share the link.
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How to get your app's data back out (and query it with Claude)
Saving data is only half the job. Getting it back out and doing something with it is the other half. Here's how to query and export your Backlit app's data straight from Claude through the MCP.
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How to keep an app you built with AI from getting hacked
Apps built quickly with AI keep getting hacked, almost always at the login. Here's what actually goes wrong, and how to share your app without owning the hard security part yourself.
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From vibe to live: turning a Claude app into something people use
There's a journey from a half-formed idea to an app real people rely on. AI collapsed the first half. Here's the whole arc, and where the last step finally got easy too.
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What it means to be an agent-first host
Most platforms bolt on an API after building for humans. Backlit treats AI agents as a first-class audience from the start. Here's what "agent-first" means and why it matters even if you're not one.
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How AI assistants will deploy your apps for you
Building moved into the chat. Deploying is moving there too. Here's what it means when your assistant can publish an app for you, and why that changes who gets to ship software.
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Where your app's data should live (and why region matters)
When you share an app, its data has to physically live somewhere. Here's why the region matters, for privacy, trust, and speed, and how to choose one.
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Does an app you built with AI need AI inside it?
It sounds like it should, but it usually shouldn't. Here's the difference between building with AI and running AI inside your app, and why the calm, AI-free version is the one to ship.
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In praise of the single-file app
The single self-contained HTML file is the most underrated unit of software right now. Here's why the humble one-file app is suddenly everywhere, and why that's a good thing.
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The last mile of AI app-building is sharing
AI made building a small app almost free. But the moment you want someone else to use it, all the old hard parts come back. The bottleneck has moved, and that's where the opportunity is.
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Backlit vs Supabase and Firebase: when you just want hosting + storage
Supabase and Firebase give you a whole backend to build on. Backlit gives you a finished home for a single-page app. Here's how to tell which one your project actually needs.
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The best ways to share an app you built with AI, compared
From emailing the file to standing up a backend, here are the real options for sharing an app you built with AI, what each is good at, where it falls short, and how to choose.
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Backlit vs Vercel: hosting a finished single-page app
Vercel is built for developers shipping framework projects. Backlit is built for sharing a finished single-page app with sign-in and data. Here's a clear comparison for choosing between them.
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Backlit vs Netlify for sharing an app you built with AI
Netlify and Backlit both put your app on a URL, but they solve different problems. Here's a clear comparison for when you've built a single-page app with AI and just want to share it with a login and saved data.
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How to share an AI-built app privately (not on the public web)
You want a handful of people to use your AI-built app, not the whole internet. Here's how to share it privately, with an allowlist, sign-in, and data that stays put.
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How to publish an app from Claude without touching a server
You don't want to rent a server, configure DNS, or learn devops just to share an app. Here's how to publish straight from Claude with zero infrastructure to manage.
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How to share a Claude artifact with your team
Claude Artifacts are great for building, but sharing one with your team has real limits, like no sign-in or saved data. Here's how to turn an artifact into a proper shared app.
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How to save the data people enter into an app you built with AI
Your AI-built app forgets everything when the tab closes. Here's how to give it real storage, shared data, per-user data, shared posts, and form captures, without standing up a database.
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How to let your family use an app you made with ChatGPT
You built a chore chart or meal planner with ChatGPT and want the whole family using it on their own phones. Here's how to put it on a private link with sign-in and saved data.
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How to host a single HTML file so other people can use it
You have one self-contained HTML file from an AI tool and need it online for other people. Here are your real options, and why "hosting" usually means more than just serving a file.
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How to add a login to an AI-generated HTML app
Your AI-built app works, but it's open to anyone with the link. Here's how to add a real sign-in (magic link, Google, or Microsoft) without writing auth code or running a server.
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"How do I let other people use this?", the wall every AI-built app hits
It's the question everyone asks the moment their AI-built app works. Here's exactly what's stopping you from sharing it, and the simplest way through.
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How to share an app you built with Claude
You built a working app with Claude and now it's stuck on your screen. Here's the simplest way to get it onto a real link, with a login and saved data, so other people can actually use it.