Bolt runs on StackBlitz, which means what you see in the browser is a real project, terminal and all. Downloading it is easy; what usually gets in the way are the steps people invent afterwards.
Getting the project out
From your project, the download option gives you a zip with the whole folder: package.json, src/, the config, everything. It is a Vite project in most cases, so it needs building before it is a site.
The zip uploads as it comes
Here is the step almost everyone does for nothing: unzipping it, digging for the folder inside, sometimes zipping it back up. You do not need to. The zip uploads as-is and gets opened on the other side.
The one thing that does matter is that the zip has the project inside it, not a folder containing a folder containing the project. If the first thing you see when you open it is package.json, you are fine.
You do not need to install Node
Bolt gets you used to seeing a terminal, so it is natural to assume you have to run npm install and npm run build on your own machine before publishing. You do not: that happens on the other side. If you never installed Node, this is not the day to start.
What nobody checked
Projects that come out of a browser environment usually arrive clean of keys, but two things are almost always unfinished: the page title (it stays generic, something like Vite App) and the preview image when the link is shared. The first costs you clicks in Google; the second makes your site show up on WhatsApp as a grey rectangle.
Those are two of the seven points checked on every publish, and the missing ones get generated — without touching the ones you already set.
Publishing it
- Download the zip from Bolt.
- Drag it into FluentOps without unzipping it.
- The stack gets detected, dependencies installed, the project built.
- Get your public URL with SSL.
And if you want your own domain later, it is included — not a paid extra.
Other tools
If you also tried v0 or Lovable, the comparison of what each one hands you is in the guide to all six tools.