You've built an application with Lovable. It works, your team is happy with it, and you're ready to launch.

But as you move towards production, new questions come up. Where is your customers' data hosted? Does your infrastructure meet their security requirements? And what if a healthcare customer requires HDS-certified hosting?

Lovable's built-in hosting works well for many applications. But when compliance, data residency, or specific infrastructure requirements come into play, you may need more control over where your application runs.

The good news? You don't have to stop using Lovable to choose your hosting provider. By exporting your code, you can keep building with Lovable while running your application on Scalingo, our European cloud platform offering HDS-certified hosting, ISO 27001 certification, and infrastructure options for sensitive workloads.

Here's when hosting your Lovable application on Scalingo makes sense, and how to get started.

When Should You Host Your Lovable App Outside Lovable?

Lovable provides its own hosting solution, Lovable Cloud, combining application development with managed hosting and backend services.

For many projects, that's all you need. But certain requirements may call for a different hosting environment:

• Healthcare: Your application may need HDS-certified hosting to process personal health data in France.

• Data residency: Your customers may require your application and its data to be hosted in France.

• Security: Your organization may have specific infrastructure or supplier requirements.

• Production operations: Your team may want more control over deployments, resources, and backend services.

Because Lovable lets you synchronize your code with GitHub, you can continue building with Lovable while hosting your application elsewhere.

That's where Scalingo comes in.

Why Host Your Lovable App on Scalingo?

Scalingo is a French Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that lets you deploy and manage applications and databases without worrying about the underlying servers.

Scalingo gives Lovable users access to French cloud infrastructure, certified hosting, and greater control over their production environment.

Host Your Application and Data in France

Knowing exactly where your application and its data are hosted matters, especially when customers have strict data residency requirements.

Scalingo operates cloud regions in France, allowing you to host your application and supported managed databases on French infrastructure.

This is particularly relevant for organizations with data residency requirements or those looking to work with a French cloud provider.

Keep in mind that hosting your application on Scalingo doesn't automatically mean all its data stays in France though. If your Lovable project also relies on external services, such as Supabase, authentication providers, or AI APIs, you'll need to consider where those services process and store data.

You can also choose to host your databases on Scalingo to keep your application and database infrastructure in France. We'll explore this option in more detail later in the article.

Meet Healthcare Hosting Requirements with HDS Certification

If you're building an application that processes personal health data in France, you may need an HDS-certified hosting provider.

Scalingo is HDS 2.0 certified, making it a hosting option for healthcare applications built with Lovable, including patient portals, medical dashboards, and internal tools handling health information.

With Scalingo, you can choose HDS-certified hosting while continuing to develop your application with Lovable.

Of course, HDS-certified hosting alone doesn't make your entire application compliant. You'll also need to assess your backend services, third-party integrations, and application security.

Learn more about Scalingo's HDS certification.

Benefit from Certified and Sovereign Infrastructure Options

Scalingo is also ISO 27001:2022 certified, providing independently assessed information security management practices.

For organizations with more demanding infrastructure security requirements, Scalingo offers the osc-secnum-fr1 region, which runs on SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure provided by Outscale.

These options can help you address specific security and procurement requirements as your application moves into production.

Keep Control of Your Production Environment

Compliance isn't the only reason to choose Scalingo. As your Lovable application moves into production, you'll also want a hosting platform that keeps deployment, collaboration, and day-to-day operations straightforward.

Scalingo supports around 50 languages and frameworks, including the technologies used by Lovable, and includes tools to help you deploy and manage your application:

• GitHub integration: Deploy changes directly from your repository, without having to manage servers.

• Managed databases (DBaaS): Add PostgreSQL and other supported databases to your application in just a few clicks.

• Autoscaling: Adjust application resources automatically in response to changing workloads.

• Review Apps: Create temporary environments to test and share changes before releasing them to production.

• Project and collaborator management: Give your teammates access to the applications and environments they need.

• Logs and monitoring: Keep track of your application's behavior and troubleshoot issues.

• Human support: Get help from the Scalingo team directly through the chat in your dashboard.

With Scalingo's GitHub integration, you can continue developing your application in Lovable, synchronize your changes with your repository, and deploy updates to production in minutes, depending on your build and deployment configuration.

Lovable helps you build faster. Scalingo gives you the flexibility to choose a production hosting environment that meets your requirements, without adding the burden of server management.

How to Migrate Your Lovable Application to Scalingo's sovereign cloud

Migrating a Lovable application is straightforward.

First, make sure your project is synchronized with GitHub. Then clone the repository locally and create a new application on Scalingo, either through the CLI or from the dashboard.

From there, only a few adjustments are needed before your application can be deployed.

1. Create a Procfile

At the root of your project, create a Procfile containing:

2. Move Some Packages to Dependencies

Open your package.json file and move the following packages from devDependencies to dependencies:

• @vitejs/plugin-react-swc

• lovable-tagger

• autoprefixer

• postcss

• tailwindcss

3. Update package-lock.json

Run:

npm

npm

npm

npm

4. Allow Requests from Your Scalingo Domain

Update your vite.config.ts file:

server: {
  host: "::",
  port: Number(process.env.PORT) || 8080,
  allowedHosts: ["<name_of_your_app>.<region>.scalingo.io"],
  hmr: {
    overlay: false
  }
}

server: {
  host: "::",
  port: Number(process.env.PORT) || 8080,
  allowedHosts: ["<name_of_your_app>.<region>.scalingo.io"],
  hmr: {
    overlay: false
  }
}

server: {
  host: "::",
  port: Number(process.env.PORT) || 8080,
  allowedHosts: ["<name_of_your_app>.<region>.scalingo.io"],
  hmr: {
    overlay: false
  }
}

server: {
  host: "::",
  port: Number(process.env.PORT) || 8080,
  allowedHosts: ["<name_of_your_app>.<region>.scalingo.io"],
  hmr: {
    overlay: false
  }
}

5. Commit and Push Your Changes

git add vite.config.ts package-lock.json package.json Procfile
git commit -m "Migrate to scalingo"
git

git add vite.config.ts package-lock.json package.json Procfile
git commit -m "Migrate to scalingo"
git

git add vite.config.ts package-lock.json package.json Procfile
git commit -m "Migrate to scalingo"
git

git add vite.config.ts package-lock.json package.json Procfile
git commit -m "Migrate to scalingo"
git

6. Deploy to Scalingo

git

git

git

git

For a detailed explanation of each step and why these changes are required, we recommend reading our Lovable migration tutorial.

Frequently Asked Questions About Hosting Lovable Applications

Can I host my Lovable application in Europe?

Yes. Lovable lets you export your application code and deploy it on an external hosting provider such as Scalingo. With Scalingo's French cloud regions, you can host your application and supported managed databases in Europe.

If your application relies on third-party services such as Supabase, authentication providers, or AI APIs, you'll also need to check where those services process and store data.

Can I use Scalingo to host a healthcare application built with Lovable?

Yes. Scalingo offers HDS-certified hosting for applications that process personal health data and need to meet French health data hosting requirements.

To benefit from HDS-certified hosting, you'll need to use eligible Scalingo resources and ensure that your application, databases, and third-party services meet the applicable security and compliance requirements.

Can I continue using Lovable after deploying on Scalingo?

Yes. You can keep using Lovable to develop your application and synchronize your code with GitHub. Changes can then be deployed to Scalingo through your Git-based workflow.

Just remember to review any changes that might affect your deployment configuration.

Do I need to migrate my Supabase database to Scalingo?

Not necessarily. You can host your Lovable application on Scalingo while keeping your existing Supabase backend.

However, if you're migrating to meet specific compliance or data residency requirements, you'll also need to review where your database and other backend services are hosted. Moving your application's frontend alone may not be enough to meet those requirements.

Ready to Host Your Lovable App on Scalingo?

Whether you're preparing to launch your application or looking for hosting that meets specific compliance and data residency requirements, Scalingo gives you the flexibility to choose French sovereign cloud infrastructure without giving up Lovable's development experience.

Create your Scalingo account and start deploying your application.

Have questions about HDS-certified hosting, data residency, or migrating your application? Get in touch with our team. We're happy to help you find the right setup.

Updated on October 15, 2026, with additional information on HDS-certified hosting, data residency, and deploying Lovable applications on Scalingo.