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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"HowTo","name":"How to deploy a Nuxt app with harvis.dev","description":"Deploy a static Nuxt site for free with npx harvis. Run npm run generate and get a live URL in about two seconds — no config, no account required.","totalTime":"PT2M","step":[{"@type":"HowToStep","position":1,"name":"Run generate, not build","text":"\"npm run build\" produces a Node server (\".output/server\"). \"npm run generate\" pre-renders every route to static HTML instead — that's the one this host needs."},{"@type":"HowToStep","position":2,"name":"Find the output folder","text":"Nuxt 3 writes static output to \".output/public\". If you're still on Nuxt 2, \"nuxt generate\" writes to \"dist\" instead."},{"@type":"HowToStep","position":3,"name":"Deploy it","text":"Run \"npx harvis deploy .output/public\" from your project root. No config and no login for this first deploy — you get a live URL immediately, plus a private claim link to attach the site to a free account whenever you're ready."}]},{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"I ran npm run build by mistake — what changes?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"That produced a \".output/server\" folder meant to run under Node — it has no index.html and won't serve as static files. Run \"npm run generate\" instead; it pre-renders the same app to \".output/public\"."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do dynamic routes and Nuxt's server API routes work?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Page routes work if Nuxt can enumerate them at generate time (static or with a \"nitro.prerender.routes\" list for dynamic segments). API routes under \"server/api\" need a server to run and won't work here — call an external API from the client instead."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is deploying a Nuxt app to harvis actually free?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, no card required. Free limits are 500 files and 50 MB per site, which covers a static Nuxt build with plenty of room. Once claimed, a site doesn't expire — it stays live until you delete it. An unclaimed first deploy is permanently deleted after 24 hours."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I use my own domain with the deployed Nuxt site?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Every site gets a free harvis.page address, and you can pick your own subdomain from the dashboard after claiming it — my-app.harvis.page instead of a random one. Pointing a domain you already own (like mystore.com) at the site isn't supported yet."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How is this different from deploying Nuxt to Vercel or Netlify?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Vercel and Netlify are built around connecting a Git repo and running your build on their servers, with a dashboard to configure it. harvis skips all of that: you build locally (or in your own CI), run one CLI command against the output folder, and get a link — no project setup, and no account needed until you want to keep the site."}}]}]}