Using GitHub is the fastest and easiest option, but ZIP uploads are fully supported if your project is not stored in a repository.<\/p>
Option 1 — Migrate using GitHub (recommended)<\/h3>
Most Node.js applications are already stored in GitHub repositories. Connecting your GitHub account to Hostinger allows you to deploy your application quickly without manually uploading files.<\/p>
To migrate using GitHub:<\/strong><\/p> Log in to hPanel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Start the Node.js application deployment<\/strong> flow.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol> Choose Connect GitHub<\/strong> when prompted.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol> Authorize Hostinger to access your GitHub account.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Select the repository that contains your Node.js application.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Choose the branch you want to deploy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Review build settings and environment variables.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Start the deployment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol> Hostinger will automatically build and deploy your application using the selected repository. Once deployment is complete, you will see a preview screenshot of your migrated website confirming it is live.<\/p> If your Node.js application is not stored in GitHub, you can migrate it by uploading your application files as a ZIP archive.<\/p> To migrate using a ZIP file:<\/strong><\/p> Prepare a ZIP file containing your Node.js application.<\/p>\n Include package.json and all required source files<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Exclude unnecessary files such as node_modules<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \n<\/p><\/li>\n Log in to hPanel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Start the Node.js application deployment<\/strong> flow.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol> Select Upload ZIP file<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol> Upload your ZIP archive.<\/p>\n \n<\/p><\/li>\n Configure build settings and environment variables.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Start the deployment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol> Hostinger will extract the files, build the application, and deploy it automatically. Once deployment is complete, you will see a preview screenshot of your migrated website confirming it is live.<\/p> NOTES:<\/strong><\/p> Deploy your existing Node.js application to Hostinger using GitHub or a ZIP file<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-node-js"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-migrate-a-node-js-application-to-hostinger","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7277"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9589,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277\/revisions\/9589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Option 2 — Migrate using a ZIP file<\/h3>
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