Getting Started

Deployment

Deploy Lotus to any static host supported by Astro output.

Lotus builds to static output, so deployment works anywhere Astro static sites are supported.

Build before deploying

Run a production build locally.
Terminal window
```
npm run build
```
Verify the generated output.

Confirm that docs pages, MDX imports, search routes, and localized pages all render cleanly.
Publish dist/.

Deploy the generated static output to the host.

Use the default Astro static build settings. The generated dist/ directory is what Vercel publishes.

Point the build command to npm run build and publish the dist/ directory.

Use the same static output flow: install dependencies, run npm run build, and publish dist/.

If the host can serve files from dist/, Lotus can be deployed there. No server-side runtime is required for the first release.

Last updated Jul 18, 2026