Tools we recommend
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These are tools we actually recommend for shipping vibe-coded apps safely. Each one comes with a safety tip, because the tool only helps if it's set up right.
Railway: hosting and backends
Railway runs servers, workers and databases without DevOps work, which makes it an easy home for the backend code your AI builder writes. New users get $20 in credit through our link.
Safety tip: keep secret keys in Railway's environment variables, never in your repo or frontend.
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Supabase: database and auth
Supabase is the default backend for Lovable and Bolt apps: Postgres, auth and storage in one place, with a generous free tier.
Safety tip: turn on row-level security (RLS) for every table, because your anon key is public. Follow our Supabase RLS checklist.
Clerk: authentication
Clerk gives you polished sign-in, sign-up and user management in a few lines, so you aren't trusting AI-generated auth code.
Safety tip: check the session on the server for every protected route, not just by hiding buttons in the UI.
Lovable: AI app builder
Lovable turns a prompt into a working full-stack app fast, and it's where many of our readers start.
Safety tip: before you share your app, view the page source and search for service_role and sk-. See how to fix an exposed key.
Vercel: frontend hosting
Vercel deploys from GitHub with preview URLs for every change, and the free plan covers most side projects. This site runs on it.
Safety tip: only variables prefixed NEXT_PUBLIC_ (or VITE_) reach the browser, so never put secrets in those.
gitleaks or GitGuardian: catch leaked keys
gitleaks is a free, open-source scanner that finds API keys in your repo and its history. GitGuardian does the same automatically on every push.
Safety tip: run gitleaks git before you make a repo public. If it finds a key, rotate it, because deleting it from the code isn't enough.
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