Deploy a React site
React is a popular framework for building reactive and powerful front-end applications, built by the open-source team at Facebook.
In this guide, you will create a new React application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will use create-react-app, a batteries-included tool for generating new React applications.
Setting up a new project
Use the create-cloudflare CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate React’s official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.
To use create-cloudflare to create a new React project, run the following command:
$ npm create cloudflare@latest my-react-app -- --framework=react
create-cloudflare will install dependencies, including the Wrangler CLI and the Cloudflare Pages adapter, and ask you setup questions.
Go to the application’s directory:
$ cd my-react-app
From here you can run your application with:
$ npm start
Before you continue
All of the framework guides assume you already have a fundamental understanding of Git. If you are new to Git, refer to this summarized Git handbook on how to set up Git on your local machine.
If you clone with SSH, you must generate SSH keys on each computer you use to push or pull from GitHub.
Refer to the GitHub documentation and Git documentation for more information.
Create a GitHub repository
Create a new GitHub repository by visiting repo.new. After creating a new repository, go to your newly created project directory to prepare and push your local application to GitHub by running the following commands in your terminal:
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/<your-gh-username>/<repository-name>
$ git branch -M main
$ git push -u origin main
Deploy with Cloudflare Pages
Deploy via the create-cloudflare CLI (C3)
If you use create-cloudflare(C3) to create your new React project, C3 will install all dependencies needed for your project and prompt you to deploy your project via the CLI. If you deploy, your site will be live and you will be provided with a deployment URL.
Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard
- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your account.
- In Account Home, select Workers & Pages > Create application > Pages > Connect to Git.
- Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the Set up builds and deployments section, provide the following information:
| Configuration option | Value |
|---|---|
| Production branch | main |
| Build command | npm run build |
| Build directory | build |
After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing create-react-app, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.
After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on *.pages.dev.
Every time you commit new code to your React application, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to preview deployments on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.
Learn more
By completing this guide, you have successfully deployed your React site to Cloudflare Pages. To get started with other frameworks, refer to the list of Framework guides.