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Importing projects

Upload from your computer​

With your desired StackBlitz project open, drag and drop any files and folder you want to import:

Animation of dragging files from a local folder onto the StackBlitz editor sidebar

Import from GitHub​

You can run any public repo on GitHub by providing the username and repo name in the URL like so:

stackblitz.com/github/{GH_USERNAME}/{REPO_NAME}

Public GitHub Repo

Public Repo Import from GitHub

And you can also optionally specify a branch, tag, or commit:

.../github/{GH_USERNAME}/{REPO_NAME}/tree/{TAG|BRANCH|COMMIT}

Whenever you push commits to GitHub, the corresponding StackBlitz project automatically updates with the latest changes — ensuring your GitHub repo remains the code’s source of truth.

The GitHub importer imports any projects with a package.json, but note that unsupported technologies will not run. This includes backend languages not supported by Node.js (like PHP, Python or Java), databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL that require a binary server process, and some specific npm packages which are not fully compatible with WebContainers yet.

Defining a launch command​

Oftentimes, the first thing you do when opening a project is to launch a command, for instance, to run a development server.

Usually, these kinds of commands exist in the scripts section of your project's package.json file and you would manually type npm run dev to execute them.

You can provide an npm script to run automatically when the editor opens with the terminal query parameter:

stackblitz.com/fork/github/{GH_USERNAME}/{REPO_NAME}?terminal={NPM_SCRIPT_NAME}

Example

The following URL will open the vitesse repository of the antfu user, install the NPM dependencies, and run npm run dev command in the terminal:

stackblitz.com/github/antfu/vitesse?terminal=dev

Setting up the imported project’s title​

By default, the GitHub importer will set the project's title based on the GitHub project owner's name and repository name.

To customize the title of the imported project, add the title query parameter to the import URL like so:

stackblitz.com/fork/github/{GH_USERNAME}/{REPO_NAME}?title={CUSTOM_TITLE}

Importing private projects​

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Importing private GitHub repos is a feature available with our memberships. If you're interested in being a member, check details on our StackBlitz Cloud page.

1. Go to your dashboard and open a new JavaScript blank project Dashboard for JavaScript Blank Project

2. Click on 'Connect repository' on the top left 3. Click on the 'importing from an existing repository' link Connect and import GitHub repo

4. Paste your full GitHub repo URL Paste GitHub repo URL to import

The video below outlines a workaround to edit collaboratively in a private repo:

StackBlitz API​

You can create new StackBlitz projects programmatically from any data source using our POST API or the openProject & embedProject methods in our JavaScript SDK.