--- title: Firebase: deploy a React application with Firebase Hosting description: A step-by-step guide to creating a React app with Vite and deploying it to Firebase Hosting. Covers scaffolding a project using Vite, installing and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/firebase-deploy-a-react-application-with-firebase-hosting-ujcm9hhmp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Firebase: deploy a React application with Firebase Hosting | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to creating a React app with Vite and deploying it to Firebase Hosting. 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Covers scaffolding a project using Vite, installing and authenticating the Firebase CLI, initializing Firebase Hosting with the correct settings (public directory as 'dist', SPA rewrites), and adding a deploy script to package.json that builds and deploys in one command. Firebase Hosting's free tier provides HTTPS by default and a public URL upon deployment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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