Web Publishing

Publish Web App

Click the Publish button and select Publish Web App.

In the next modal you can:

• open the app in a new tab

• copy the app link

• select whether to publish as a Mobile web app or a Responsive web app

• share your app through popular channels like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit

• unpublish your app by clicking on Disable published link text

🎉 Congratulations - your Thunkable project is now live on the internet as a published web app.

Mobile Web App

Mobile web apps are best experienced by opening the link directly on your phone. To make your mobile app feel more like a native app you can add it to the home screen directly from your mobile web browser.

If you preview a mobile web app on a desktop or laptop computer you will see a phone frame around the app. This is to give you a rough idea of its final proportions, but ultimately this will vary from device to device depending on factors such as screen size, aspect ratio, and pixel density.

To get an app that can respond to devices of any size, consider publishing as a Responsive Web App.

Responsive Web App

Publishing your app as a responsive web app means that it will scale according to the size of the device that it is being opened on.

If your app in designed only to be run on phones, consider publishing as a Mobile Web App.

Updating your App

Each time you press publish, it’s similar to creating a new release of your app in one of the stores. This means you can make changes and updates to your site without worrying about users seeing a half-finished new feature that you’re still working on.

When you’re ready to release a new version, choose “Publish as a Web App” and then click the blue “Publish current version” to update your app. The URL will remain the same, but the project that it links to will be updated.

Embed your app in a webpage

If you host a webpage, you can embed your Thunkable web app in an iframe using the syntax

<iframe src="https://thunkable.site/w/K0XDxMqwl" title="Chop Down the Tree Thunkable App" height = 1000 width = 500></iframe>

You can read more about iframes here.

Publish to a custom domain

Publishing to a custom domain is available for Creators on certain Thunkable plans. Please refer to our pricing page for more information: Thunkable pricing.

Configure your domain

You need to configure your domain before you can publish your app to that domain. To do so, add the Thunkable IP address (34.136.177.42) to the A record of your domain which you can usually find in the DNS section of your domain provider.

Here are the instructions from some popular domain name providers:

• Namecheap

• AWS

• Digital Ocean

• Google Domains

• GoDaddy

DNS synchronization often takes less than an hour but may take up to 72 hours. If your domain is not connecting within 48 hours, we recommend the following troubleshooting steps:

• Confirm the IP address added to your A record is the correct IP (34.136.177.42).

• Ensure you are using http:// and not https://.

Publish to a custom domain

Note: The windows you see may look slightly different from the ones shown below. The windows and prompts vary based on whether or not you’ve published your app as a web app previously.

To publish your web app to a custom domain:

1. Click the Publish button.

2. Select Publish Web App.

3. Add your custom domain in the provided field and click Add Domain. Note: this must be the domain and not the URL.

4. Click Check Status.

   
5. A green Connected tag will appear in the field when there is a successful connection.

6. Ensure the box next to Publish web app to this domain is checked.

7. Select a web app format (Mobile web app or Responsive web app).

8. Click Get link and publish or Publish current version.

   
9. Click Done.