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# How To Download A Replit Project


Need to download a Replit project to your computer? It’s quick and easy—perfect for backing up code, sharing offline, or switching to a local editor. Replit lets you export your files as a .zip so you can keep coding without losing progress. Here's how to do it.

## Downloading Your Replit Project

You can do this in three simple steps!

1. Log into Replit with your browser
    
2. Select the three dots in the "Files" tab
    
    ![](https://images.surferseo.art/0579ca60-ace1-4e8c-b2cc-1a2171b33170.png)
3. Select "Download as zip."
    
    ![](https://images.surferseo.art/f60d82d3-ac46-42d6-8add-2b18ad18f604.png)
4. Select a place to download your files

## Moving Your Replit Project To GitHub

![Github logo (svg from Wikipedia Commons)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Octicons-mark-github.svg/2048px-Octicons-mark-github.svg.png =256x256)

Why use GitHub, you ask? It ensures that your project has proper source control so that if you want to go back a change or two, you can! It's also free, which is awesome.

First, log in to GitHub at [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) and create a new repository.

Next, in the Replit Application, access the shell.

![](https://images.surferseo.art/d759d82f-6ed8-4818-8aa8-6f684297150e.png)

Type out the following:

```
git init
```

Will initiate your project.

```
git add .
```

Will add files to your commit. **HOWEVER, if you have any sensitive files, please add them to a file called** `.gitignore`

The .gitignore file is structured like this:

```file
folder/file
```

It will ignore `file` and the file in `folder/file`. Make sure to add any sensitive data to this file before committing.

Next, you'll also want to commit, of course:

```
git commit -m "message"
```

Replace "message" with whatever you want to say about your first commit.

Finally, we'll push to the remote GitHub.

```
git branch -M main
git remote add origin "LINK HERE"
git push -u origin main
```

Replace "LINK HERE" with the link to your repository link. You might have to log in if you're using the https link. To paste in the terminal, use `CTR+SHIFT+V` for Windows. For MAC, it's `COMMAND+SHIFT+V`

See GitHub's tutorial here: [https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh).

## Still have some questions about downloading a Replit Application?

To get additional information, you can reach out to us at [https://discord.gg/sparked](https://discord.gg/sparked) on our Discord server!

By: Julian T.