Lovable Supabase: Bring Your Own Project
Every new Lovable project gets Lovable Cloud by default, and Cloud is Supabase underneath. So "Lovable Supabase" means two different things depending on who's asking. Most people mean the integration: you connect a Supabase project that you own, Supabase bills you, and Lovable builds against it. That is the setup this post is about, because it's the one we put clients on when an app is going to…
Connecting your own Supabase project to Lovable Supabase is a straightforward process that allows for seamless integration. By linking your Supabase organization to your Lovable workspace, you enable access to all projects within the organization. Once the org is linked, any member of the workspace can view the connected projects.
To connect a specific Supabase project, the developer with edit access must navigate to the "Already have a Supabase project? Connect it here" link in the Cloud view and click "Connect" next to the desired project. If the "Add Organization" button is greyed out, the founder must either link the Supabase organization or upgrade the developer's access to admin.
The connection process between Lovable and Supabase is quick, taking around ten minutes. Lovable then operates on your project, allowing you to view and manage schema changes in real-time. Any changes made are saved as files within the repository and generate TypeScript types, providing a clear migration history in Git.
Lovable handles data inserts and updates with your approval, slowing down the process but minimizing the risk of accidentally overwriting real user data. Edge functions are deployed directly to your Supabase project, and any failures are logged and accessible through Supabase's dashboard. Secrets are securely managed through a masked input, stored in your Supabase project, and never exposed or incorporated into Lovable's code.
Auth is seamlessly integrated with Supabase Auth, supporting email and password logins as well as social logins configured within the Supabase dashboard. After schema changes, Lovable performs security checks, including Row-Level Security (RLS) coverage, but it is crucial to manually review policies in the Supabase dashboard to ensure comprehensive protection.
However, there are certain features that remain on Cloud and are not applicable when using your own Supabase project. These include the in-editor Database, Users, Storage, Secrets, Jobs, Usage, and Logs views, managed backups and instance resizing, auth emails sent by Cloud, managed Google sign-in and SAML SSO, built-in payments on older React + Vite apps, and PII scanning of your data.
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