We can't take over a Bubble app. Here's what you can do instead.
A Bubble app can't be exported as code and runs only on Bubble. You can keep it there, or rebuild it from the current one as regular code your company owns. The data comes with you.
For companies whose Bubble app now carries part of the business.
Updated 22 October 2026
Bubble says so in its own manual.
Exported from the Bubble editor as CSV or JSON.
In your company's Git and your own cloud account, on an open-source platform.
Why can't a Bubble app just be moved?
Apps from Lovable, Cursor or a developer have code we can take over and deploy. A Bubble app doesn't: its screens, workflows and data live in the editor and run on Bubble's servers.
“While it's technically true that Bubble “generates” code for you, this doesn't mean you can export this code and run it somewhere else.” What you can get out
- The data in the database.
- Uploaded files, such as images and documents.
- How the app works: screens, workflows and rules can be read in the editor and written up.
What stays behind
- Code that could run somewhere else. There isn't any.
- User passwords, stored as a one-way hash nobody can read.
- Plugins and Bubble's own features. The new app uses ordinary libraries and services instead.
So what can you do with a Bubble app?
None of the three is right for everyone, and the first one costs nothing.
Keep it on Bubble
Bubble keeps the hosting, the database and sign-in. Nothing gets rewritten.
Enough when a handful of people use it, nothing critical depends on it and you're fine with the data staying at Bubble.
Rebuild it with us
In the kickstart we build the app together with your person, with the Bubble app as a ready-made brief. A week is the default scope, the offer says exactly.
When you want the app to be yours and your person should keep developing it with AI.
Rebuild it with your developer
Your developer or agency builds the new app on Fabrika. We run it, review changes and carry the SLA, and your contract is directly with us.
When you already work with a developer or an agency.
How it works with your own developers →What from your Bubble app becomes the brief?
The new app doesn't start from a blank page.
Screens
Who sees and fills in what. The new app can look the same, or we fix what slows people down.
Workflows
What happens after a click, which emails go out, what runs in the background. Most unwritten rules live here.
Privacy rules
Who may see and change which data. In the new app, platform roles and rules in the code handle it.
Data types and fields
They become the new database. Along the way we see what's still used.
Connections to other services
API Connector calls and plugins: payments, email, accounting, maps. Their keys are issued again and kept outside the code.
What doesn't work
What people work around today. A rebuild is a good moment to fix it.
What we need from you
- Access to the Bubble editor, or half an hour of screen sharing.
- Someone who knows how the app is really used.
- At switch-over, someone who can export the data.
How does the move from Bubble work?
The Bubble app keeps running until the new one is built and tried out.
- 01
Scoping call
You show us the app and who relies on it. Within a few days you get an offer with scope, timeline and price, and our view on whether a rebuild pays off.
free · 30 min - 02
We go through the app in the editor
We write down what the new app must do from day one and what can wait.
part of the setup - 03
Building
In the kickstart with your person, or by your developer. You see progress along the way.
kickstart or your developer - 04
A trial run with the data
We load the exported data into the new database and check that record counts and links add up.
part of the setup - 05
Sign-in
Colleagues use their company account (for example Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace or Okta). Outside people set a new password, because passwords can't be carried over from Bubble.
part of the setup - 06
Switch-over day
Nobody writes to Bubble any more, we make the final export and people move over. If the app has its own domain, we point it at the new one.
one agreed day - 07
Switching Bubble off
You switch it off once you're sure. Later changes go live only after our review, with a report of what we checked.
from go-live · monthly
What to know about data from Bubble
- Export is in the editor under Data → App data: one data type at a time, as CSV, JSON or NDJSON. Bubble emails a download link.
- The export shares a queue with scheduled workflows, so a busy app slows it down.
- For a lot of data, or repeated transfers, there's the Data API. It's off by default and switched on in Settings → API for chosen data types.
- Uploaded files sit in Bubble's own storage (Amazon S3 by default) and move separately from the database.
When isn't Fabrika for you?
- You want to keep changing the app by clicking in an editor. On Fabrika, apps are regular code built with AI.
- The app is a public service for thousands of customers, with payments and open sign-up. Fabrika is for company apps used by your people and a few outsiders.
- Your IT requires Azure, Google Cloud, your own servers, or SAML-only sign-in. Fabrika runs apps on Zerops, or on AWS on request, and connects company accounts through OIDC.
What people ask about moving off Bubble
How much work is it to rebuild the app?
It depends on the screens, workflows and connections. A small app is often done in a day or two, a typical one in the kickstart week, a bigger one takes longer. The offer after the scoping call gives the exact scope and price.
Does this apply to other no-code builders too?
Generally, yes. If the tool can't hand over code that runs elsewhere, we rebuild the app. If it can, it's a takeover instead. Tell us what the app was built in.
Who develops the app afterwards?
Your person with AI, for example through their own Claude or ChatGPT, your developer, or us. The code lives in your company's Git.
What does it cost?
A one-off Fabrika setup that includes the rebuild, then a monthly fee for operations and change review based on the number of apps, never per user or per hour. You pay the cloud provider directly for servers, and you can cancel Bubble after the switch. How pricing works.
Show us your Bubble app.
Half an hour with the editor on a shared screen. We'll tell you what a rebuild involves and whether it's worth it at all.