Convert a Replit-built app into a frontend and backend setup

After spending over $100 on Replit's agent without managing to publish, the poster used Cursor to convert the app into a more traditional frontend-and-backend setup.

What They Did

In the comments, one builder says they use Replit only to get a prototype to a satisfactory state, then move it into Cursor to make it a production app. Their workflow is to ask ChatGPT for a prompt that tells Cursor to convert the Replit app and infrastructure into separate client and server pieces, then use Cursor with Sonnet 4 to do that conversion so it can be deployed on Vercel and Railway.

How It Went

They say this process worked well for them and point to securatest.com as the last app they built that way. The thread does not give metrics, timing, or a detailed account of problems during the conversion.

Worth Knowing

The main catch is that the source only describes a high-level prompt-driven handoff from Replit to Cursor; it does not share the actual prompt or step-by-step deployment details.