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Deploy your React Router v7 app to AWS with SST

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If you're looking for an alternative to Vercel that gives you more control over your infrastructure, SST is a great option. It lets you deploy React Router v7 apps to your own AWS account with minimal configuration.

SST is a framework that makes it easy to build and deploy modern full-stack applications on AWS. Think of it as a developer-friendly wrapper around AWS services that handles the complex infrastructure setup for you.

In this guide, I'll show you how to:

  • Add SST to your React Router v7 project
  • Deploy to AWS
  • Set up a custom domain

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have:

  1. AWS Account - Create one here if you don't have it
  2. AWS CLI installed and configured - Follow SST's AWS setup guide
  3. React Router v7 project - I'll use my starter template

💡 Using my template? Clone it with: git clone https://github.com/hqasmei/react-router-v7-starter.git my-project

Step 1: Initialize SST

In your React Router v7 project directory, run:

npx sst@latest init

SST will detect your React Router project and prompt you:

> React Router detected. This will...
  - create an sst.config.ts
  - modify the tsconfig.json
  - add sst to package.json
? Continue:

Select "Yes" to automatically configure everything.

After initialization, you'll see these new files:

  • sst.config.ts - SST configuration
  • .sst/ folder - SST internal files
  • Updated package.json with SST dependencies

Step 2: First Deployment

Now let's deploy your app to AWS:

npx sst deploy

What happens during deployment:

  • SST creates AWS resources (CloudFront, Lambda, S3, etc.)
  • Your React Router app gets built and deployed
  • You get a live URL to test your app

This first deployment takes 3-5 minutes since AWS is creating all the infrastructure.

Once complete, you'll see output like:

✅  Complete
   ReactRouter: https://d1234567890.cloudfront.net

Your app is now live on AWS!

Step 3: Set Up Custom Domain (Optional)

To use your own domain instead of the CloudFront URL, you need:

  1. Domain registered in AWS Route 53 (or ability to change nameservers)
  2. SSL certificate (SST can create this automatically)