Gridsome

Gridsome ↗ is a Vue.js powered Jamstack framework for building static generated websites and applications that are fast by default. In this guide, you will create a new Gridsome project and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will use the @gridsome/cli ↗, a command line tool for creating new Gridsome projects.

Install Gridsome

Install the @gridsome/cli by running the following command in your terminal:

npm install --global @gridsome/cli

Set up a new project

With Gridsome installed, set up a new project by running gridsome create. The create command accepts a name that defines the directory of the project created and an optional starter kit name. You can review more starters in the Gridsome starters section ↗.

npx gridsome create my-gridsome-website

Before you continue

All of the framework guides assume you already have a fundamental understanding of Git ↗. If you are new to Git, refer to this summarized Git handbook ↗ on how to set up Git on your local machine.

If you clone with SSH, you must generate SSH keys ↗ on each computer you use to push or pull from GitHub.

Refer to the GitHub documentation ↗ and Git documentation ↗ for more information.

Create a GitHub repository

Create a new GitHub repository by visiting repo.new ↗. After creating a new repository, go to your newly created project directory to prepare and push your local application to GitHub by running the following commands in your terminal:

git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/<your-gh-username>/<repository-name>
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗ and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select Workers & Pages > Create application > Pages > Connect to Git.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the Set up builds and deployments section, the following information will be provided:

Configuration option	Value
Production branch	main
Build command	npx gridsome build
Build directory	dist

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing vuepress, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

Note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the Get started guide.

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on *.pages.dev. Every time you commit new code to your Gridsome project, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to preview deployments on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes to your site look before deploying them to production.

Learn more

By completing this guide, you have successfully deployed your Gridsome site to Cloudflare Pages. To get started with other frameworks, refer to the list of Framework guides.