Download Vercel Source

A CLI tool to download source code from Vercel deployments. Interactive setup, automatic project/team detection, smart caching, progress tracking, and resume support.

Quick Start

Just run the script — it walks you through everything interactively:

npx vercel-deploy-source-downloader

Or pass everything directly:

npx vercel-deploy-source-downloader <token> --deployment aBcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyZa

For detailed configuration and advanced usage, see Documentation.

Getting Your Vercel Token

Create or find your token at vercel.com/account/tokens. The token needs access to the deployments you want to download.

If you add VERCEL_TOKEN to a .env file, the interactive setup will pre-fill it so you don't have to paste it every time.

Finding Your Deployment ID

Copy the ID from your Vercel dashboard URL:

https://vercel.com/your-scope/your-project/aBcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyZa/source
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                           Copy this part

Works with or without the dpl_ prefix. Project and team are auto-detected.

Install

# No install needed
npx vercel-deploy-source-downloader

# Or install globally
npm install -g vercel-deploy-source-downloader

Output

out/dpl_aBcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyZa/
├── source/          # Downloaded source files
└── download-log.txt # Full operation log

Re-running the same deployment prompts to resume or start fresh.

Example

📦 Deployment ID:  dpl_aBcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyZa
🌐 Deployment URL: my-app-xyz.vercel.app
📁 Project:        my-project

⬇️  Downloading files...
   ⠹ Downloading...
   ✅ Downloaded: 42
   ⏭️ Skipped:    276
   ❌ Failed:     0

🎉 All files processed successfully!

📁 Total files: 318
   ✅ Downloaded: 42
   ⏭️ Skipped: 276
   ❌ Failed: 0
💾 Total size: 5.79 MB

✨ Download and verification complete!
📄 Full log saved to: out/dpl_aBcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyZa/download-log.txt

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18.0.0

Documentation

• Configuration — Interactive mode, CLI args, env vars, team parameter
• Finding Your Deployment ID — How to get the ID, dpl_ prefix, auto-detection
• Troubleshooting — Common errors and fixes
• Advanced Usage — Resume, verbose mode, output structure, example output

License

MIT

Author

Numan Aral