A plain checklist, written 15 November 2026

Mozilla Solo is shutting down. Here is what to do before 30 November.

Mozilla is closing Solo, its website builder at soloist.ai. On 30 November 2026 every Solo website and all its data are deleted, and Solo says there is no way to recover a site, account or data after that date. If you have a Solo site, these are the four jobs, in the order that matters.

1. Start your domain move first

This only applies if you bought a domain name through Solo. It is first because it depends on Solo's support team replying. Solo is transferring those domains to Name.com. You create a Name.com account, fill in the contact details, copy your account code and email it to Solo support. Solo then moves the domain and tells you when it is done. Domains bought through IONOS are not part of this process, so check where yours was registered.

2. Download Solo's export

Log in to Solo, open the account menu, choose Account Settings and click Download Website Data. You get a ZIP with your pages as HTML, your contact form and newsletter submissions, and a spreadsheet of links to your images. Do this even if you use another tool as well: it is the only place your form messages and subscriber list come from.

3. Save your images. They are not in the ZIP

Solo's FAQ is direct about this: "Image source files are not included in the ZIP." The spreadsheet lists a link for each image and you have to download every one before 30 November. On a site with a gallery that can be dozens of files. Miss one and it is gone when Solo is.

4. Decide where your site lives next

You have three honest options.

• Rebuild it somewhere else. Solo's FAQ names Wix, Squarespace and WordPress, and the AI builders Bolt and Lovable. You start from a blank page and paste your text and pictures back in. Good if you wanted a change anyway.
• Host the export yourself. The HTML from the ZIP can run on any static web host once you have put the images back and fixed the links. Free hosts exist. It takes some technical comfort.
• Keep an exact copy. This is what Lifeboat does. You paste your Solo address, it saves every page and every image, and you see the copy before paying. $29 once keeps it online for 12 months and gives you a ZIP of the complete site.

What you lose whichever way you go

Solo's editor goes offline with Solo, so a copied site is a snapshot: make your last edits before you save it. Contact and newsletter forms stop working because they ran on Solo's servers. If you were on a paid Pro or Grow plan, Solo says it is refunding the unused part of your billing period, calculated from 1 October 2026.

Save an exact copy now

It takes about a minute and the preview is free.

Lifeboat is made by Mirra Tech LTD and is not affiliated with Mozilla or Solo. Source for the dates and steps above: Solo Shutdown FAQ, support.soloist.ai.