TLDR: Use the : create-react-app-buildpack $ heroku buildpacks:set mars/create-react-app I haven’t deployed to Heroku! 😣 $ heroku create MY-APP --buildpack m heroku git:remote --app MY-APP ars/create-react-app $ git add . $ git commit -m "create-react-app" $ $ git push heroku master I already deployed to Heroku… 😎 $ heroku git:remote --app MY-APP$ heroku buildpacks:set mars/create-react-app$ git commit --allow-empty -m 'Use create-react-app-buildpack'$ git push heroku master More info: , Buildpack Repo Heroku Blog