# Share an Angular Build — dist/ as a Review URL

Canonical: https://commareports.com/share-angular-build
Published: 2026-09-12

> `ng build` writes dist/<app>/browser with absolute asset paths. Publish the folder to Comma for a preview link that runs, with reviewer comments anchored to the rendered UI.

# Share an Angular build

`ng build` produces a folder. Every reviewer who is not a front-end engineer
on your team gets a screenshot of that folder's output, and the review you get
back is about the screenshot.

## Build

```bash
ng build --configuration production
# → dist/my-app/browser/
```

Angular writes `<base href="/">` and references its bundles absolutely, so
double-clicking `index.html` gives you a blank page. Publishing the folder over
HTTP resolves the paths; if you also want the folder to work from disk:

```bash
ng build --base-href ./
```

## Publish the browser/ folder

Drag it into [the app](https://commareports.com/), or zip and POST it:

```bash
cd dist/my-app/browser && zip -qr ../../../app.zip . && cd -

curl -fsS -X POST https://commareports.com/api/v1/reports \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COMMA_API_TOKEN" \
  -F "title=Preview — $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)" \
  -F "visibility=team" \
  -F "bundle=@app.zip"
```

Zip from inside `browser/` so `index.html` sits at the archive root — see
[sharing a folder of HTML files](/share-html-folder).

## Why the link is better than the screenshot

- **Anchored threads** — the reviewer's objection sits on the element instead
  of in a Figma comment on a JPEG. See [commenting on HTML](/comment-on-html).
- **Revisions at one URL** — one report id per branch, one revision per push.
- **Access per report** — private, team-only, domain-gated, or unlisted for a
  client demo. See the [sharing model](/docs/sharing).
- **Scripts run, sandboxed** — the app boots inside a sandboxed iframe with no
  access to anyone's session.

## Limits

- **Assets: 25 MB per file, 250 MB and 500 files per report.** Production
  Angular builds are usually well inside this; strip source maps if not.
- **Entry HTML: 5 MB.**
- **60 requests/minute per token.**

## Try it

Comma is free — unlimited reports, unlimited commenters, unlimited revision
history.

**[Publish a build preview →](https://commareports.com/)**

### Related

- [Share a Vite build](/share-vite-build) · [Share a SvelteKit build](/share-sveltekit-site)
- [Share a Karma coverage report](/share-karma-report) · [Share a Storybook static build](/share-storybook-static)
- [Share a folder of HTML files](/share-html-folder) · [Share an HTML file with a client](/share-html-file-with-client)