First Look at TanStack Start – A Simpler Alternative to Next.js

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Introduction

Next.js has been the dominant React framework for years, but with every new version, it feels like it's getting unnecessarily complex. Features like React Server Components (RSC), app directory, and server actions make it harder to build and maintain applications. Enter TanStack Start, a new framework from the creators of TanStack that aims to provide a simpler, more predictable, and fully type-safe alternative.

In this article, I’ll share my first impressions of TanStack Start, why I believe it’s better than Next.js, and why you should give it a try.

(coming soon)