Next.js

• LanguageTypeScript
• CategoryReact-based
• LicenseMIT
• Created2016
• GitHub stars134k
• Statusactive

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Next.js is the most-used React framework on the planet. Static export is supported (output: "export") but Next.js really wins as a full app framework — App Router, Server Components, Server Actions, ISR. Listing it as an SSG is a stretch in 2026; most production Next.js deploys are SSR + ISR + edge.

• Application-shape briefs where dynamic routes, auth, real-time matter
• Hybrid sites mixing static marketing with authenticated dashboards
• Teams already on React
• Workloads that benefit from on-demand ISR (revalidate by tag)

Skip Next.js for purely static content sites where Astro will be cheaper to run, smaller bundle, and faster to ship. Also skip it for tiny sites where the framework overhead beats the build benefit.

Next.js is the right answer for application-shape work and the wrong answer for pure SSG. Use the right tool for the brief — both Vercel and the Next.js team have said the same thing in interviews.

• Official homepage →
• GitHub repo →

The 30-min call is where your project gets a real architecture, an SEO transport plan, and a price range you can take to your team. Describe your site, your timeline, your existing content. I tell you whether Next.js is genuinely the right call for you, and what the build actually looks like.