Next.js: minimalistic framework for universal server-rendered React applications
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next.js
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> You don't think you're maybe contorting yourself to make some of these arguments work? First of all, I still prefer TypeScript to Python when it comes to language features.…
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Observed mentions: 2016-10-25 16:05:56 UTC to 2026-05-15 16:42:15 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 19 | 2 | 17 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 18 | 2 | 16 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 29 | 3 | 26 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 29 | 3 | 26 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 38 | 8 | 30 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 3 | 5 |
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Next.js
Getting Started
Used by some of the world's largest companies, Next.js enables you to create full-stack web applications by extending the latest React features, and integrating powerful Rust-based JavaScript tooling for the fastest builds.
Visit our Learn Next.js course to get started with Next.js.
Visit the Next.js Showcase to see more sites built with Next.js.
Documentation
Visit https://nextjs.org/docs to view the full documentation.
Community
The Next.js community can be found on GitHub Discussions where you can ask questions, voice ideas, and share your projects with other people.
To chat with other community members, you can join the Next.js Discord server.
Do note that our Code of Conduct applies to all Next.js community channels. Users are highly encouraged to read and adhere to it to avoid repercussions.
Contributing
Contributions to Next.js are welcome and highly appreciated. However, before you jump right into it, we would like you to review our Contribution Guidelines to make sure you have a smooth experience contributing to Next.js.
Good First Issues:
We have a list of good first issues that contain bugs that have a relatively limited scope. This is a great place for newcomers and beginners alike to get started, gain experience, and get familiar with our contribution process.
Security
If you believe you have found a security vulnerability in Next.js, we encourage you to responsibly disclose this and NOT open a public issue.
To participate in our Open Source Software Bug Bounty program, please visit https://hackerone.com/vercel.
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3 sourcesI like how they use the tags <details> and <summary> in their FAQ!
https://github.com/zeit/next.js#faq
In Next.js – A small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript appsNext.js is a minimalistic framework for server-rendered React applications
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