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Next.js vs Remix
Remix focuses on web standards and progressive enhancement rather than Vercel-centric tooling.
Which to pick
Pick Next.js if you want…
- Full-stack React apps with built-in optimizations
- React-centric web apps
- Integrations with React, Turbopack or Vercel (on Next.js' list, not Remix's)
Pick Remix if you want…
- Full-stack web apps with standard Web APIs
- Integrations with SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL (on Remix's list, not Next.js')
Next.js focuses on React and static generation, while Remix emphasizes runtime-first server rendering and Web API standards.
Side by side
- What it is
- Next.js:Next.js is a full-stack React framework for building high-performance web applications.
- Remix:Remix is a full-stack web framework that bundles server runtime, routing, data, auth, UI, assets and testing built on Web APIs.
- Best for
- Next.js:Full-stack React apps with built-in optimizations
- Remix:Full-stack web apps with standard Web APIs
- Who it’s for
- Next.js:Frontend and full-stack developers using React.
- Remix:Web developers building modern full-stack applications with JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Pricing
- Next.js:Open source
- Remix:Free
- Open source
- Next.js:Yes, 142,969 GitHub stars
- Remix:Yes, 33,385 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Next.js:React, Turbopack, Vercel, Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules
- Remix:SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3, TypeScript, JSX, CSS
Next.js features
- Automatic Optimizations. Optimizes images, fonts and scripts to improve Core Web Vitals.
- Data Fetching. Supports server-side and client-side data fetching with async React components.
- Server Actions. Run server code directly from components, skipping separate API routes.
- Advanced Routing & Layouts. File-system routing with nested layouts and custom routing patterns.
- Dynamic HTML Streaming. Streams UI from the server using the App Router and React Suspense.
- React Server Components. Render components on the server without sending extra JavaScript to the client.
- Incremental Static Regeneration. Regenerates static pages per-page after deployment for fresh content.
- CSS Support. Integrates with CSS Modules, Tailwind CSS and other popular styling tools.
Remix features
- Fetch-based server runtime. Runs on modern JavaScript runtimes using standard Request/Response objects.
- Typed routing & middleware. Provides typed routes, controllers, request context and composable middleware.
- Database integrations. Runtime validation and typed relational data for SQLite, PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Auth & session management. Built-in authentication, OAuth, cookies, sessions and storage adapters.
- UI framework & styling. Server-rendered HTML, accessible components, forms, animation and composable styles.
- On-demand asset compilation. TypeScript, JSX and CSS compile on request with HMR and no separate build step.
- File & storage APIs. Streaming uploads, Web-standard File APIs, local storage and S3 integration.
- Testing & production tooling. Includes a test framework, logging, compression, static file serving and production server utilities.
Next.js vs Remix FAQ
Is Next.js or Remix free?+
Next.js is free and open source. Remix is listed as free on DevHunt.
Is Next.js or Remix open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Next.js (vercel/next.js on GitHub, MIT license) and Remix (remix-run/remix on GitHub, MIT license).
Do Next.js and Remix integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Next.js lists React, Turbopack, Vercel, Tailwind CSS and 1 more; Remix lists SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3 and 3 more.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.