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Dev tools · March 27, 2017

Next.js 2.0

Framework for server-rendered React apps

Next.js 2.0 launched on March 27, 2017 with 220 votes, #124 of 3,481 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

Next.js 2.0 comes packed with performance improvements and extensibility features

More than 3.1 million developers read our announcement post of Next.js . More than 110 contributors have submitted patches, examples or improved our documentation. Over 10,000 developers have starred us on GitHub . Today, we are proud to introduce Next 2.0 to the world. What follows is a quick summary of every new feature and improvement we have made. Next.js is a very slim yet powerful framework. Place React components in a pages directory and running next , and you'll get automatic code splitting, routing, hot code reloading and universal (server-side and client-side) rendering. It's easy because it's one command for development ( next ), and two others ( next build and next start ) for a…from vercel.com

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