Next-Lite 🚀

A lightweight, high-performance alternative to Next.js that prioritizes speed and simplicity. Built with esbuild at its core, Next-Lite offers a streamlined development experience while maintaining the essential features modern web developers need.

Why Next-Lite? 🤔

• Blazing Fast ⚡️ - Built on esbuild, offering build times up to 100x faster than traditional bundlers
• Zero Config 📦 - Start coding immediately with sensible defaults
• Minimal Footprint 🌱 - Small bundle sizes and minimal dependencies
• Developer Friendly 💻 - Great DX with hot module replacement and instant feedback

Core Features 🎯

• ⚡️ Lightning Fast Development

  • Near-instant builds with esbuild
  • Hot Module Replacement (HMR) for rapid development
  • Fast refresh for React components

• 📁 Intuitive File-Based Routing

  • Automatic route generation based on your file structure
  • Dynamic routing support
  • API routes for backend functionality

• 🎨 Modern Styling Solutions

  • CSS Modules support out of the box
  • Scoped styles with zero configuration
  • PostCSS integration

• 💪 TypeScript First

  • First-class TypeScript support
  • Automatic type generation
  • Enhanced developer experience with type safety

Quick Start 🏃‍♂️

# Create a new Next-Lite app
npx create-next-lite-app my-app

# Navigate to your app
cd my-app

# Start the development server
npm run dev

Visit http://localhost:3000 to see your app in action!

Project Structure 📂

my-app/
├── pages/           # Your application pages
│   ├── index.tsx    # Homepage
│   ├── about.tsx    # About page
│   └── api/         # API routes
├── public/          # Static files
└── package.json

Development Commands 🛠️

# Start development server with HMR
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Start production server
npm start

# Clean build files
npm run clean

Performance Comparison 📊

Feature	Next-Lite	Next.js
Dev Startup Time	~300ms	~3s
Production Build	~2s	~20s
Bundle Size (Base)	~80KB	~200KB
Memory Usage (Dev)	~200MB	~500MB

Contributing 🤝

We welcome contributions! Whether it's:

• 🐛 Bug fixes
• ✨ New features
• 📚 Documentation improvements
• 🎨 UI/UX enhancements

Please read our Contributing Guide for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests.

License 📄

MIT © [Teck] - See LICENSE for more details.

Support 💬

• 📖 Documentation
• 🐛 Issue Tracker
• 💡 Discussions

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