Next.js 16
14 hours ago
- #Web Development
- #Next.js
- #React
- Next.js 16 is now available, featuring improvements to Turbopack, caching, and architecture.
- New features include Cache Components with Partial Pre-Rendering (PPR), Next.js Devtools MCP, and proxy.ts replacing middleware.ts.
- Turbopack is now stable, offering 2–5x faster builds and up to 10x faster Fast Refresh.
- React Compiler support is stable, enabling automatic memoization.
- Enhanced routing includes layout deduplication and incremental prefetching.
- Improved caching APIs introduce revalidateTag() with cacheLife profiles and new updateTag() for Server Actions.
- React 19.2 features like View Transitions and useEffectEvent are included.
- Breaking changes include Node.js 20.9+ requirement, removal of AMP support, and sync params becoming async.
- Deprecations include middleware.ts (renamed to proxy.ts) and next/legacy/image.
- Performance improvements for next dev and next start, with native TypeScript support for next.config.ts.