Building apps using TanStack Start
TanStack Start is a full-stack React framework built on TanStack Router, offering features like server-side rendering, static site generation, and streaming. It provides a modern developer experience with type-safe routing, data loading, and seamless integration with TanStack Query for managing server state.
Background
TanStack Start is a new full-stack React framework (currently in beta) built on top of TanStack Router. It provides server-side rendering, streaming, static site generation, and server functions — features that compete with frameworks like Next.js (Vercel) and Remix. Created by the same team behind TanStack Query (formerly React Query, the most popular data-fetching library for React), TanStack Start aims to offer a more flexible, less opinionated alternative to Next.js, with first-class support for TypeScript and a focus on type-safe routing. For developers already using the TanStack ecosystem, it allows building server-rendered React apps without leaving that toolset. The article walks through setting up a project and covers core concepts like file-based routing and server functions, targeting developers evaluating new React frameworks in 2025.