Next.js vs Remix

Two React full-stack frameworks with different opinions on routing, data loading, and progressive enhancement.

Remix

Full stack web framework focused on web standards

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Next.js

The React framework for the web — production ready

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Our take

Next.js is the safer bet for the broader ecosystem, App Router patterns, and tight Vercel integration. Remix shines when web fundamentals matter — forms, progressive enhancement, and predictable data loading via loaders and actions — and when you want a framework that nudges you toward platform-standard behaviors.

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At a Glance

Attribute	Remix	Next.js
Category	Frontend Framework	Frontend Framework
Pricing Model	open-source	open-source
Starting Price	Free	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Open Source	Yes	Yes
Platforms	—	web

Community Popularity

Remix

Next.js

Key Features

Remix

No features listed.

Next.js

React apps
server rendering
full-stack web apps

Pros & Cons

Remix

Pros

Nested routes with per-route data loading and error boundaries are the best model for building complex UIs with proper loading states+167
Built on web standards — Fetch, FormData, and Response — which means skills transfer to other platforms and the code is more portable+152
Progressive enhancement is built into the framework — forms work without JavaScript and hydration happens on top, not instead+138
Error handling with per-route error boundaries means a broken section of your app doesn't crash the entire page+117

Cons

The mental model for data loading, actions, and the form-based mutation pattern takes longer to internalize than Next.js conventions

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Next.js

Pros

The App Router with React Server Components lets you fetch data server-side without a separate API and the resulting bundle is much smaller+183
Incremental Static Regeneration means cached pages can be updated in the background without a full rebuild — great for content-heavy sites+168
Image optimization is built in and automatically serves WebP with responsive sizes, which is a significant performance win with zero effort+152
The ecosystem of components, guides, and examples is larger than any other framework — almost any problem you hit has a blog post solving it+138
Vercel deploys Next.js with zero configuration and the integration makes features like preview deployments and analytics trivial to enable+124

Cons

The App Router documentation was confusing and full of gaps at launch — many developers hit subtle bugs that weren't documented+172
Build times can be very slow on large projects — a production build taking 5+ minutes is common and slows down deployment iteration+148
Mixing server and client components has a learning curve and the rules around what can and can't be done where cause confusing errors+134
Tight coupling with Vercel means some features are designed around Vercel's infrastructure and don't self-host as cleanly+118

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