Dev Time Stats

Dev Time benchmarks use starter projects; see the Dev Time methodology for setup details.

Dependency Counts

Methodology: Dependency Counts.

Measuring a meta-framework’s dependencies isn’t as straightforward as you might think. You could:

• Measure just the meta-framework package itself
• Maybe a full project setup

Both approaches have flaws. Some meta-frameworks need many other packages to work. A full project setup can include more packages than necessary.

To provide a clearer picture, we run the dependency-count tests three times, starting small and expanding in scope. In this order, we:

1. Start with the meta-framework package itself, for example, @sveltejs/kit
2. We then expand this to the meta-framework and its first-party packages. Looking at @sveltejs/kit again, this means any package maintained by the meta-framework authors that’s needed to run a project, for example, the svelte package.
3. Finally, we count the dependencies for the entire starter-* project. Their CLI or documentation recommends this setup by default, so this is the default most people will start with.

Core Package Dependencies

The meta-framework package itself, for example, @sveltejs/kit.

Core Package DependenciesComparisonTable

• Production
• Development

Core Package Dependencies data

Framework	Production	Development
Astro	52	25
Next.js	6	0
Nuxt	66	13
Pracht	3	2
React Router	23	24
SolidStart	24	5
Solid 2.0	4	0
SvelteKit	8	15
TanStack Start	9	14

First-Party Package Dependencies

Looking at a meta-framework’s first-party packages. For @sveltejs/kit, this means packages maintained by the meta-framework authors that are needed to run a project, for example, svelte.

First-Party DependenciesComparisonTable

• Production
• Development

First-Party Dependencies data

Framework	Production	Development
Astro	1	1
Next.js	1	1
Nuxt	1	0
Pracht	2	2
React Router	3	1
SolidStart	4	0
Solid 2.0	4	4
SvelteKit	0	5
TanStack Start	7	1

First-Party Duplicate DependenciesComparisonOver timeTable

First-Party Duplicate Dependencies data

Framework	Dependency count
SvelteKit	1
TanStack Start	3
Pracht	4
React Router	5
SolidStart	6
Next.js	12
Solid 2.0	12
Astro	14
Nuxt	76

The chart includes a dotted median reference line calculated from the visible framework values.

Starter Project Dependencies

Finally, we look at the complete dependency footprint of the default starter project, including third-party packages selected by its CLI or documented setup.

Starter DependenciesComparisonTable

• Production
• Development

Starter Dependencies data

Framework	Production	Development
Astro	1	2
Next.js	3	6
Nuxt	3	3
Pracht	2	6
React Router	6	9
SolidStart	6	1
Solid 2.0	4	11
SvelteKit	0	8
TanStack Start	14	12

Starter Project · Duplicate DependenciesComparisonOver timeTable

Starter Project · Duplicate Dependencies data

Framework	Duplicates
SvelteKit	1
Pracht	4
React Router	5
Next.js	12
Astro	14
Solid 2.0	17
SolidStart	23
TanStack Start	37
Nuxt	76

The chart includes a dotted median reference line calculated from the visible framework values.

Node Modules Size

Methodology: Node Modules Size.

Node Modules SizeComparisonOver timeTable

Node Modules Size data

Framework	MB
SvelteKit	88.32 MB
React Router	109.34 MB
Pracht	132.55 MB
SolidStart	149.16 MB
Solid 2.0	181.84 MB
Astro	204.21 MB
Nuxt	246.12 MB
TanStack Start	274.09 MB
Next.js	463.42 MB

The chart includes a dotted median reference line calculated from the visible framework values.

Build and Install Times

Methodology: Build and Install Times.

Median Install TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Install Time data

Framework	Seconds
React Router	1.34s
SvelteKit	1.42s
Pracht	1.63s
SolidStart	2.16s
Solid 2.0	2.65s
Astro	3.78s
TanStack Start	5.11s
Nuxt	5.64s
Next.js	6.05s

The chart includes a dotted median reference line calculated from the visible framework values.

Median Cold Build TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Cold Build Time data

Framework	Seconds
Pracht	0.69s
Solid 2.0	0.81s
Astro	0.97s
SvelteKit	1.68s
React Router	1.70s
TanStack Start	2.08s
SolidStart	3.06s
Nuxt	4.21s
Next.js	5.42s

The chart includes a dotted median reference line calculated from the visible framework values.

Median Warm Build TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Warm Build Time data

Framework	Seconds
Pracht	0.69s
Solid 2.0	0.73s
Astro	0.91s
SvelteKit	1.50s
React Router	1.68s
TanStack Start	1.94s
Next.js	2.21s
SolidStart	3.08s
Nuxt	4.00s

The chart includes a dotted median reference line calculated from the visible framework values.

Dev Server Startup

Methodology: Dev Server Startup.

Median Dev Server Startup TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Dev Server Startup Time data

Framework	Seconds
Pracht	0.84s
React Router	0.95s
Solid 2.0	0.96s
SvelteKit	1.31s
Astro	1.51s
TanStack Start	1.79s
Next.js	2.00s
Nuxt	2.48s
SolidStart	2.83s

The chart includes a dotted median reference line calculated from the visible framework values.

Core-JS Polyfills

Methodology: Core-JS Polyfills.

Framework	Core-JS detected	Matching JS files	Modules not needed by target browsers
Astro	No	—	—
Next.js	Yes	110.0 KB	302
Nuxt	No	—	—
Pracht	No	—	—
React Router	No	—	—
SolidStart	No	—	—
Solid 2.0	No	—	—
SvelteKit	No	—	—
TanStack Start	No	—	—

Browser Baseline

Methodology: Browser Baseline.

Framework	Baseline	Feature	Year	Features
Astro	—	—	—	0
Next.js	High	—	2022	47
Nuxt	High	—	2023	42
Pracht	High	—	2020	37
React Router	High	—	2022	44
SolidStart	High	—	2020	31
Solid 2.0	High	—	2020	35
SvelteKit	High	—	2021	47
TanStack Start	High	—	2022	48

Minimum Node Version

Methodology: Minimum Node Version.

Framework	Min Node	Set by
Astro	v22.23.4	@astrojs/prism, @astrojs/telemetry, astro
Next.js	v20.19.0	eslint-visitor-keys
Nuxt	v22.22.3	@nuxt/nitro-server, @nuxt/vite-builder, @nuxt/vite-server, cssnano, nuxt, postcss-calc
Pracht	v22.18.0	@pracht/adapter-node, @pracht/capabilities, @pracht/cli, @pracht/core, @pracht/preact-ssr-precompile, @pracht/vite-plugin
React Router	v22.22.0	@react-router/dev, @react-router/express, @react-router/node, @react-router/serve, react-router
SolidStart	v24.0.0	@solidjs/start, starter-solid-start
Solid 2.0	v22.13.0	—
SvelteKit	v22.17.0	@sveltejs/kit
TanStack Start	v22.22.2	@asamuzakjp/css-color, @asamuzakjp/dom-selector, jsdom, w3c-xmlserializer