Dev Time Stats

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

Dependency Counts

We count dependencies in three passes, starting with the framework package, then its first-party packages, and finally the default starter project from the framework’s CLI or documentation.

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
Solid 2.0	9
Next.js	12
Astro	14
Nuxt	76

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
Solid 2.0	9
Next.js	12
Astro	14
SolidStart	23
TanStack Start	37
Nuxt	76

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	149.94 MB
Astro	204.21 MB
Nuxt	246.12 MB
TanStack Start	274.09 MB
Next.js	463.42 MB

Build and Install Times

Methodology: Build and Install Times.

Median Install TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Install Time data

Framework	Seconds
React Router	1.42s
SvelteKit	1.45s
Solid 2.0	1.60s
SolidStart	1.80s
Pracht	2.01s
Astro	4.14s
TanStack Start	5.47s
Nuxt	6.07s
Next.js	6.49s

Median Cold Build TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Cold Build Time data

Framework	Seconds
Solid 2.0	0.59s
Pracht	0.69s
Astro	0.96s
React Router	1.88s
SvelteKit	1.96s
TanStack Start	2.18s
SolidStart	3.25s
Nuxt	4.19s
Next.js	5.73s

Median Warm Build TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Warm Build Time data

Framework	Seconds
Solid 2.0	0.55s
Pracht	0.69s
Astro	0.92s
React Router	1.77s
SvelteKit	1.82s
TanStack Start	2.06s
Next.js	2.44s
SolidStart	3.23s
Nuxt	4.05s

Dev Server Startup

Methodology: Dev Server Startup.

Median Dev Server Startup TimeComparisonVarianceOver timeTable

Median Dev Server Startup Time data

Framework	Seconds
Solid 2.0	0.86s
Pracht	0.91s
React Router	1.00s
Astro	1.52s
SvelteKit	1.53s
Next.js	1.86s
TanStack Start	1.95s
Nuxt	2.81s
SolidStart	2.82s

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	@napi-rs/wasm-runtime
SvelteKit	v22.17.0	@sveltejs/kit
TanStack Start	v22.22.2	@asamuzakjp/css-color, @asamuzakjp/dom-selector, jsdom, w3c-xmlserializer