Dev Time Stats

Setup

Each starter project follows its framework’s recommended CLI or documented setup. See Default Benchmark Setup for the shared environment, build tools, and adapters, and Project Setups for the starter configuration details.

Dependency Counts

Methodology: Dependency Counts.

These views separate a framework's core package, the direct packages maintained by its ecosystem, and the complete default starter configuration.

Meta-framework Direct Package Counts

First, we look at the direct dependency counts of the meta-framework package itself.

Framework	Deps	Dev	Prod	Graph
Astro	79	26	53	View
Next.js	229	223	6	View
Nuxt	79	13	66	View
Pracht	5	2	3	View
React Router	51	23	28	View
SolidStart	29	4	25	View
SvelteKit	23	15	8	View
TanStack Start	11	2	9	View

Metaframework Dependencies

Metaframework Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
Pracht	5
TanStack Start	11
SvelteKit	23
SolidStart	29
React Router	51
Astro	79
Nuxt	79
Next.js	229

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

Metaframework Development Dependencies

Metaframework Development Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
Pracht	2
TanStack Start	2
SolidStart	4
Nuxt	13
SvelteKit	15
React Router	23
Astro	26
Next.js	223

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

Metaframework Production Dependencies

Metaframework Production Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
Pracht	3
Next.js	6
SvelteKit	8
TanStack Start	9
SolidStart	25
React Router	28
Astro	53
Nuxt	66

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

Meta-framework Direct Packages

Next, we look at the direct framework-maintained packages that each starter declares. This excludes the starter’s third-party setup packages.

Framework	Deps Dev / Prod	All Deps	Dup. Deps	Graph
Astro	1 / 1	360	13	View
Next.js	1 / 1	382	11	View
Nuxt	0 / 1	678	79	View
Pracht	2 / 2	218	4	View
React Router	1 / 3	243	9	View
SolidStart	0 / 4	212	6	View
SvelteKit	5 / 0	108	1	View
TanStack Start	1 / 6	234	26	View

Meta-framework Direct Package Dependencies

Meta-framework Direct Package Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
SvelteKit	108
SolidStart	212
Pracht	218
TanStack Start	234
React Router	243
Astro	360
Next.js	382
Nuxt	678

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

Meta-framework Direct Package Development Dependencies

Meta-framework Direct Package Development Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
Nuxt	0
SolidStart	0
Astro	1
Next.js	1
React Router	1
TanStack Start	1
Pracht	2
SvelteKit	5

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

Meta-framework Direct Package Production Dependencies

Meta-framework Direct Package Production Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
SvelteKit	0
Astro	1
Next.js	1
Nuxt	1
Pracht	2
React Router	3
SolidStart	4
TanStack Start	6

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

Meta-framework Direct Package Duplicate Dependencies

Meta-framework Direct Package Duplicate Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
SvelteKit	1
Pracht	4
SolidStart	6
React Router	9
Next.js	11
Astro	13
TanStack Start	26
Nuxt	79

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

Starter Projects

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

Framework	Deps Dev / Prod	All Deps	Dup. Deps	node_modules	Dep Install Size	Graph
Astro	2 / 1	360	13	211.58MB	190.46MB	View
Next.js	6 / 3	421	12	560.05MB	506.22MB	View
Nuxt	2 / 3	678	79	247.30MB	208.61MB	View
Pracht	6 / 2	239	4	132.56MB	109.29MB	View
React Router	9 / 6	269	9	116.27MB	111.24MB	View
SolidStart	1 / 6	246	8	130.03MB	105.36MB	View
SvelteKit	8 / 0	108	1	88.32MB	92.09MB	View
TanStack Start	11 / 13	361	44	243.71MB	201.55MB	View

Starter Project Dev Dependencies

Starter Project Dev Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
SolidStart	1
Astro	2
Nuxt	2
Next.js	6
Pracht	6
SvelteKit	8
React Router	9
TanStack Start	11

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

Starter Project Production Dependencies

Starter Project Production Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
SvelteKit	0
Astro	1
Pracht	2
Next.js	3
Nuxt	3
React Router	6
SolidStart	6
TanStack Start	13

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

Starter Project Duplicate Dependencies

Starter Project Duplicate Dependencies data
Framework	Dependency count
SvelteKit	1
Pracht	4
SolidStart	8
React Router	9
Next.js	12
Astro	13
TanStack Start	44
Nuxt	79

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

Node Modules Size

Methodology: Node Modules Size.

Node modules size

Node modules size data
Framework	Megabytes
SvelteKit	88.32 MB
React Router	116.27 MB
SolidStart	130.03 MB
Pracht	132.56 MB
Astro	211.58 MB
TanStack Start	243.71 MB
Nuxt	247.30 MB
Next.js	560.05 MB

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

Build and Install Times

Methodology: Build and Install Times.

Framework	Avg Install	Min Install	Max Install	Avg Cold Build	Avg Warm Build
Astro	3.17s	1.59s	3.86s	0.88s	0.85s
Next.js	5.88s	3.23s	6.72s	4.94s	4.92s
Nuxt	5.00s	3.15s	5.90s	3.94s	3.84s
Pracht	1.99s	1.54s	2.32s	0.71s	0.69s
React Router	1.33s	1.23s	1.50s	1.64s	1.72s
SolidStart	1.87s	1.56s	2.31s	2.86s	2.74s
SvelteKit	1.41s	1.32s	1.54s	1.63s	1.46s
TanStack Start	4.43s	1.85s	5.22s	2.08s	1.91s

Avg install time

Avg install time data
Framework	Seconds
React Router	1.33s
SvelteKit	1.41s
SolidStart	1.87s
Pracht	1.99s
Astro	3.17s
TanStack Start	4.43s
Nuxt	5.00s
Next.js	5.88s

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

Cold build time

Cold build time data
Framework	Seconds
Pracht	0.71s
Astro	0.88s
SvelteKit	1.63s
React Router	1.64s
TanStack Start	2.08s
SolidStart	2.86s
Nuxt	3.94s
Next.js	4.94s

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

Warm build time

Warm build time data
Framework	Seconds
Pracht	0.69s
Astro	0.85s
SvelteKit	1.46s
React Router	1.72s
TanStack Start	1.91s
SolidStart	2.74s
Nuxt	3.84s
Next.js	4.92s

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

Dev Server Startup

Methodology: Dev Server Startup.

Framework	Avg Start	Min Start	Max Start
Astro	1.44s	1.36s	1.53s
Next.js	2.66s	2.58s	2.77s
Nuxt	2.57s	2.51s	2.61s
Pracht	0.90s	0.89s	0.91s
React Router	0.87s	0.79s	0.94s
SolidStart	2.48s	2.43s	2.57s
SvelteKit	1.21s	1.18s	1.23s
TanStack Start	2.72s	2.69s	2.74s

Avg dev server startup time

Avg dev server startup time data
Framework	Seconds
React Router	0.87s
Pracht	0.90s
SvelteKit	1.21s
Astro	1.44s
SolidStart	2.48s
Nuxt	2.57s
Next.js	2.66s
TanStack Start	2.72s

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	—	—
SvelteKit	No	—	—
TanStack Start	No	—	—

Browser Baseline

Methodology: Browser Baseline.

Framework	Baseline	Feature	Year	Features
Astro	—	—	—	0
Next.js	High	—	2022	46
Nuxt	High	—	2023	42
Pracht	High	—	2020	37
React Router	High	—	2022	40
SolidStart	High	—	2020	30
SvelteKit	Limited	temporal	—	48
TanStack Start	Limited	temporal	—	47

Minimum Node Version

Methodology: Minimum Node Version.

Framework	Min Node	Set by
Astro	v22.19.0	undici
Next.js	v20.9.0	next
Nuxt	v22.22.3	@nuxt/nitro-server, @nuxt/vite-builder, @nuxt/vite-server, cssnano, cssnano-preset-default, cssnano-utils, nuxt, postcss-calc, postcss-colormin, postcss-convert-values, postcss-discard-comments, postcss-discard-duplicates, postcss-discard-empty, postcss-discard-overridden, postcss-merge-longhand, postcss-merge-rules, postcss-minify-font-values, postcss-minify-gradients, postcss-minify-params, postcss-minify-selectors, postcss-normalize-charset, postcss-normalize-display-values, postcss-normalize-positions, postcss-normalize-repeat-style, postcss-normalize-string, postcss-normalize-timing-functions, postcss-normalize-unicode, postcss-normalize-url, postcss-normalize-whitespace, postcss-ordered-values, postcss-reduce-initial, postcss-reduce-transforms, postcss-svgo, postcss-unique-selectors, stylehacks
Pracht	v22.18.0	@pracht/adapter-node, @pracht/capabilities, @pracht/cli, @pracht/core, @pracht/preact-ssr-precompile, @pracht/vite-plugin
React Router	v20.19.0	vite
SolidStart	v24.0.0	@solidjs/start, starter-solid-start
SvelteKit	v22.17.0	@sveltejs/kit
TanStack Start	v22.13.0	@tanstack/react-start, @tanstack/react-start-client, @tanstack/react-start-rsc, @tanstack/react-start-server, @tanstack/start-client-core, @tanstack/start-fn-stubs, @tanstack/start-plugin-core, @tanstack/start-server-core, @tanstack/start-storage-context, jsdom