Next.js.exe #

This is a bad idea that should not be used in production.

This is a proof of concept for running the Next.js dev server as a single executable that contains all of the assets and code needed to run the server, including RSC support.

Architecture Diagram #

This isn't a great visual explainer. I wrote it quickly while live on Twitch.

Unfinished Warning #

This project is mostly finished but is not tested, as we are blocked by this issue:

https://github.com/nodejs/single-executable/issues/100

Will it work? #

I'm not sure, because our fs patch supposedly can read from Buffers like sea.getAsset returns, however this really heavily expects Next.js to not introspect the dir path as if it were a string in any way outside of using the fs APIs. I'm doubtful this is the case, but I could be wrong.