Your stack
API layer
Decide how you'll write your backend. Nextkit scaffolds the chosen approach so you can start adding endpoints immediately.
Available options
tRPC
End-to-end typesafe APIs — call your backend from the client with full type inference, no codegen.Hono
A small, fast web framework for building APIs on the edge or Node.REST
Conventional REST route handlers using the App Router.GraphQL
A GraphQL API for flexible, client-driven queries.No APIs
Skip the API layer and add your own later.Picking an approach
If you're building a TypeScript front end and back end together, tRPC gives you the tightest type safety with the least ceremony. Choose REST or GraphQL when you need a language-agnostic, public API, and Hono when you want a minimal framework with edge support.
What gets scaffolded
- The framework or library installed and configured.
- A working example endpoint to build from.
- The client wiring needed to call it (for tRPC, the typed client).