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Welcome to your new TanStack Start app!
Getting Started
To run this application:
npm install
npm run dev
Building For Production
To build this application for production:
npm run build
Testing
This project uses Vitest for testing. You can run the tests with:
npm run test
Styling
This project uses Tailwind CSS for styling.
Removing Tailwind CSS
If you prefer not to use Tailwind CSS:
- Remove the demo pages in
src/routes/demo/ - Replace the Tailwind import in
src/styles.csswith your own styles - Remove
tailwindcss()from the plugins array invite.config.ts - Uninstall the packages:
npm install @tailwindcss/vite tailwindcss -D
Linting & Formatting
This project uses Biome for linting and formatting. The following scripts are available:
npm run lint
npm run format
npm run check
Shadcn
Add components using the latest version of Shadcn.
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add button
Paraglide i18n
This add-on wires up ParaglideJS for localized routing and message formatting.
- Messages live in
project.inlang/messages. - URLs are localized through the Paraglide Vite plugin and router
rewritehooks. - Run the dev server or build to regenerate the
src/paraglideoutputs.
Routing
This project uses TanStack Router with file-based routing. Routes are managed as files in src/routes.
Adding A Route
To add a new route to your application just add a new file in the ./src/routes directory.
TanStack will automatically generate the content of the route file for you.
Now that you have two routes you can use a Link component to navigate between them.
Adding Links
To use SPA (Single Page Application) navigation you will need to import the Link component from @tanstack/react-router.
import { Link } from "@tanstack/react-router";
Then anywhere in your JSX you can use it like so:
<Link to="/about">About</Link>
This will create a link that will navigate to the /about route.
More information on the Link component can be found in the Link documentation.
Using A Layout
In the File Based Routing setup the layout is located in src/routes/__root.tsx. Anything you add to the root route will appear in all the routes. The route content will appear in the JSX where you render {children} in the shellComponent.
Here is an example layout that includes a header:
import { HeadContent, Scripts, createRootRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
export const Route = createRootRoute({
head: () => ({
meta: [
{ charSet: 'utf-8' },
{ name: 'viewport', content: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1' },
{ title: 'My App' },
],
}),
shellComponent: ({ children }) => (
<html lang="en">
<head>
<HeadContent />
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav>
<Link to="/">Home</Link>
<Link to="/about">About</Link>
</nav>
</header>
{children}
<Scripts />
</body>
</html>
),
})
More information on layouts can be found in the Layouts documentation.
Server Functions
TanStack Start provides server functions that allow you to write server-side code that seamlessly integrates with your client components.
import { createServerFn } from '@tanstack/react-start'
const getServerTime = createServerFn({
method: 'GET',
}).handler(async () => {
return new Date().toISOString()
})
// Use in a component
function MyComponent() {
const [time, setTime] = useState('')
useEffect(() => {
getServerTime().then(setTime)
}, [])
return <div>Server time: {time}</div>
}
API Routes
You can create API routes by using the server property in your route definitions:
import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
import { json } from '@tanstack/react-start'
export const Route = createFileRoute('/api/hello')({
server: {
handlers: {
GET: () => json({ message: 'Hello, World!' }),
},
},
})
Data Fetching
There are multiple ways to fetch data in your application. You can use TanStack Query to fetch data from a server. But you can also use the loader functionality built into TanStack Router to load the data for a route before it's rendered.
For example:
import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
export const Route = createFileRoute('/people')({
loader: async () => {
const response = await fetch('https://swapi.dev/api/people')
return response.json()
},
component: PeopleComponent,
})
function PeopleComponent() {
const data = Route.useLoaderData()
return (
<ul>
{data.results.map((person) => (
<li key={person.name}>{person.name}</li>
))}
</ul>
)
}
Loaders simplify your data fetching logic dramatically. Check out more information in the Loader documentation.
Demo files
Files prefixed with demo can be safely deleted. They are there to provide a starting point for you to play around with the features you've installed.
Learn More
You can learn more about all of the offerings from TanStack in the TanStack documentation.
For TanStack Start specific documentation, visit TanStack Start.