Overview

Next-boost is an innovative tool designed to enhance the performance of Server-Side Rendering (SSR) applications, specifically for those built with Next.js and other Node.js-based HTTP servers. By introducing an efficient caching layer, next-boost significantly improves the rendering speed of web pages while maintaining a smooth user experience. Functioning as a drop-in replacement for the standard Next.js production mode, it ensures that applications can handle high traffic more effectively while minimizing server response times.

With its unique approach of leveraging worker threads for rendering and cache serving on the main thread, next-boost achieves tangible performance improvements. This is particularly beneficial for large-scale applications with dynamic content, as it can dramatically reduce time-to-first-byte (TTFB) and increase the number of requests handled concurrently.

Features

• Drop-in Replacement: Integrates seamlessly into Next.js’s production mode, allowing for effortless implementation.

• Reduced Server TTFB: Significantly lowers the time-to-first-byte, leading to faster load times for users.

• Non-blocking Main Process: Utilizes worker threads for SSR, ensuring the main process remains responsive for caching operations.

• Simultaneous Request Handling: Capable of rendering the first request while serving subsequent requests from the cache, optimizing throughput.

• Lightweight Architecture: With a footprint of fewer than 200 lines of code, it remains efficient and easy to maintain.

• Robust Production Use: Proven to handle up to 300,000 cached pages in production environments efficiently.

• Official Cache Adapters: Provides two cache adapters, @next-boost/redis-cache for clustered environments and @next-boost/hybrid-disk-cache for cost-effective VPS usage.

• Cross-Platform Portability: Works smoothly across major platforms, offering flexibility in deployment options.