App Router vs Pages Router in 2026
Pages Router still ships. App Router has the future. Here's when to use each — and when migration is worth the pain.
App Router, RSC, server actions, edge runtime — shipping with Next 14+.
Pages Router still ships. App Router has the future. Here's when to use each — and when migration is worth the pain.
Server Actions are a typed RPC layer. Once you stop thinking of them as form handlers, the patterns get clear.
Three rendering modes. The right pick is almost always determined by data freshness — not by which one is cool.
Edge runtime is V8 with Web Standards APIs. That constraint determines what middleware can do.