The Fullstack React Framework
"Zero-API" Data Layer — Built on Next.js — Inspired by Ruby on Rails
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“Zero-API” data layer **lets you import server code directly into your React components** instead of having to manually add API endpoints and do client-side fetching and caching.
New Blitz apps come with **all the boring stuff already set up for you!** Like ESLint, Prettier, Jest, user sign up, log in, and password reset.
Provides **helpful defaults and conventions** for things like routing, file structure, and authentication while also being extremely flexible.
### Quick Start
You need Node.js 12 or newer
#### Install Blitz
Run `npm install -g blitz` or `yarn global add blitz`
_You can alternatively use [`npx`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npx)_
#### Create a New App
1. `blitz new myAppName`
2. `cd myAppName`
3. `blitz dev`
4. View your brand new app at http://localhost:3000
### The Foundational Principles
1. Fullstack & Monolithic
2. API Not Required
3. Convention over Configuration
4. Loose Opinions
5. Easy to Start, Easy to Scale
6. Stability
7. Community over Code
[The Blitz Manifesto](https://blitzjs.com/docs/manifesto) explains these principles in detail.
### What is Blitz Designed For?
Blitz is designed for tiny to large database-backed applications that have one or more graphical user interfaces.
While we currently only support web, we are pursuing the dream of a single monolithic application that runs on web and mobile with maximum code sharing and minimal boilerplate.
## Welcome to the Blitz Community 👋
The Blitz community is warm, safe, diverse, inclusive, and fun! LGBTQ+, women, and minorities are especially welcome. Please read our [Code of Conduct](https://blitzjs.com/docs/code-of-conduct).
[Join our Discord Community](https://discord.blitzjs.com) where we help each other build Blitz apps. It's also where we collaborate on building Blitz itself.
For questions and longer form discussions, [post in our forum](https://github.com/blitz-js/legacy-framework/discussions).
There's still a lot of work to do, so you are especially invited to join us in building Blitz! A good place to start is [The Contributing Guide](https://blitzjs.com/docs/contributing).
## Financial Contributors
Your financial contributions help ensure Blitz continues to be developed and maintained! We have monthly sponsorship options starting at $5/month.
👉 View options and contribute at [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/blitz-js), [PayPal](https://paypal.me/thebayers), or [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/blitzjs)
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### 💎 Diamond Sponsors
## Core Team ✨
 Brandon Bayer Creator |
 Aleksandra Sikora Lead Maintainer |
## Maintainers (Level 2) ✨ _Code ownership, pull request approvals and merging, etc_ (see [Maintainers L2](https://blitzjs.com/docs/maintainers#level-2-maintainers))
 Simon Knott SuperJSON |
 Juan Martín Seery Website/Docs |
## Maintainers (Level 1) ✨ _Issue triage, pull request triage, community encouragement and moderation, etc_ (see [Maintainers L1](https://blitzjs.com/docs/maintainers#level-1-maintainers))
 Jeremy Liberman |
 Mina Abadir |
 Abu Uzayr |
 Damilola Randolph |
 Saheen Shoukath |
 Husnul Jahneer |
## Contributors ✨ Thanks to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):
