We are very happy to introduce Next.js 5.0 to the world. It’s available on npm effective immediately.

To upgrade, run:

$ npm i next@latest react@latest react-dom@latest

In addition to bumping Next.js, we upgrade the peer dependencies `react` and `react-dom`

Next.js is a toolkit for universal, server-rendered (or statically pre-rendered ) React.js applications. Getting started developing an application of any size is as easy as executing next . ( Read more .)

With every new release we are committed to retaining backwards compatibility, offering simple upgrade paths and only making API changes when absolutely necessary. Next.js 5.0 is no exception.

Under the hood, however, Next.js has undergone a radical transformation to enable powerful new use cases and extensibility.…