Build a full-stack app with TanStack Start
A production-ready full-stack React application built with TanStack Start — scaffolded from scratch, with typed routes, server functions for data, an auth flow, and deployed to production — shipped in about 3 to 4 weeks of part-time work.
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- Your own copy — keep it forever
- Gets better over time — free updates included
- Run it on web and mobile
- Invite a partner to go through it with you — you share the same progress
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Who it's for
React developers who can build a component and use hooks, but haven't shipped a full-stack app with TanStack Start. You're comfortable with TypeScript and understand what SSR means. You want to go from zero to deployed without hitting every footgun in the docs.
About this playbook
You know React, but wiring it to a backend feels like patching two separate projects together. TanStack Start gives you a single framework that handles routing, SSR, data fetching, and deployment — but the docs spread across ten pages and the wrong first choices cost you days in refactoring. This playbook walks the path I've taken five times: scaffold, route tree, server functions, auth middleware, deploy. Every phase has the exact file changes and the gotcha that cost me a weekend to figure out.
What you'll do, step by step
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Phase 1: Scaffold and configure
0/3A working app shell in under an hour. The CLI does most of the heavy lifting — the decisions you make here set the foundation for everything that follows.
- 12 min
- 0/430 min
Phase 2: Build the route tree
4 stepsPhase 3: Add data with server functions
0/4Server functions are TanStack Start's answer to the backendlash problem. They look like client code, run on the server, and get replaced with RPC stubs in the client bundle. This phase is where your app becomes a real full-stack app.
- 0/450 min
Phase 4: Protect with middleware
3 stepsPhase 5: Deploy to production
3 stepsDetails
What you need first
Node.js >=22.12.0 installed. A GitHub account. Familiarity with `npm` and the terminal. Optionally, a hosting account (Netlify or Cloudflare) for the deployment phase.
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