🚀 I Built x: An Ultra-Fast, Full-Stack React Framework Native to Bun!

Hey Hack Club! 👋

I just shipped x (@thexjs) — an open-source, single-process React framework designed from scratch to run natively on top of the Bun runtime.

Check out the project on StarDance ⭐

💡 The Idea

Modern frameworks like Next.js bring heavy bundlers, complex dev servers, and dozens of abstractions. Since Bun is already a transpiler, bundler, package manager, and native HTTP engine with built-in SQLite & Postgres support, I asked a simple question:

Why wrap React around Webpack/Vite when Bun can do it all natively in a single process?

🔑 Key Features

• 📁 File-Based Routing: Drop .tsx files in src/pages/ to create routes.
• ⚡ Hybrid Rendering: Choose SSR or static prerendering per route (export const mode = "static").
• 🔌 Built-in API Routes: Write REST endpoints in src/api/ sharing the same memory and DB context.
• 🛠️ Server Functions: Call type-safe server logic directly from your React components.
• 🛡️ Zero-Trust Security: AST build-time leak detection (prevents secret key exposure), native CSRF protection, and rate limiting.
• 📊 Production Observability: Built-in /healthz & /readyz probes, JSON logging, and OpenTelemetry/Sentry support.
• 🚀 Deploy Anywhere: Run on any VPS/Docker, or deploy to Vercel via @thexjs/adapter-vercel.

⏱️ Quickstart

Bootstrap a production-grade app in 30 seconds:

bun create thexjs-app@latest my-app
cd my-app
bun run dev

🔗 Links & Resources

• 🌟 StarDance: stardance.hackclub.com/home
• ⭐ GitHub Repository: github.com/abdelkabirouadoukou/x
• 📖 Documentation: thexjs.vercel.app

Feedback and GitHub stars are super appreciated! Let me know what you think! 🙌