Next.js 16 Production Baseline

Set the current runtime, framework, and migration baseline before building enterprise features.

25 min

3 sections

nextjs-16

upgrade

runtime

01. Start from the real platform contract

Section 1 of 3

A production course must begin with the version contract the team will run in CI and production. For Next.js 16, set Node.js 20.9 or newer, React 19.2 or newer, TypeScript 5.1 or newer, and assume Turbopack is the development and build default unless your organization has a measured reason to opt out.

json

{
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=20.9.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "next dev",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "next start",
    "type-check": "tsc --noEmit",
    "lint": "eslint ."
  }
}

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