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Choosing a Rendering Architecture

This page helps you pick the right rendering strategy for your project. For detailed descriptions of each approach and their trade-offs, see Rendering Architectures.

Decision Guide​

Pick the default based on product type first (app vs content), then adjust only if specific requirements demand it.

  • Start with CSR (SPA) for highly interactive applications like dashboards or admin panels where SEO is not a concern.
  • Choose SSR when pages require per-request personalization, real-time data, or user-specific content that can't be pre-built.
  • Use Islands (Astro) when you need selective interactivity on an otherwise static site. See Astro.
  • Use SSG for content sites, docs, blogs, and marketing pages when your pages can be pre-built.
tip

Modern frameworks let you combine strategies within a single project. Use the strategy that fits each route's needs, and mix CSR/SSR/Islands/SSG where appropriate.

Project Recipes​

For practical implementations of these rendering strategies, see the project cookbooks:

See also​