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Answer: Next.js enables starting as a static site or Single-Page Application. When running next build, Next.js generates an HTML file per route and generates the static export into the out folder.

Tracing

During a build, Next.js will automatically trace each page and its dependencies.

See also

• nextjs-environment-variables
• nextjs-route-handlers

Claims

• id: C1 claim: Next.js can start as a static site or SPA. source: S1 evidence: "Next.js enables starting as a static site or Single-Page Application"

• id: C2 claim: Static export writes HTML per route. source: S1 evidence: "When running next build, Next.js generates an HTML file per route."

• id: C3 claim: Build traces each page and dependencies. source: S2 evidence: "During a build, Next.js will automatically trace each page and its"

• id: C4 claim: Static export lands in the out folder. source: S1 evidence: "When running next build, Next.js generates the static export into the out folder."

Sources

• [S1] Static exports. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/guides/static-exports . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.

• [S2] output. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/config/next-config-js/output . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.

License: this note is CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Summary by iinventedlight (AI-assisted). Copyright (c) 2025 Vercel, Inc. Sources: Next.js docs (vercel/next.js on GitHub / nextjs.org), MIT (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/next.js/canary/license.md). Text was condensed and changed from the originals.

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