System requirements

Our Next.js and React Native products target a modern stack.

Required

• Node.js 20.x or newer — node -v should print v20 or higher.

• npm 10+ (or pnpm 9+ / yarn 4+) — your README will note if a specific package manager is required.

• PostgreSQL 14+ — Neon and Supabase both work out of the box.

• A modern evergreen browser — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari from the last two years.

Optional

• Docker — for running the database locally without installing Postgres.

• Git — for cloning private repos and pulling updates.

• R2 / S3 / Cloudinary — for object storage if you upload images, attachments, or PDFs.

What about older Node?

Node 18 will work for many products but isn't tested. Anything older than that — Node 16 and below — is not supported.

Hardware

Any modern laptop will do. For the IDE we recommend VS Code; we ship recommended workspace settings and extensions when relevant.