--- layout: post title: "TanStack Start is stable, and it runs on Appwrite Sites" description: TanStack Start 1.0 is stable and ready for production. Deploy it to Appwrite Sites with server-side rendering, server functions, and API routes. date: 2026-10-14 cover: /images/blog/tanstack-start-stable-appwrite-sites/cover.avif timeToRead: 4 author: atharva category: products featured: false faqs: - question: "Does Appwrite Sites support TanStack Start 1.0?" answer: "Yes. Appwrite Sites builds TanStack Start 1.0 with Vite 8 and serves it with server-side rendering. Server functions, API routes, and every SSR mode run from the same deployment." - question: "Do I need to change my site settings after I upgrade to TanStack Start 1.0?" answer: "No. The output directory depends on whether your app uses the Nitro plugin, and upgrading doesn't change that. Push the upgrade, and Appwrite Sites builds a new deployment with Vite 8." - question: "Which output directory does a TanStack Start site use?" answer: "If `vite.config.ts` uses the Nitro plugin from `nitro/vite`, the build writes to `.output`, so set the output directory to `./.output`. Without it, the build writes to `dist`, so set it to `./dist`." - question: "Can I stay on Vite 7?" answer: "Yes, for now. `@tanstack/react-start` 1.168.61 is the last release for Vite 7, and it includes the fix for [CVE-2026-102989](/blog/post/tanstack-start-server-function-xss). Install it with `npm install @tanstack/react-start@1.168 @tanstack/react-router@1.170.42`." --- On October 13, 2026, TanStack declared [TanStack Start 1.0 stable](https://tanstack.com/blog/tanstack-start-1-0). Teams have run Start in production since its beta, and the release candidate label is now gone. Stable means the TanStack team commits to the APIs: you can build on Start without expecting the way your app works to change under you. TanStack Start 1.0 runs on [Appwrite Sites](/docs/products/sites) today. Sites builds it with Vite 8 and serves server-rendered routes, server functions, and API routes from one deployment. # What TanStack Start 1.0 gives you TanStack Start is a full-stack React framework built on TanStack Router. The 1.0 release locks in its core ideas: - **Type-safe routing.** Routes know their paths, parameters, search parameters, and loader data. When you change one, your editor shows every place that no longer matches. Coding agents get the same help: when an agent changes a route parameter or a server function's input, type errors show it every place it still has to update. - **Rendering per route.** A route can render on the server, load only its data on the server, or render in the browser. - **Typed server functions.** `createServerFn` runs code on the server, and you call it from a loader or an event handler like any other function. Middleware can wrap these calls on both the client and the server. - **Faster server rendering.** TanStack's profiling work raised SSR throughput about five and a half times in their benchmark. # Deploy TanStack Start to Appwrite Sites ![A TanStack Start site deployed on Appwrite Sites](/images/blog/tanstack-start-stable-appwrite-sites/site-overview.avif) 1. Push your app to a GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository. 2. In the [Appwrite Console](https://appwrite.io/console), go to **Sites**, click **Create site**, and connect the repository. 3. Appwrite detects TanStack Start and fills in the build settings. Check **Output directory**: use `./.output` if `vite.config.ts` uses the Nitro plugin, and `./dist` if it doesn't. 4. Add your environment variables and click **Deploy**. After the first deployment, every push to your production branch builds and deploys a new version. # Start from a template ![Creating a site from the TanStack Start starter template](/images/blog/tanstack-start-stable-appwrite-sites/template.avif) Appwrite Sites has two TanStack Start templates, and both run on TanStack Start 1.0: - **TanStack Start starter** connects to your Appwrite project with the Appwrite Web SDK. - **TanStack Start playground** shows server functions, API routes, and each rendering mode in one app. In **Sites**, click **Create site**, set the framework filter under **Clone template** to **TanStack Start**, and select a template. Appwrite fills in the build settings, so you only pick a domain and click **Deploy**. # Upgrade an existing TanStack Start app TanStack Start 1.0 requires Vite 8 and removes a few deprecated APIs, such as `.inputValidator()` on server functions, which is now `.validator()`. Follow TanStack's [migration guide](https://tanstack.com/start/latest/docs/framework/react/migrate-from-release-candidate) for the full list. Raise `@tanstack/react-start`, `@tanstack/react-router`, `vite`, and your Vite plugins in `package.json`, then run `npm install`. Build locally, then commit `package.json` and the lockfile and push. Appwrite Sites builds the new deployment with Vite 8, and your site settings stay the same. # Ship TanStack Start on Appwrite Sites With 1.0, TanStack Start is a production choice with stable APIs. Create a site from your repository or a template, and Appwrite Sites handles the build, the server, and the CDN. # Resources - [Deploy TanStack Start to Appwrite Sites](/docs/products/sites/quick-start/tanstack-start) - [Appwrite Sites documentation](/docs/products/sites) - [TanStack Start 1.0 is Stable](https://tanstack.com/blog/tanstack-start-1-0) - [Migrate from the TanStack Start release candidate](https://tanstack.com/start/latest/docs/framework/react/migrate-from-release-candidate) - [Join the Appwrite Discord](https://appwrite.io/discord)