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NextNative is a Next.js boilerplate that’s already set up to work with Capacitor, so you can build iOS and Android apps using the same web tech you already know. I’ve always loved using Next.js and have built a bunch of web apps with it. At some point, I wanted to try mobile development. I knew about React Native, but it didn’t really click for me. You have to give up things like Tailwind CSS, and there’s a whole new way of doing things that didn’t feel familiar or fun to learn. So I started wondering if there was a way to just keep writing regular web code and still build mobile apps. That’s when I found Capacitor, and it was a total game-changer. A few months later, I built my first mobile app, Lasting Habits, and launched it on the App Store. Along the way, I realized how much work it was to set up all the basics—auth, payments, databases, and all that stuff. The trickiest part was getting Next.js API routes to work properly with Capacitor. Once I figured it out, I thought, “Why not bundle all this up and save other devs a ton of time?” So that’s what I did. I built NextNative to help developers skip the boring setup and get straight to building. If you want to ship mobile apps without the headache, NextNative’s here for that.