Wasp Has a Free Full-Stack Framework — Build React + Node.js Apps 10x Faster

#webdev #react #node #fullstack

Wasp is a full-stack web framework that generates React + Node.js apps from a simple DSL.

What You Get for Free

Full-stack in one file — define routes, queries, actions, auth in .wasp config
React frontend — generated with best practices
Node.js backend — Express + Prisma, auto-generated
Authentication — email/password, Google, GitHub (one line of config)
Database — Prisma ORM with automatic migrations
Full-stack type safety — TypeScript end-to-end
Jobs — background jobs and cron scheduling
Email sending — built-in email support
One-click deploy — Fly.io deployment built in
AI-generated apps — usemage.ai generates full Wasp apps from prompts

Quick Start

curl -sSL https://get.wasp-lang.dev/installer.sh | sh
wasp new myapp
cd myapp && wasp start

// main.wasp — this generates your entire app
app myApp {
  title: "My App",
  auth: {
    userEntity: User,
    methods: { google: {} }
  }
}

route HomeRoute { path: "/", to: HomePage }
page HomePage { component: import { Home } from "@src/pages/Home" }

query getTasks { fn: import { getTasks } from "@src/queries", entities: [Task] }
action createTask { fn: import { createTask } from "@src/actions", entities: [Task] }

Why Developers Choose It

Next.js gives you frontend. Express gives you backend. You wire them together:

Wasp gives you both — auth, database, API, frontend in minutes
Less boilerplate — 10x fewer files than Next.js + Express
Full-stack type safety — queries/actions typed end-to-end
Built-in auth — no passport.js, no NextAuth config

A solo developer was spending 2 days setting up auth + database + API for every new project. With Wasp, the full stack — including Google auth, PostgreSQL, and type-safe queries — was running in 15 minutes.