patrickjs/qwik-ssg-csr-only — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2024-09-23
Deploy a Qwik site with no backend server by switching entirely to client-side rendering.
Build a frontend that fetches data from a third-party API using a Vite proxy to avoid CORS issues.
Learn how to write custom data-fetching with useResource instead of Qwik's server-side loaders.
Handle form submissions with signals and Modular Forms in a client-side-only Qwik setup.
| patrickjs/qwik-ssg-csr-only | arpitbhalla/ts-backend | bmschmidt/pandoc-tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last pushed | 2024-09-23 | 2022-06-09 | 2023-04-30 |
| Maintenance | Stale | Dormant | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Server-only Qwik features like server$ and route loaders don't work in this client-side-only setup.
This repository shows how to build a website using Qwik (a web framework) that runs entirely in the browser after initial load, without any server-side rendering. In simpler terms: the site loads a basic HTML shell, then all the interactive features and data-fetching happen on your user's computer rather than on your server. Normally, Qwik lets you render pages on the server before sending them to users, which can make sites faster and more SEO-friendly. This project takes a different approach, it uses Qwik's static site generation (SSG) feature to create the initial HTML files, but then switches everything over to client-side rendering (CSR). The tradeoff is that you lose some convenient server-side tools, but you gain a simpler setup that requires less backend infrastructure. The main limitation is that certain Qwik features designed for servers don't work here. For example, you can't use server$ (a way to securely run code on your backend) or built-in route loaders, instead, you have to write your own data-fetching code using useResource. If you need form submissions and actions, you have to use signals (Qwik's state management) instead of the framework's built-in action system, though the README mentions that Modular Forms (a form library) has a signals-only mode that works with this approach. This setup would appeal to developers who want to deploy a simple, client-side-only web app without maintaining a backend server. It's useful if you're building a site that talks to a third-party API, the README notes you can configure Vite (the build tool) with a proxy to handle CORS issues when your frontend makes requests to external APIs. This is a stripped-down example meant to show how the pieces fit together when you deliberately skip server-side rendering.
An example project showing how to build a Qwik site that runs entirely client-side, with static HTML generation but no server-side rendering.
Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes Qwik, TypeScript, Vite.
Stale — no commits in 1-2 years (last push 2024-09-23).
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
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