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title: API Reference
description: Next.js API Reference for the App Router.
url: "https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference"
version: 16.2.2
lastUpdated: 2026-04-02
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- [Directives](/docs/app/api-reference/directives)
  - Directives are used to modify the behavior of your Next.js application.
- [Components](/docs/app/api-reference/components)
  - API Reference for Next.js built-in components.
- [File-system conventions](/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions)
  - API Reference for Next.js file-system conventions.
- [Functions](/docs/app/api-reference/functions)
  - API Reference for Next.js Functions and Hooks.
- [Configuration](/docs/app/api-reference/config)
  - Learn how to configure Next.js applications.
- [CLI](/docs/app/api-reference/cli)
  - API Reference for the Next.js Command Line Interface (CLI) tools.
- [Adapters](/docs/app/api-reference/adapters)
  - Build deployment adapters for Next.js platforms and infrastructure.
- [Edge Runtime](/docs/app/api-reference/edge)
  - API Reference for the Edge Runtime.
- [Turbopack](/docs/app/api-reference/turbopack)
  - Turbopack is an incremental bundler optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust, and built into Next.js.

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For a semantic overview of all documentation, see [/docs/sitemap.md](/docs/sitemap.md)

For an index of all available documentation, see [/docs/llms.txt](/docs/llms.txt)