Engineering
React Flow SSR, Prerender, and Hydration Caveats in Full-Stack Apps
What to render on the server, how to avoid window mismatches, and patterns for static marketing previews of graphs.
2025-03-169 min readReact Flow, SSR, Hydration
React Flow relies on browser geometry. Gate interactive mounts behind client-only boundaries or dynamic import. For SEO, prerender simplified SVG previews or descriptive text summaries alongside the live canvas.
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