Cloudflare just slop forked Next.js…

Cloudflare released VNext, a from-scratch reimplementation of the Next.js API built on Vite, enabling Next.js apps to be deployed anywhere without relying on Vercel's proprietary runtime. Built in roughly a week using AI assistance at a cost of ~$1,100 in tokens, it achieves 94% Next.js API coverage. Benchmarks show up to 4.4x faster production builds and 57% smaller client bundles compared to standard Next.js, largely due to Vite and the Rust-based Rolldown bundler. Vercel's leadership publicly criticized the project as a 'slop fork' and highlighted security vulnerabilities. A practical migration demo is shown using Cursor and a Cloudflare-provided agent skill, though the project is considered too early for production use.