Preview mode

[mfanuzzi]

Are there any plans to add a Next.js-like preview mode?

When building CMS-driven sites with Gatsby for clients, this has often been a sticking point. Yes, Gatsby Cloud works and is great, but that's not always a feasible option (whether due to cost, client hosting requirements, etc.) More simply, at an architectural level, it'd be great to not require a live server running 24/7 to support this functionality.

I gather, from working with both, that Gatsby's build process is fundamentally more complex than Next's, so perhaps this will never be possible. And as incremental builds become faster and faster this could become less of an issue. But for the foreseeable future it definitely is an issue, sometimes the deciding one, when we're weighing which framework to use for a new site.

I'd love to know if this is a feature you've discussed internally or that might ever make it live. It'd be a game changer for sure.