inertia-rails-ssr

Enabling server-side rendering for an Inertia.js Rails app involves creating an SSR entry point, updating Vite Ruby and inertia_rails.rb configurations, and adjusting client hydration. This pre-renders pages to improve SEO and deliver faster initial content.

The best way to configure SSR with Inertia Rails and Vite Ruby is to create an app/frontend/ssr/ssr.js entry point, update config/vite.json, and enable SSR in config/initializers/inertia_rails.rb to handle page pre-rendering and head injection.

Yes, Inertia Rails SSR works with both Vue 3 and React. You need to set up the respective server-side rendering logic in your app/frontend/ssr/ssr.js entry point to render pages server-side for either framework.

To add an SSR entry point for Inertia Rails, create app/frontend/ssr/ssr.js with the server setup for Vue 3 or React. You then update client entry points for hydration and include inertia_ssr_head in your layout for meta tags.

Yes, you need Node.js to run Inertia Rails server-side rendering. The process requires Node.js alongside Vite Ruby to build the SSR entry point and execute the server-side rendering via bin/vite build --ssr and bin/vite ssr.

You should use SSR with Inertia Rails to enable search indexing for SEO-critical pages, deliver faster initial content load, and provide basic navigation capabilities when JavaScript is unavailable in the browser.