Contentlayer Has a Free API: Type-Safe Content for Next.js Applications

What is Contentlayer? Contentlayer transforms your content (Markdown, MDX, JSON) into type-safe, validated data that integrates seamlessly with Next.js. Think of it as a content SDK that turns your files into a queryable, type-checked database. No CMS needed. No API calls. Just files → types → components. Quick Setup npm install contentlayer2 next-contentlayer2 Note: The community fork contentlayer2 is the actively maintained version. Define Your Content Schema // contentlayer.config.ts import { defineDocumentType , makeSource } from " contentlayer2/source-files " ; export const Post = defineDocumentType (() => ({ name : " Post " , filePathPattern : " posts/**/*.mdx " , contentType : " mdx " , fields : { title : { type : " string " , required : true }, date : { type : " date " , required : true }, description : { type : " string " , required : true }, published : { type : " boolean " , default : true }, tags : { type : " list " , of : { type : " string " } }, }, computedFields : { slug