RedwoodJS Example

The RedwoodJS Example is a Vercel-ready boilerplate that pairs a RedwoodJS application with Serverless Functions and deploys with zero configuration.

What is the RedwoodJS Example?

The RedwoodJS Example is a starter project in the vercel/examples repository that packages a RedwoodJS app together with Vercel Serverless Functions. It takes a standard RedwoodJS project structure as input and produces a deployed application on Vercel without any build or routing configuration on your part. A live instance runs at redwood-template.vercel.app. The example is maintained inside the vercel/examples collection (a repository with roughly 5,160 stars), whose stated purpose is a curated set of examples and solutions for building applications.

What makes the RedwoodJS Example stand out?

• Zero-configuration Vercel deployment — the project builds and deploys on Vercel with no manual framework settings, because the platform recognizes it as the RedwoodJS framework boilerplate.
• Serverless Functions included — the example ships APIs as Vercel Serverless Functions rather than a long-running server, so backend endpoints scale per request.
• One-click Deploy button — the deploy link points to vercel.com/new/clone with the repository URL for vercel/examples/tree/main/framework-boilerplates/redwoodjs and the template value set to redwoodjs, cloning the project into your own Vercel account.
• Redwood CLI scaffolding path — the project can be recreated locally with yarn create redwood-app ./my-redwood-app, the RedwoodJS installation command linked from the RedwoodJS tutorial.
• Yarn-based tooling — the setup instructions use Yarn as the package manager for initializing the app.
• Public live example — redwood-template.vercel.app lets you inspect the deployed output before committing to the template.
• Part of the vercel/examples monorepo — the example lives alongside other framework boilerplates under framework-boilerplates, so it inherits the repository's structure and conventions.

Who is it for?

• RedwoodJS developers who want to deploy an existing or new RedwoodJS project to Vercel using the platform's serverless runtime instead of a persistent Node server.
• Full-stack JavaScript teams evaluating how RedwoodJS's frontend and backend layers behave on a serverless platform before migrating a production app.
• Developers learning RedwoodJS who want a known-good starting point rather than assembling configuration from scratch.
• Prototypers who need a live URL quickly via the Deploy button and want to iterate from a working baseline.

What can you do with the RedwoodJS Example?

• Deploy a working app in minutes: click the Deploy with Vercel button, authorize the clone of the redwoodjs template, and get a live URL with serverless functions attached.
• Bootstrap a local project: run yarn create redwood-app ./my-redwood-app to generate a RedwoodJS app, then apply the example's Vercel configuration for deployment.
• Test serverless endpoints: use the bundled Serverless Functions as a reference for writing request-handling API routes that run on Vercel.
• Compare frameworks: use this example alongside the other framework boilerplates in vercel/examples to see how different frameworks map onto the same deployment target.

How does the RedwoodJS Example work?

Initialization happens either through the RedwoodJS CLI with yarn create redwood-app ./my-redwood-app, or by cloning the template through the Vercel Deploy button. Once on Vercel, the RedwoodJS app is built and its backend code is exposed as Serverless Functions, and the example requires no extra configuration to produce a running deployment.

FAQ

What is the RedwoodJS Example?

It is a RedwoodJS application combined with Vercel Serverless Functions, published in the vercel/examples repository as a framework boilerplate. Cloning it gives you a RedwoodJS project that builds and deploys on Vercel without manual configuration.

Is the RedwoodJS Example free?

The example is published openly in the vercel/examples repository and can be cloned at no cost. Deployment runs on your own Vercel account, so any limits or billing come from your Vercel plan rather than from the example itself.

How do I deploy the RedwoodJS Example to Vercel?

Use the Deploy with Vercel button, which opens vercel.com/new/clone with the redwoodjs template repository already filled in, or import the framework-boilerplates/redwoodjs directory into a new Vercel project. No build settings need changing.

What framework does the RedwoodJS Example use?

It is built on RedwoodJS, whose tooling is driven by Yarn and scaffolded with the yarn create redwood-app command. The backend portion of the example is implemented as Vercel Serverless Functions rather than a persistent server process.