---
title: Using Chakra UI in Next.js (App)
description: A guide for installing Chakra UI with Next.js app directory
---
## Templates
Use one of the following templates to get started quickly. The templates are
configured correctly to use Chakra UI.
:::card-group
:::
## Installation
> The minimum node version required is Node.20.x
:::steps
### Install dependencies
```bash
npm i @chakra-ui/react @emotion/react
```
### Add snippets
Snippets are pre-built components that you can use to build your UI faster.
Using the `@chakra-ui/cli` you can add snippets to your project.
```bash
npx @chakra-ui/cli snippet add
```
### Update tsconfig
If you're using TypeScript, you need to update the `compilerOptions` in the
tsconfig file to include the following options:
```json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "ESNext",
"module": "ESNext",
"moduleResolution": "Bundler",
"skipLibCheck": true,
"paths": {
"@/*": ["./src/*"]
}
}
}
```
> If you're using JavaScript, create a `jsconfig.json` file and add the above
> code to the file.
### Setup provider
Wrap your application with the `Provider` component generated in the
`components/ui/provider` component at the root of your application.
This provider composes the following:
- `ChakraProvider` from `@chakra-ui/react` for the styling system
- `ThemeProvider` from `next-themes` for color mode
```tsx title="app/layout.tsx" {1,6,8}
import { Provider } from "@/components/ui/provider"
export default function RootLayout(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
const { children } = props
return (
{children}
)
}
```
> Adding the `suppressHydrationWarning` prop to the `html` element is required
> to prevent the warning about the `next-themes` library.
### Optimize Bundle
We recommend using the `experimental.optimizePackageImports` feature in Next.js
to optimize your bundle size by loading only the modules that you are actually
using.
```tsx title="next.config.mjs" {3}
export default {
experimental: {
optimizePackageImports: ["@chakra-ui/react"],
},
}
```
This also helps to resolve warnings like:
```sh
[webpack.cache.PackFileCacheStrategy] Serializing big strings (xxxkiB)
```
### Hydration errors
If you see an error like this: **Hydration failed because the initial server
rendered HTML did not match the client**, and the error looks similar to:
```diff
+
-