Indie Dev & Website Building next-mdx-remote was archived in April 2026 and Contentlayer is unmaintained. Here is what actually works for a Next.js 16 content site now — core MDX on RSC, next-mdx-remote-client, mdx-bundler, contentlayer2, and Velite, compared on DX, build time, and lock-in.
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