Can a NextJS app also serve as the backend server for a native mobile app?

[winter oriole]

As I understand it, NextJS is a full stack framework, similar to Ruby on Rails. With that in mind, is it reasonable to consider utilizing some feature of it, I'm guessing API routes / routing, to serve a native client the same way I would if using Node + Express?

With the paradigm shift to Server-rendered components as first class citizens, are there any issues or redundancy with this design?

Thank you

[old wind]

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[wispy haven]

You could. If you needed multiple front-end implementations, I'd just write the API outside of Next. My preference is Nest.

[winter oriole]

Could I throw Express into a non-routed directory and serve it simultaneously?