Burt Stack: One of Our Favorite Tech Stacks for Digital Products

Burt Stack · Engineering Foundations & Developer Tooling

The Opportunity

Burt is one of our favorite tech stacks for digital products — built around Bun, React, and tRPC, with one defining feature: the entire app compiles into a single binary. That makes it ideal for on-premises and air-gapped deployments where Node.js or internet access cannot be assumed.

The Core Stack

• Bun — A fast JavaScript runtime and toolchain.
• React — UI for data-dense interfaces.
• tRPC — End-to-end type-safe APIs, no code generation.
• TanStack Router, Query, Form — Routing, data fetching, and forms with full type safety.
• Shadcn/ui & Tailwind CSS — Composable components and utility-first styling.
• Zod — Shared schema validation across client and server.

Single-Binary Deployment

Burt compiles frontend, backend, and assets into one executable that runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. No runtime to install, no dependencies to vendor — just copy the binary and run it as a service. This is what allowed us to ship EIS directly into client facilities worldwide.

Extending the Stack

For public-facing products, we extend Burt with Next.js, Hono, Drizzle ORM, Neon / PostgreSQL, Better Auth, next-intl, and GSAP. The same toolset powers the Inalcom and ExtrusionSim websites, Mox Systems, and Aluforever.

The Impact

A deliberately chosen tech stack like Burt lets us deliver faster, hand off cleaner code, and ship software that keeps working — in the cloud, on a corporate intranet, or on a single machine in an air-gapped plant.

The template is open source on GitHub, with a live overview at burt.verkron.com.