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description: Next.js allows you to serve static files, like images, in the public directory. You can learn how it works here.
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# Static File Serving
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Next.js can serve static files, like images, under a folder called `public` in the root directory. Files inside `public` can then be referenced by your code starting from the base URL (`/`).
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For example, if you add an image to `public/my-image.png`, the following code will access the image:
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```jsx
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function MyImage() {
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return <img src="/my-image.png" alt="my image" />
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}
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export default MyImage
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```
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> Don't name the `public` directory anything else. The name can't be changed and is the only directory that **Next.js** uses to serve static assets.
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> If you ever add a static asset that conflicts with the name of a page in the `pages` directory, the public file will be ignored in favor of the file in `pages`.
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