The Best Nextjs Boilerplates to Launch your SaaS in Days in 2024
Launching a SaaS usually takes weeks. Even though it’s quite easy to find ready-to-use UI components and integrations (like authentification), it’s still a pain to find a proper full tech stack.
A lot of people have been through this; this is why they created their own boilerplates. And some of them are selling them; to make you save time, and sometimes, in the end, money.
In this article, I’m going to list three of the best Nextjs boilerplates, to help you launch your SaaS/product in just a few days.
These boilerplates are listed on the site Indie Dev Tools, on which you’ll find more information about them, and a lot more tools for independent developers and indie hackers (not only boilerplates!).
Why Use a Boilerplate with Nextjs?
Like I said, a boilerplate exists to make you save time.
Let’s take the example of Nextjs. Next.js is a React web development framework created by Vercel, that allows you to generate web application using server-side rendering.
Next being a web dev framework, you can basically use it with any web tool/library you want, for a lot of stuff: database, UI library, payment system, etc. Chosing and setting up all of them is a pain, and takes a lof of time.
Therefore, using a boilerplate (by definition: computer language text that you can reuse with little or no alteration in several different contexts) with Nextjs, gives you an already existing tech stack, with ready to use components.
This is why, it is sometimes useful to spend some money to have your tech stack ready with little efforts.
Deciding which Next boilerplate to use is not that easy, though. It depends on the technology you want to use, and what the boilerplate comes with (and, also, the price!).
This is why I’m going to present the three selected tools by talking about these specific points.
The Best Nextjs Boilerplates
Now, let’s list the three best Nextjs boilerplates available on the market.
1 — ShipFast, best React Boilerplate with Tailwind
ShipFast might be one of the most famous and used Nextjs template on the internet.
It comes with several widely used technologies: MongoDB and Supabase for the server(less), Tailwind as the CSS framework, NextAuth for the authentication (including Google login and magic links), Mailgun, and Stripe for the payment system.
It comes with a lot of ready-to-use components, and seems to be quite often updated.
About the pricing, the boilerplate starts at $169.
2 — Shipixen, Easy to Customize Next js Boilerplate
My second choice is Shipixen. This React boilerplate comes with a lot of different themed and SEO-optimized pages, very easy to customize. The website actually mentions more than 79 components and templates, quite impressive!
This boilerplate, like ShipFast, comes with widely used technologies: Tailwind, TypeScript, Vercel and more.
Shipixen costs $87 for a 3-month license, or $259 for a 1-year licence.
3 — Shipped, the Next.JavaScript Startup Boilerplate for busy founders
Or, at least that’s Shipped’s promise!
This React/Next boilerplate comes as well with ready-to-use components, and even landing pages (with waitlists, pre-sales and affiliate programs included).
For the payments, is uses Stripe’s biggest competitor, Lemon Squeezy. The backend is made with Supabase, and the design with three different libraries/kits: ChakraUI, Tailwind and shadcn/ui.
Shipped has two different prices: $147, for the “startup boilerplate”, and $197, for the “Startup + Chrome Extension Boilerplate” boilerplate.
Where to Find More Next js Boilerplates?
Not convinced by the boilerplates I presented you? Want to use different technologies, back-end tools and UI libraries? Well, there is probably a boilerplate for you.
What I recommend is use the Indie Dev Tools website, which as a dedicated category for boilerplates (not only for Nextjs!).
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