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Catalyst (Agentic Next.js)
Grade A: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
Agentic Next.js Boilerplate
Why this verdict
How we check →- 162 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (16 in the last 30). receipt ↗
- On current major: Better Auth, Next.js, Prisma, React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC, Zod. receipt ↗
- Not counted in verdict: Stripe SDK 22 → 23, TypeScript 6 → 7. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit e600749 on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:08 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
- No license detected: check terms before commercial use.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stripe SDK stripe | 22.3.0 | 23.0.0 | Behind, not counted |
| TypeScript typescript | 6.0.3 | 7.0.2 | Behind, not counted |
| Better Auth better-auth | 1.6.29 | 1.7.11 | Current |
| Next.js next | 16.3.0 | 16.4.2 | Current |
| Prisma @prisma/client | 7.8.0 | 7.10.1 | Current |
| React react | 19.2.7 | 19.3.1 | Current |
| Tailwind CSS tailwindcss | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | Current |
| tRPC @trpc/server | 11.18.0 | 11.19.0 | Current |
| Zod zod | 4.4.3 | 4.6.7 | Current |
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Framework
- Next.js
- Auth
- Better Auth
- Payments
- Stripe
- Database / ORM
- Prisma
- React Email
- API layer
- tRPC, TanStack Query
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AIRead-only MCP server
read-only MCP server at POST /api/mcp
- AnalyticsGoogle Analytics and Tag Manager
enable Google Analytics and/or Google Tag Manager
- AuthBetter Auth authentication
uses Better Auth for authentication
- BillingStripe payments
uses Stripe for payment processing
- BillingStripe Billing Portal
helper function defined in src/lib/stripe.ts to create a session for the billing portal
- DataPrisma with PostgreSQL
uses Prisma to interact with the database
- DeployDocker support
Docker
- DeployGitHub Actions CI/CD
uses GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment
- EmailAmazon SES email
Amazon SES
- EmailReact Email templates
React Email
- OtherWinston logging
uses Winston as the default logger
- UITailwind CSS and shadcn/ui
Tailwind CSS · shadcn/ui
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 2 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
Watch Catalyst (Agentic Next.js)
Get told if it goes dormant, gets archived, falls further behind on a core dependency, or changes its license or price.
History
Sep 26, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
Show as a table
| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Active | Current deps | 162 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Active | Current deps | 162 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Active | Current deps | 185 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Active | Current deps | 185 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | Active | Current deps | 185 |
Sources
Every claim on this page comes from these public records, checked . Open them to verify.
- Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit e600749)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)