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Next.js Starter Kit (Michael Shimeles)

The Ulimate Nextjs Starter Kit. Build your next SAAS product of your dreams. Batteries included.

Dormant2+ majors behindFree
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Why this verdict

  • No commits in 90 days; last commit 286 days ago.
  • Vercel AI SDK 4 declared; latest is 7 (3 majors behind).
  • Drizzle 0.43.1 declared; latest is 0.45.3 (0.x releases can break).
  • Next.js 15 declared; latest is 16 (1 major behind).
  • Zod 3 declared; latest is 4 (1 major behind).
  • On current major: Better Auth, React, Tailwind CSS.
  • Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 5 → 7.
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  • No license detected: check terms before commercial use.
  • Two or more breaking releases behind on a core dependency.

Dependency freshness

PackageDeclaredLatestStatus
Vercel AI SDK ai4.3.167.0.1163 majors behind
TypeScript typescript5.0.07.0.2Behind, not counted
Drizzle drizzle-orm0.43.10.45.31 major behind
Next.js next15.3.816.3.61 major behind
Zod zod3.24.34.6.51 major behind
Better Auth better-auth1.2.81.7.6Current
React react19.0.019.3.0Current
Tailwind CSS tailwindcss4.1.74.3.3Current

Declared = lowest version the kit's package.json allows. Latest = npm "latest" tag. TypeScript and the Stripe SDK are shown but not counted in the verdict.

What's in the stack

Framework
Next.js
Payments
Polar
Database / ORM
Drizzle, Neon, node-postgres
API layer
TanStack Query
Monitoring
PostHog, Vercel Analytics

Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.

What the README says you get

  • AI
    OpenAI chatbotPowered chatbot
  • Analytics
    PostHog integrationIntegration for product analytics
  • Auth
    Better Auth v1.2.8Modern authentication system
  • Billing
    Polar.sh integrationIntegration for subscription management

Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (qwen3.5:4b) on Sep 26, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 6 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.

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