SaaS starters · Rank #44
ShipFree
Grade B: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
Open Source Next.js Saas Boilerplate
Why this verdict
How we check →- No commits in 90 days; last commit 113 days ago. receipt ↗
- On current major: Better Auth, Drizzle, Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Zod. receipt ↗
- Not counted in verdict: Stripe SDK 20 → 23, TypeScript 5 → 7. receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit 3b72a6f on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:05 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stripe SDK stripe | 20.1.2 | 23.0.0 | Behind, not counted |
| TypeScript typescript | 5.0.0 | 7.0.2 | Behind, not counted |
| Better Auth better-auth | 1.4.10 | 1.7.11 | Current |
| Drizzle drizzle-orm | 0.45.1 | 0.45.4 | Current |
| Next.js next | 16.1.1 | 16.4.2 | Current |
| React react | 19.2.3 | 19.3.1 | Current |
| Tailwind CSS tailwindcss | 4.0.0 | 4.3.3 | Current |
| Zod zod | 4.3.5 | 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, Lemon Squeezy, Polar
- Database / ORM
- Drizzle, Postgres.js
- Resend, Nodemailer, React Email
- API layer
- TanStack Query
- Monitoring
- Sentry
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AuthBetter-Auth authentication
User authentication with Better-Auth
- BillingMultiple billing providers
Stripe, Polar, Autumn Billing, Dodo Payments, Commet and Creem integration
- DataDrizzle ORM with Postgres
Drizzle ORM and Postgres for database operations
- EmailMultiple email providers
Email messaging via Resend, Postmark, Plunk, and Nodemailer
- i18nInternationalization with next-intl
Internationalization (i18n) with next-intl supporting English, French, and Spanish
- i18nAutomatic locale routing
automatic locale routing
- i18nInternationalized navigation components
internationalized versions of Next.js navigation components and hooks
- i18nLocale-aware Link component
Internationalized Link component that automatically prefixes routes with the current locale
- i18nLocale-preserving redirect
Server-side redirect function that preserves locale
- i18nLocale-aware navigation hooks
Hook for programmatic navigation with locale support
- i18nLanguage switcher
localeNames object in components/language-switcher.tsx
- OtherSEO optimization
SEO Optimization
- OtherBun runtime and package manager
Bun as runtime and package manager
- UIModern UI stack
Modern UI built with Next.js, TailwindCSS, and BaseUI
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. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
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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 | Slowing | Current deps | 0 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Slowing | Current deps | 0 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Slowing | Current deps | 0 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Slowing | Current deps | 0 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | Slowing | Current deps | 0 |
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 3b72a6f)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)