ShipFast

ShipFast is Marc Lou's opinionated NextJS boilerplate that wires up auth, payments, transactional email, database, SEO and a blog up front so solo founders can launch a money-making web app in days instead of weeks.

What is ShipFast?

ShipFast is the best-selling Next.js starter kit from Marc Lou, the indie hacker Product Hunt named Maker of the Year 2023, who uses it daily across his own portfolio of launched products. One one-time payment gets you a private GitHub repo containing a production-ready Next.js codebase — Google OAuth and magic-link login via NextAuth, Stripe or Lemon Squeezy payments with the webhook handler already written, Mailgun or Resend transactional email with DKIM/DMARC/SPF deliverability docs, MongoDB or Supabase database wiring, SEO tags, an MDX blog and a library of landing-page components — in both JavaScript and TypeScript flavors and both the /app and /pages routers. Around the code sits a package of community and marketing extras: a Discord of 5,000+ makers, Stripe-verified revenue leaderboards, ChatGPT prompts for generating terms and privacy pages, and roughly $1,210 in partner discounts on tools like Rewardful and Typefully. There is no independent structured review footprint — no TrustRadius or G2 scores — but third-party reviewers cite a 4.9/5 average across roughly 124 testimonials shown on the vendor's own site, 8,396 claimed users, and over $1M in lifetime sales for the boilerplate itself by the end of 2024. Three one-time tiers ($199 Starter, $249 All-in, $299 with the CodeFast course) all carry lifetime updates and an unlimited-projects license, with no subscription — and no refunds once repo access is granted.

Key Features

• **Auth ready to go** — Google OAuth and magic-link email login on NextAuth with protected API routes, working on day one.
• **Payments wired end-to-end** — Stripe subscriptions and one-off payments (or Lemon Squeezy) including the webhook handler most projects get wrong.
• **Transactional email** — Mailgun or Resend sending, plus documented DNS setup (DKIM, DMARC, SPF) so mail doesn't land in spam.
• **Database choice** — MongoDB or Supabase connection flows pre-built, swappable if you prefer another provider.
• **SEO & blog** — meta-tag helpers and a full MDX blog with copy-and-paste pricing, FAQ and testimonial sections.
• **Dual-flavor repos** — choose JavaScript or TypeScript and /app or /pages router when you claim access.
• **AI-editor friendly** — a complete, convention-consistent codebase gives Cursor, Claude Code or Copilot context to generate features in your style.
• **Discord community & leaderboards** — 5,000+ makers plus Stripe-verified revenue leaderboards for accountability and exposure.
• **Terms & privacy prompts** — ChatGPT prompts that draft legal pages, alongside ~$1,210 of partner discounts on marketing tools.

Who is it for?

• Solo founders and indie hackers building B2C SaaS or AI tools on Next.js who want to launch in days.
• Developers who have already built auth and payments once and happily never want to again.
• Serial shippers: the unlimited-projects license rewards anyone validating several small products a year.
• First-time builders who want a paved road plus the largest community in the category to unblock them.
• AI-first developers pairing Cursor, Claude Code or Copilot with a consistent, well-structured codebase.

Who is it NOT for?

• B2B SaaS needing teams, organizations, RBAC or per-org billing from day one — look at Makerkit or Supastarter instead.
• Teams of three-plus developers who need enforced architecture and tests; the flat, speed-first structure drifts under heavy customization.
• Anyone not committed to Next.js — nothing here carries over to other frameworks.
• Buyers who need to evaluate before paying: there's no trial, and refunds stop the moment repo access is granted.