Best SaaS Boilerplates for Founders in 2026
Best SaaS boilerplates for founders in 2026 — what they actually include, pricing, Next.js vs other frameworks, and how to pick the right starting point.
A SaaS boilerplate is a bet. You're betting that the infrastructure choices someone else made — auth provider, payment processor, database, email service — align with what your product needs. When the bet pays off, you save weeks. When it doesn't, you spend weeks undoing it. Here's what the current options actually include.
Shipfast — The most battle-tested paid boilerplate
Shipfast (by Marc Lou) is the most widely used paid SaaS boilerplate in 2026. It includes Next.js, Supabase or MongoDB for auth and database, Stripe or Lemon Squeezy for payments, Resend for email, SEO components, and a landing page template. The one-time price ($199) buys you a GitHub repository and lifetime updates. The community is large (30,000+ makers) which means you can find answers when something doesn't work. The opinionation is a tradeoff — if you want different payment or auth providers, you'll be reworking significant portions. Best for: founders who want the most widely-used boilerplate with strong community support and are comfortable with its stack choices.
Supastarter — Supabase-native, comprehensive
Supastarter is specifically built around Supabase. You get Next.js, Supabase for auth/database/storage, Stripe or Lemon Squeezy, Resend, multi-tenancy support (organizations/teams), internationalization, an admin panel, and thorough documentation. It's more complete than Shipfast out of the box — particularly the multi-tenancy and i18n support, which most boilerplates treat as afterthoughts. Price: $249 one-time. Best for: founders building B2B SaaS with multi-tenant requirements who want Supabase as the primary backend.
Makerkit — SaaS toolkit with team features
Makerkit is another comprehensive Next.js + Supabase boilerplate with strong team/organization features baked in from the start. It also has a Vue + Firebase version if you prefer that stack. The documentation is thorough and the codebase is structured in a way that's easier to modify than some alternatives. Subscription pricing ($99/month or $299/year) rather than one-time, which is worth factoring in. Best for: founders who want a maintained, subscription-supported boilerplate with good documentation and team feature support.
create-t3-app — The free, community-standard alternative
T3 App (from the @theo community) is the most popular free boilerplate for Next.js. It wires together TypeScript, tRPC, Prisma, Tailwind CSS, and NextAuth — giving you end-to-end type safety from database to frontend. It's opinionated about types and developer experience, not about SaaS features. It doesn't include a landing page, pricing tables, or pre-built auth UI — you build those. But the underlying stack choices are excellent and widely supported. Free, open-source. Best for: developer-founders who want the type-safe Next.js stack with maximum flexibility and are comfortable building the SaaS layer themselves.
Blitz.js — Full-stack with a different paradigm
Blitz.js is a full-stack React framework built on Next.js that adds "zero-API" data layer — you write server functions and call them directly from the frontend without REST or GraphQL boilerplate. The conventions reduce the kind of plumbing code you write repeatedly in every SaaS. Less popular than T3 App but the productivity model is genuinely different and faster for certain project types. Free, open-source. Best for: developer-founders who find the REST/GraphQL layer overhead frustrating and want a more Rails-like server/client integration.
nextjs-boilerplate (Ixartz) — Free and regularly updated
The nextjs-boilerplate by Ixartz is a well-maintained free boilerplate that includes Next.js 14+, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Clerk or NextAuth, Drizzle ORM, Stripe, and testing setup. It's regularly updated as the ecosystem evolves, which is more than can be said for many free boilerplates that go stale. A good choice if you want a free starting point that includes the auth and payments wiring without paying for Shipfast. Free, open-source. Best for: founders who want a free, maintained starting point with auth and payments included and are happy with the Clerk/Drizzle stack.
The honest framing: a boilerplate is not a shortcut to an idea — it's a shortcut to infrastructure setup. If your idea is wrong, a boilerplate doesn't help. If your idea is right but you're spending three weeks on auth and payment plumbing, a boilerplate does help. Pay for one only if the specific stack it includes aligns with what you'd build yourself.
One caution: avoid choosing a boilerplate because it includes every feature. More features in a starting point means more code to understand, more opinions to fight against, and more surface area for bugs. The best boilerplate is the minimal one that covers your core infrastructure needs.
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