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Tech Stack

Learn about the powerful technologies and tools that make NEXTDEVKIT a comprehensive and modern starter kit.

For a better understanding of the codebase, let's go over the tools and libraries that NEXTDEVKIT uses and why we chose them. This modern tech stack ensures you're building with the latest and most reliable technologies, with a strong focus on AI-friendliness and developer experience.

NEXTDEVKIT Tech Stack

Core Framework

Next.js 15

Next.js is one of the most popular React frameworks, providing both client and server-side rendering capabilities. We use Next.js 15 with the App Router and React 19 for:

  • Server-side rendering (SSR) for improved SEO and performance
  • Server Actions for server-side data processing
  • API routes to serve backend functionality
  • App Router for modern routing with layouts and nested routes
  • React 19 support with the latest React features
  • Built-in optimization for images, fonts, and scripts
  • Turbopack for faster development builds

React 19

The latest React version with cutting-edge features:

  • Server Components - Run components on the server for better performance
  • Actions - Simplified form handling and data mutations
  • Improved Hooks - Better useEffect and useState behaviors
  • Automatic batching - Enhanced rendering performance

Database & ORM

Drizzle ORM

Drizzle ORM is a lightweight TypeScript ORM that helps you access your database in a type-safe way. We chose Drizzle for:

  • Type safety - Generate TypeScript types automatically from your schema
  • SQL-like syntax - Write queries that feel natural to SQL developers
  • Zero runtime overhead - Compiles to efficient SQL queries
  • Multiple database support - Works with PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, D1, and more
  • Migration system - Easy schema migrations and version control
  • Edge compatibility - Perfect for serverless and edge environments
  • Drizzle Kit - Powerful CLI tool for migrations and database management

Drizzle Zod

Drizzle Zod integration for runtime validation:

  • Schema validation - Automatic Zod schema generation from Drizzle schemas
  • Type inference - Full TypeScript type inference
  • Form validation - Perfect for form handling with React Hook Form

Authentication

Better Auth

Better Auth is a modern authentication library that provides flexible and secure authentication solutions. We use it for:

  • Multiple authentication methods - Email/password, social logins, magic links
  • Session management - Secure session handling with customizable options
  • Social providers - Built-in support for Google, GitHub, Discord, and more
  • Type safety - Full TypeScript support with auto-generated types
  • Database agnostic - Works with any database through adapters
  • Customizable - Full control over authentication flow and user data
  • Security features - Built-in CSRF protection, rate limiting, and more

UI & Styling

Tailwind CSS 4

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that enables rapid UI development. We use the latest v4 for:

  • Utility-first approach - Build custom designs without writing CSS
  • Responsive design - Mobile-first responsive utilities
  • Dark mode support - Built-in dark mode capabilities
  • Customizable - Easy theme customization through configuration
  • Performance - Automatic purging of unused styles
  • PostCSS integration - Modern CSS processing
  • AI-friendly - AI tools excel at generating Tailwind code

Shadcn/UI

Shadcn/UI provides beautifully designed, accessible components built on top of Radix UI. Benefits include:

  • Accessible by default - ARIA compliant components
  • Customizable - Easy to modify and extend
  • Copy and paste - Own your components, don't depend on a library
  • Consistent design - Cohesive design system
  • TypeScript support - Full type safety
  • Rich ecosystem - Large community with many pre-built components

Radix UI

Radix UI provides low-level UI primitives for building accessible components:

  • Accessibility first - WAI-ARIA compliant components
  • Unstyled - Complete control over styling
  • Composable - Build complex components from simple primitives
  • Keyboard navigation - Full keyboard support
  • Focus management - Proper focus handling

Framer Motion

Framer Motion is a production-ready animation library for React:

  • Declarative animations - Simple, declarative syntax
  • Gesture recognition - Built-in drag, tap, and hover gestures
  • Layout animations - Automatic layout transitions
  • Spring physics - Natural motion with spring animations
  • Server-side rendering - Works with Next.js SSR

Form Handling

React Hook Form

React Hook Form provides performant, flexible forms with easy validation:

  • Performance - Minimizes re-renders
  • Built-in validation - Form validation without extra libraries
  • TypeScript support - Full type safety
  • Flexible - Works with any UI library
  • Resolver integration - Works seamlessly with Zod and other validators

Zod

Zod is a TypeScript-first schema validation library:

  • Type inference - Automatic TypeScript type generation
  • Runtime validation - Validate data at runtime
  • Composable - Build complex schemas from simple ones
  • Error handling - Detailed error messages
  • Integration - Works perfectly with React Hook Form

Data Fetching & State Management

TanStack Query (React Query)

TanStack Query is a powerful data fetching and caching library:

  • Automatic caching - Intelligent data caching strategies
  • Background updates - Automatic background refetching
  • Optimistic updates - Instant UI updates
  • Pagination & infinite scroll - Built-in pagination support
  • DevTools - Excellent debugging experience
  • TypeScript support - Full type safety

Zustand

Zustand provides simple state management:

  • Lightweight - Small bundle size
  • Simple API - Easy to learn and use
  • TypeScript support - Full type safety
  • No boilerplate - Minimal setup required
  • React hooks - Native React integration

Payment Processing

Stripe

Stripe is our primary payment processing solution, providing:

  • Secure payment processing - PCI DSS compliant
  • Subscription management - Recurring billing and subscription handling
  • Global support - Accept payments worldwide
  • Webhook support - Real-time payment event notifications
  • Dashboard - Comprehensive payment analytics and management
  • Strong TypeScript support - Official TypeScript SDK

Creem

Creem is an alternative payment provider with unique advantages:

  • No monthly fees - Cost-effective for indie developers
  • Simple integration - Easy to implement and manage
  • Developer-friendly - Built for indie hackers and small businesses
  • Flexible pricing - Various pricing models including lifetime access
  • Webhook support - Real-time payment notifications

Email & Communication

React Email

React Email enables building beautiful emails with React:

  • React components - Build emails with familiar React syntax
  • Responsive design - Mobile-friendly email layouts
  • Preview mode - Preview emails during development
  • TypeScript support - Full type safety
  • Multiple providers - Works with Resend, SendGrid, and more

Resend

Resend is a modern email API for developers:

  • Simple API - Easy to integrate and use
  • React Email integration - Perfect companion for React Email
  • Reliable delivery - High deliverability rates
  • Email logs - Track email delivery and opens
  • Webhooks - Real-time email event notifications

Notifications

Sonner

Sonner is an opinionated toast component for React:

  • Beautiful design - Great-looking toasts out of the box
  • Customizable - Easy to customize appearance
  • Accessible - Screen reader support
  • Promise handling - Show loading, success, and error states
  • Stacking - Automatic toast stacking and queuing

Data Visualization

Recharts

Recharts is a composable charting library built on React components:

  • Declarative - Build charts with React components
  • Customizable - Full control over chart appearance
  • Responsive - Automatically adapts to container size
  • Animations - Smooth chart transitions
  • TypeScript support - Full type safety
  • Rich chart types - Line, Bar, Area, Pie, and more

Number Flow

@number-flow/react creates smooth animated number transitions:

  • Smooth animations - Beautiful number transitions
  • Lightweight - Small bundle size
  • Accessible - Screen reader friendly
  • Customizable - Flexible styling options

Development Tools

TypeScript

Full TypeScript support throughout the codebase:

  • Type safety - Catch errors at compile time
  • Better IDE support - Enhanced autocomplete and refactoring
  • Self-documenting code - Types serve as documentation
  • Gradual adoption - Can be adopted incrementally

Biome

Biome is a fast formatter and linter for JavaScript, TypeScript, and more:

  • Fast - Significantly faster than ESLint and Prettier
  • All-in-one - Combines formatting and linting
  • ESLint compatible - Familiar rules and configuration
  • Great DX - Excellent error messages
  • Git integration - VCS-aware linting and formatting

Turbopack

Turbopack is Next.js's new bundler for faster development:

  • Incremental compilation - Only recompiles changed files
  • Fast refresh - Lightning-fast hot module replacement
  • Native to Next.js - Optimized for Next.js development
  • Rust-powered - Built with Rust for maximum performance

Internationalization

Next-Intl

Next-Intl provides internationalization support:

  • Type-safe messages - Catch missing translations at compile time
  • Namespace support - Organize translations efficiently
  • Pluralization - Handle plural forms correctly
  • Date and number formatting - Locale-aware formatting
  • Server and client - Works in both server and client components

Content Management

Fumadocs

Fumadocs powers the documentation and blog system:

  • MDX support - Write documentation with React components
  • Search functionality - Built-in search with Orama integration
  • Table of contents - Automatic TOC generation
  • Code highlighting - Syntax highlighting for code blocks
  • Responsive design - Mobile-friendly documentation
  • Math support - KaTeX integration for mathematical expressions

MDX

MDX allows you to use JSX in markdown:

  • React components - Use React components in markdown
  • Flexible - Combine markdown with interactive elements
  • Type-safe - Full TypeScript support
  • Rich content - Create interactive documentation

Server Actions

Next Safe Action

Next Safe Action provides type-safe server actions:

  • Type safety - Full TypeScript support for server actions
  • Validation - Built-in input validation with Zod
  • Error handling - Structured error handling
  • Middleware support - Add custom middleware to actions
  • Loading states - Automatic loading state management

Privacy & Compliance

Vanilla Cookie Consent manages user cookie consent:

  • GDPR compliant - Meets European privacy regulations
  • Customizable - Flexible appearance and behavior
  • Lightweight - Small bundle size
  • Multiple languages - Built-in internationalization
  • Analytics integration - Works with Google Analytics, Umami, etc.

Storage

Multi-Provider Storage

Built-in storage abstraction supporting:

  • Amazon S3 - Scalable object storage
  • Cloudflare R2 - S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees
  • Local storage - Development and testing
  • Unified API - Same interface across providers
  • Pre-signed URLs - Secure direct upload and download

Deployment Platforms

Multi-Platform Support

NEXTDEVKIT uniquely supports native deployment to multiple platforms:

Vercel

  • Zero-config deployment - Deploy with a single command
  • Edge runtime - Global edge network for optimal performance
  • Serverless functions - Automatic scaling
  • Preview deployments - Test changes before going live

Cloudflare Workers

  • Edge computing - Run code closer to users worldwide
  • Cloudflare D1 - Serverless SQLite database
  • Cloudflare R2 - Object storage compatible with S3
  • Cloudflare KV - Global key-value store for caching and ISR
  • Durable Objects - Stateful serverless objects
  • Cost effective - $5/month for comprehensive resources

OpenNext

OpenNext enables Next.js applications to run on various platforms:

  • Platform agnostic - Deploy Next.js apps anywhere
  • Serverless optimization - Optimized for serverless environments
  • Edge support - Run on edge networks
  • Node.js compatibility - Supports Node.js APIs in Workers
  • ISR support - Incremental Static Regeneration on edge

AWS with SST

  • Enterprise-grade infrastructure - Scalable and compliant
  • AWS Lambda - Serverless compute
  • Amazon RDS - Managed database service
  • Amazon S3 - Object storage
  • CloudFront - Global content delivery
  • Infrastructure as Code - Manage infrastructure with SST/Pulumi

Why This Stack?

This technology stack was carefully chosen based on several key criteria:

  1. AI-Friendliness - In 2025, AI-friendly tech stacks are crucial. Tools like Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript have extensive documentation and examples that AI models can learn from, making development significantly faster with AI assistance.

  2. Developer Experience - Modern tooling with excellent DX, including Biome for fast linting/formatting, Turbopack for rapid development, and comprehensive TypeScript support throughout.

  3. Type Safety - TypeScript throughout the entire stack, from database schemas with Drizzle to server actions with Next Safe Action, ensuring catch errors at compile time.

  4. Performance - Optimized for speed and scalability with edge computing support, efficient bundling, and optimized rendering strategies.

  5. Flexibility - Deploy to multiple platforms (Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, AWS) without code changes, supporting various deployment strategies.

  6. Maintainability - Clean, well-structured code with minimal dependencies and clear separation of concerns.

  7. Security - Built-in security best practices with Better Auth, secure server actions, and proper data validation.

  8. Accessibility - WCAG compliant components with Radix UI and proper accessibility patterns throughout.

  9. Community & Ecosystem - All technologies have active communities, comprehensive documentation, and regular updates.

Understanding these technologies is crucial for building a successful SaaS application with NEXTDEVKIT. Each tool was selected for its reliability, performance, developer experience, and AI-friendliness.