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17 votes
About ShipFast
ShipFast is a Next.js boilerplate: a paid starter codebase, supplied as a GitHub repository, with the parts most web products need already written and connected to each other.
What comes in the box is authentication, payments and the wiring between them. Google OAuth is supported for sign-in, Stripe is integrated for taking payments, and MongoDB is the database it is built against. A static page feature covers the marketing and legal pages that sit outside the application itself. Project settings live in one file, config.js, so the values specific to your product are changed in a single place rather than tracked down across the codebase.
It requires Node 18.17 or greater. ShipFast's own claim is that setup takes under five minutes and that you can ship in five. Read that as the time to get the template running with your own keys and configuration, not the time to have a finished product.
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The value on offer is narrow and easy to judge. Sign-in, a working payment flow and the code joining them together are what most projects rebuild at the start, usually under time pressure and often badly. Buying them pre-assembled trades a one-off fee against the days that assembly takes. The cost is accepting decisions someone else has made: Next.js as the framework, MongoDB as the database, config.js as the place configuration goes.
Some consequences follow from the way it is sold. Access is paid, and directory listings record it as neither open source nor self-hostable in the usual sense, which is consistent with a private repository you buy into rather than a service someone runs for you. Because it arrives as code, hosting, domains and the running costs of whatever you build on top are yours to arrange. Directories also describe it as aimed at startups and at people who intend to charge for what they build, which fits Stripe being included from the start.
Key features
- Ships a Next.js boilerplate for building web applications.
- Wires up Stripe payments out of the box.
- Handles user authentication, including Google OAuth sign-in.
- Stores application data in MongoDB.
- Centralises settings in a single config.js file.
- Includes a static page feature.
- Arrives as a GitHub repository that can be set up in under five minutes.
- Requires Node version 18.17 or greater.
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Key facts
| Category | Boilerplates |
|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid |
| Free tier | No |
| Upvotes | 17 |
| Listed | 22 August 2026 |
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