24 March Release

Welcome to the initial release of GoLiveKit, the AI-driven Next.js SaaS starter kit built to help you launch fast and cleanly on a VPS.

What's Inside?

• Payments: Stripe integration for one-time payments, credits, and subscriptions. Docs
• Storage: Amazon S3 or Cloudflare R2 setup. Docs
• Emails: NodeMailer, Plunk, and Resend support. Docs
• Analytics: Google Analytics integration. Docs
• Authentication: Passwordless Magic link or Google login. Docs
• Admin Panel: Complete interface for managing users, blog posts, and pages. Docs
• Notifications: Telegram group alerts for app events. Docs
• Pages: Pre-built templates for Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, etc. Docs
• Blog: A fully functional, SEO-friendly blog engine. Docs
• Documentation: Built-in docs using Fumadocs. Docs
• SEO Ready: Pre-configured meta tags, descriptions, and auto-generated OpenGraph images. Docs
• Cron Jobs & Logging: Task scheduling and Dozzle log monitoring. Docs

Getting Started

• Local Development: Complete guide to spinning up your local environment. Docs
• Environment Variables: Configuration management made simple. Docs

Building Features

• AI Skills: Learn how to leverage AI skills
• AI Tasks: Define project scope efficiently
• APIs: How to build robust APIs
• UI Components: Built on top of shadcn/ui - Filters, DataTable, FormBuilder with Plate.js rich text editor. Docs

Launching on a VPS

• Deploy to VPS: Support for Digital Ocean, Hetzner, and AWS EC2. Docs
• Terraform: Infrastructure as Code to help create VPS instances with Cloud-init setup quickly. Docs
• Log Monitoring: Built-in log streaming with Dozzle. Docs

Codebase

• Project Structure: Understand how the application is organized. Docs
• Formatting & Linting: Uses Biome for lightning-fast formatting and linting. Docs
• VS Code Setup: Optimal editor configuration and suggested extensions. Docs
• Updating Codebase: Safely sync the latest starter kit changes into your fork. Docs