Reviews
Payload CMS Review: Your Next.js Backend? (2026)
An honest gallery review of Payload CMS in 2026: the five ways to deploy the Next.js-native backend, what it really costs, and where it loses.
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SaaS stacks
Best open-source Next.js SaaS + AI starters (2026 scorecard)
A hands-on July 2026 scorecard of ten open-source and source-available Next.js SaaS and AI starters, ranked across six axes with real GitHub stars and exact licenses.
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AI app stacks
CopilotKit review: the open-source agent UI for Next.js (2026)
ShipGarden's hands-on review of CopilotKit as a Next.js agent UI in June 2026. The setup walkthrough, the four comparison axes, three deploy paths, and where it loses to Vercel ai-chatbot and Mastra.
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SaaS boilerplates
Open SaaS 0.24 by Wasp: solo-founder curator review of the free SaaS starter (2026)
Open SaaS 0.24 by Wasp shipped June 11, 2026 with 14.7k stars and the most batteries-included free SaaS starter on the open-source shelf. We curated it into a ShipGarden gallery entry with three solo-founder paths: ship-as-is, replace the Wasp pieces, or escape the DSL. Honest trade-offs, including when Open SaaS is the wrong pick.
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AI agent starters
Mastra AI starter template (2026): three deploy paths for the open-source TypeScript agent
Mastra is the open-source TypeScript agent framework hitting 25.2k GitHub stars and v1.42.0 (June 12, 2026). We curated its starter into a gallery entry with three real deploy paths: clone the repo, one-click on Vercel, or ship as a deployable Next.js app via Totalum. Trade-offs in plain English, no hand-waving.
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