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Most people searching for a Node.js workflow engine are holding two problems at once. We split the shelf along that seam: job queues (BullMQ, pg-boss) on one side, workflow engines with durable execution (Hatchet, Trigger.dev, Temporal, Inngest) on the other, and the test that tells you which one you need.
Appsmith, ToolJet, and Budibase are the open-source answer to Retool. We compare the three self-hostable internal tools builders for a Next.js SaaS in 2026, split honestly by license and by weight.
A curator's take on the three open-source auth picks for a Next.js SaaS in 2026 (Better Auth, Auth.js, Supabase Auth), and the one axis that decides which shelf you pull from.
React-Admin is the most popular open-source React admin framework, but is it the right admin panel for a Next.js SaaS in 2026? A ShipGarden curator's hands-on take on the free MIT core, the Enterprise Edition paywall, and where Refine or AdminJS fit better.
A hands-on July 2026 gallery feature of ai-app-builder-open, the open-source, self-hostable Next.js AI app builder boilerplate, and how it compares to Dyad and Open Lovable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
