Christmas update 2024 for supastarter Next.js

Happy holidays from the Supastarter team! As our early christmas gift to you, we're thrilled to announce a huge update for the Next.js version of Supastarter. Packed with new features and improvements, this update is designed to make your SaaS projects more scalable, powerful, and user-friendly. Let's dive into what's new and why we're so excited!

✨ New Features to Supercharge Your SaaS

Authentication and User Management

Better-Auth Migration: We've migrated our authentication system to the new better-auth framework. This upgrade ensures enhanced security, flexibility, and ease of use, giving your users a seamless and reliable authentication experience and providing you with a lot of new features around user management.

Learn more about the new authentication in the docs.

Payments and Plans

One-Time Purchases: Responding to popular demand, Supastarter now supports one-time purchases in addition to subscriptions. Whether it's a lifetime license or standalone products, you can now cater to more business models and revenue streams effortlessly.

Free Tier and Trials: Designing subscription plans is more versatile than ever. You can now define free tiers and offer trial periods for your subscription plans, making it easier to attract new users and let them experience your product before committing.

Learn more about the new payment features and configurations in the docs.

UI and Configuration

Sidebar Layout: We've revamped the user interface with a sleek sidebar layout that enhances navigation and usability. The new design is intuitive and scales beautifully, whether you're managing a small app or a feature-rich SaaS product.

Flexible Configuration Toggles: Tailoring your SaaS app is now easier with toggles to:

• Enable or disable organizations.

• Turn internationalization support on or off.

• Enable or disable onboarding flows.

• Allow or restrict signup capabilities.

Contact Form: We've added a contact form to the marketing page.

Learn how to configure your app in seconds in the docs.

🚀 Updates & Improvements for Scalability and Performance

Organizations: Teams Reimagined as Organizations

Enhanced Flexibility: We've transitioned from the concept of teams to the more powerful and flexible organizations. This change unlocks a host of new possibilities for collaboration and management.

Account Options: Select between an organization account or a personal account.

Membership Requirements: Require users to belong to an organization for added control.

Payment Assignments: Attach payments to either organizations or individual users for better revenue tracking.

Learn more about the new organizations features in the docs.

API and Infrastructure

Hono and Hono RPC: Our API layer has been completely reimagined with Hono and Hono RPC, which provide blazing-fast performance and a lightweight architecture. These tools simplify API development and enhance scalability for even the most demanding applications.

Learn more about the new API layer in the docs.

Dependencies and Framework Updates

Latest Versions: To ensure your projects stay future-proof, we've updated all dependencies to their latest versions, including Next.js 15.1 and React 19. These updates bring performance improvements, new features, and better developer experiences.

🤝 Why This Matters for You

At Supastarter, our goal is to provide the ultimate starter kit for SaaS development. With these updates, we're empowering you to:

• Build faster and more reliable apps.

• Scale effortlessly as your user base grows.

• Offer better user experiences with more features out of the box.

• Maintain flexibility to adapt your app to evolving business needs.

🚀 Ready to Explore the new supastarter for Next.js?

The christmas update is live and ready for you to experience. It's a free update for all existing supastarter users of course.

Check out the live demo and see the new features in action. Or read the docs to learn more about the new features.

From all of us at Supastarter, thank you for being part of our journey. Here's to building amazing things together in the new year. Happy holidays!