Show HN: LaunchPad-Lite – Open-Source Next.js 15 with Better Auth and Drizzle

Category: web-framework

Tags: nextjs, starter-template, better-auth, drizzle-orm, typescript

Score: 4.0/10 (Innovation: 3, Technical: 4, Documentation: 5, Utility: 4)

LaunchPad-Lite is a free Next.js 15 starter template bundling Better Auth, Drizzle ORM, Tailwind v4, and a minimal dashboard for authentication and user management. It functions primarily as a marketing funnel for the paid LaunchPad Pro tier, which locks the vast majority of useful features (payments, AI, email, storage, rate limiting) behind a $64.99 one-time purchase.

Target audience: full-stack JavaScript developers seeking a Next.js auth boilerplate

Repository: https://github.com/BZDevelopments/LaunchPad-Lite · TypeScript · 3 stars

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