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Next.js Boilerplate for Internal Tools

Ship internal tools in hours, not weeks. Real auth, users, jobs, audit logs, and cohesive UI included. Early access $249 $499 → [Get it now]

AI-Native Architecture for AI-First Teams

Ship Internal Tools in Hours, Not Weeks

A production-ready Next.js foundation with auth, users, RBAC, audit logs, background jobs, and a proven component library that reduces AI hallucinations and handles accessibility — so you ship features, not infrastructure.

Buy now — $249<br>See What's Included

One-time payment. Full source code. 12 months of updates & support.

Built with

Next.js 16

React Logo

React 19

TypeScript

Better Auth

Drizzle ORM

PostgreSQL

CoreUI PRO

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Codex<br>Codex

The problem

01

Every new project starts the same way: two weeks wiring up auth, sessions, user management, and permissions before you write a single line of business logic.

02

You copy-paste from your last project. The auth is outdated, the UI is inconsistent, the database schema doesn't quite fit. You spend more time patching than building.

03

AI assistants generate code into an empty repo and invent their own patterns each time — different folder structures, different auth approaches, different UI components. Nothing is cohesive.

04

You end up shipping something that works today but fights you tomorrow . No audit trail, no job monitoring, no clear architecture for the next developer (or AI) to follow.

The solution

Skip the scaffolding.

Start with a working app.

CoreUI Next.js Boilerplate is not a starter template — it's a working application with real authentication, user administration, role-based access control, audit logging, and background jobs already built and connected.<br>You get a documented, modular architecture that both humans and AI assistants can extend predictably from day one.

Running in 5 minutes

Clone, npm install, set your database URL, run db:push and db:seed. You have a full admin app with demo data before your coffee gets cold.

🔐

Complete auth system

Login, registration, email verification, password reset, session management, rate limiting, and disabled-user blocking — all wired up with Better Auth. Not a TODO, not a stub.

👥

User management built in

Create, edit, disable, and manage users. Revoke sessions, resend verification emails, force password resets. The admin panel every internal tool needs — already done.

🛡️

Roles, permissions, audit trail

Three-tier RBAC (user, admin, super_admin) with granular feature permissions. Every sensitive action is logged with actor, target, and timestamp. Compliance-ready from the start.

🤖

Fewer AI hallucinations

CoreUI components are well-represented in LLM training data. AI assistants generate correct CSmartTable, CFormInput, and CModal code instead of hallucinating nonexistent APIs. Documented module boundaries and consistent CRUD patterns keep every AI session on track.

Accessibility handled

CoreUI PRO components ship with ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, focus management, and semantic HTML built in. You get accessible admin UI without auditing every element yourself — 80+ components, one cohesive design system.

See it in action

15 minutes from clone

to your first feature.

Watch the setup, then watch a complete CRUD module built from scratch — list, create, edit, delete, validation, permissions. That's what you can ship in your first session with this boilerplate.

Part 1 — 4 min

Clone, configure, run

Part 2 — 11 min

Full CRUD module in one session

What's inside

✓Next.js 16 + React 19 + TypeScript — latest App Router with server components, server actions, and streaming

✓Complete auth system — login, register, email verification, password reset, session handling, rate limiting, disabled-user blocking

✓Drizzle ORM + PostgreSQL — type-safe queries, split schema files, seed data, Drizzle Studio support

✓CoreUI React PRO components — CSmartTable, forms, modals, charts, sidebar, dark mode — one cohesive design system

✓Full user administration — create, edit, disable/enable, revoke sessions, resend verification, force password reset

✓Three-tier RBAC — user, admin, super_admin roles with 10+ granular feature permissions enforced server-side

✓Audit log system — every admin action tracked with actor, action type, and timestamp. Filterable by action, actor, and date range

✓Background jobs — PostgreSQL-backed job queue with retry, cancel, exponential backoff, and a monitoring dashboard

✓Email infrastructure — verification, password reset, and welcome emails via Console, SMTP, or Resend. Swap providers with one env variable

✓File storage — avatar uploads with local filesystem or S3-compatible storage. Provider-agnostic abstraction built in

✓Domain-module architecture — documented module structure with queries, commands, events, and handlers. New features follow a proven pattern

✓AI agent docs included — AGENTS.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, and DEVELOPMENT.md give Cursor, Claude Code, and...

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