Deploy and Host Next.js SaaS Starter on Railway

A production-ready SaaS starter with authentication, multi-tenant organizations, Stripe billing, and a dashboard — ready to deploy in one click. Built with Next.js 15, Supabase, and Tailwind CSS.

About Hosting Next.js SaaS Starter

This template deploys a complete SaaS application on Railway using Nixpacks for zero-config Node.js detection. The app connects to your Supabase project for authentication (email/password + GitHub OAuth) and database, and to Stripe for subscription billing via the Customer Portal. Railway handles the build, deploy, and hosting automatically — just add your environment variables and you're live. The template includes a railway.toml with restart policies and health checks pre-configured.

Common Use Cases

• Launch a SaaS product with auth, billing, and team management out of the box
• Prototype a multi-tenant B2B application with role-based access (owner/admin/member)
• Start a subscription business with Stripe integration and customer self-service billing
• Build an internal tool with a polished dashboard, KPI cards, and activity feeds
• Use as a foundation for any Next.js project that needs auth + payments + deploy

What's Included

• Email/password + GitHub OAuth authentication via Supabase
• Multi-tenant organizations with invite flow and role management
• Stripe Customer Portal for subscription management
• 3-step onboarding wizard
• Dashboard with KPI cards and activity feed
• Dark mode support
• Mobile-responsive sidebar layout
• Supabase schema with RLS policies included (ready to run)

Why Deploy on Railway

Railway provides instant deployments with zero DevOps overhead. Your SaaS starter gets automatic SSL, custom domains, built-in logging, and restart-on-failure policies — all without writing a single line of infrastructure code. Combined with Supabase for auth/database and Stripe for billing, you get a production-grade stack running in minutes instead of days.

Dependencies for

This template requires accounts on two external services (both have generous free tiers):

• Supabase — handles authentication and database (free tier: 50K monthly active users, 500MB database)
• Stripe — handles subscription billing (no monthly fee, pay-per-transaction only)

Deployment Dependencies

• Node.js 18+ — detected and installed automatically by Railway's build system
• npm — package manager, runs npm install && npm run build during deploy
• Supabase project — create one at supabase.com and run the included supabase/schema.sql
• Stripe account — create one at stripe.com for billing portal functionality

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