---
title: "Deploy Next.js Production Starter Suite"
description: "Vercel-like stack: ISR (Redis), cached Images, Postgres (Prisma) & Auth."
category: "Starters"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/nextjs-production-starter-suite
---

# Deploy Next.js Production Starter Suite

Vercel-like stack: ISR (Redis), cached Images, Postgres (Prisma) & Auth.

**[Deploy Next.js Production Starter Suite on Railway](https://railway.com/template/nextjs-production-starter-suite)**

- **Creator:** Mohamed Samir Zahran's Projects
- **Category:** Starters
- **Total deploys:** 19

## Template content

### nextjs-production-starter

- **Source:** Mohamedzh/nextjs-production-starter

### Redis https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/0ce0bfdcfbdbf69662b1116671f97c2dd788b655-157x157.svg

- **Image:** redis:8.2.1
- **Start command:** `/bin/sh -c "rm -rf $RAILWAY_VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH/lost+found/ && exec docker-entrypoint.sh redis-server --requirepass $REDIS_PASSWORD --save 60 1 --dir $RAILWAY_VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH"`

### Postgres https://devicons.railway.app/i/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp-templates/postgres-ssl:17

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Next.js Production Starter on Railway

**Next.js Production Starter** is a battle-tested Next.js 16 template designed for stability and scale. It features **PostgreSQL (via Prisma 7) as a core requirement**, while keeping Caching (Redis) and Authentication (NextAuth) as auto-enabled optional features.

The repository is **AI-Native**, coming pre-configured with custom rule files for Cursor (`.cursorrules`), Claude Code (`CLAUDE.md`), and GitHub Copilot (`copilot-instructions.md`) to accelerate development.

## About Hosting Next.js Production Starter

Deploying this template is frictionless. It uses **Railpack** (Railway's auto-build system) to detect and build the application automatically, utilizing Next.js `standalone` output mode for an ultra-lightweight production deployment.

The build system is engineered to handle "chicken-and-egg" deployment scenarios gracefully. It generates the Prisma Client with a placeholder connection during the build, ensuring deployments never fail due to missing runtime variables. Once live, it connects strictly to your required PostgreSQL database. It includes structured JSON logging (Pino), production security headers, and health checks out of the box.

## Common Use Cases

- **SaaS MVP:** Launch a full-stack product immediately with pre-configured Database (Postgres), Auth, and Tailwind CSS v4.
- **AI Applications:** The perfect foundation for building AI wrappers or agents, with built-in Cursor and Copilot contexts (`.ai/instructions.md`).
- **Enterprise Internal Tools:** Build mission-critical dashboards with robust logging, real-time health monitoring (`/api/health`), and type-safe database access.

## Dependencies for Next.js Production Starter Hosting

- **PostgreSQL (Required):** The application requires a PostgreSQL database. Railway will auto-inject `DATABASE_URL`.
- **Redis (Optional):** Attaching a Redis service auto-enables persistent ISR caching that survives deployments.

### Deployment Dependencies

- **Node.js 20+** (Handled automatically by Railpack)

### Implementation Details

This template uses a **Feature Detection** pattern found in `lib/features.ts` to manage capabilities without code changes.

- **Database:** Prisma Client (`@/lib/db`) is always initialized and expects a valid `DATABASE_URL`.
- **AI Ready:** Includes `.cursorrules` and `.github/copilot-instructions.md` to provide context-aware guidelines for AI coding assistants.
- **Authentication:** Auto-enables when `NEXTAUTH_SECRET` is set.
- **Redis Cache:** Auto-enables when `REDIS_URL` is detected; otherwise falls back to filesystem cache.

## Why Deploy Next.js Production Starter on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying Next.js Production Starter on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.

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