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Welcome to LaunchKit AWS

Building a SaaS on AWS is powerful, but the initial setup is a brutal, 100+ hour marathon of configuring accounts, billing, deployment pipelines, and authentication. It’s undifferentiated work that stops you from building your actual product. LaunchKit AWS is designed to get you past the setup and on to building your unique features. It’s an opinionated, production-ready Next.js boilerplate that handles the boilerplate so you don’t have to.

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What’s in the Box?

LaunchKit provides a solid foundation with all the core SaaS features already built, configured, and ready to deploy:
  • Authentication: Secure user sign-up, login, and session management powered by NextAuth.js.
  • Stripe Billing: Production-ready integration for subscription payments and a customer portal.
  • One-Command Deploy: Go from a fresh clone to a live, production-ready application with a single command.
  • Internationalization (i18n): Built-in support for multiple languages using next-i18next with dictionary management.
  • Teams Management: Create teams, invite members, and manage user roles for collaborative workflows.

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Our Core Philosophy

We built LaunchKit with a few key principles in mind to ensure it’s a foundation you’ll love working with:
  • ✅ AWS-Native: We embrace the power of the AWS ecosystem, not abstract it away. This means you get a clean, powerful, and scalable foundation without fighting a generic framework.
  • ✅ No Magic: The code is clean, understandable, and easy to trace. We avoid hidden abstractions so you can easily debug and extend the boilerplate to fit your needs.
  • ✅ Built for Production: Our boilerplate follows best practices for security, scalability, and maintainability.

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How to Use These Docs

This documentation is designed to get you up and running as quickly as possible.
  • Getting Started: This section contains a step-by-step guide to take you from cloning the repository to your first successful deployment.
  • Core Concepts: Here you’ll find deep dives into how major features like Authentication and Billing are structured.
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