Generator and Presets

create-nextdevtpl produces a standalone project. It copies the template, resolves module dependencies, removes unselected source and packages, composes the database schema and translations, and writes environment and deployment files. The generated app has no runtime dependency on the generator.

Basic command

Node.js 24 and pnpm 10 are required:

pnpm dlx create-nextdevtpl@latest my-app --preset saas --target vercel

The current CLI is flag-driven. Omitting --preset uses minimal; omitting the target uses the preset default. List every option with:

pnpm dlx create-nextdevtpl@latest --help

Official presets

Preset	Best for	Default target	Main selection
minimal	Starting from a small shell	server	Auth, dashboard, disabled mail, no-op rate limit
saas	A conventional subscription product	vercel	Marketing, settings, admin, support, Creem, S3, Resend, Inngest, Upstash
ai-saas	An AI SaaS on Cloudflare	cloudflare	Full product surface, Stripe, R2, Email Binding, Workers AI, Workflows, native rate limits
custom	Exact source control	server	Modules and adapters supplied with flags

Preset services and targets can be overridden:

pnpm dlx create-nextdevtpl@latest my-app \
  --preset saas \
  --target docker \
  --payment stripe \
  --mail smtp \
  --rate-limit noop

Custom selection

pnpm dlx create-nextdevtpl@latest my-app \
  --preset custom \
  --modules auth,analytics,operations \
  --target docker \
  --payment stripe \
  --alerts webhook \
  --analytics posthog \
  --rate-limit noop

See Feature Modules and Service Adapters for valid choices. Dependencies are added automatically. Worker-only adapters require the cloudflare target; Node-only adapters are rejected for that target.

Common flags

Flag	Values
--preset	minimal, saas, ai-saas, custom
--modules	Comma-separated module IDs for a custom selection
--target	server, docker, vercel, cloudflare
--payment	creem, stripe, none
--storage	s3-compatible, r2-binding, none
--mail	disabled, resend, smtp, cloudflare-email
--ai	openai-compatible, anthropic, workers-ai, none
--alerts	noop, email, webhook (with operations)
--analytics	noop, logger, posthog, ga4, umami, none
--jobs	inngest, cloudflare-workflows, none
--rate-limit	noop, upstash, cloudflare-rate-limit
--no-install	Generate files without installing dependencies

After generation

nextdevtpl.generated.json records the effective selection without secrets. Inspect it, copy .env.example, and fill only the variables that remain:

Set-Location my-app
Get-Content nextdevtpl.generated.json
Copy-Item .env.example .env.local
pnpm db:push
pnpm dev

Keep nextdevtpl.generated.json; it recreates the same comparison project for future upgrades.