Show HN: Launchy – A Next.js template for weekly launch directories

Posted by drdruide on Thursday April 16, 2026 @02:46PM
from the show-hn dept.

Hey HN,

Last year I built and open-sourced open-launch.com, a Product Hunt-style launch directory. Sold it this summer (low 5 figures). Launchy is the premium rebuild, packaged as a Next.js 16 template.

It's a full Next.js app with Drizzle/Postgres, Better Auth, Stripe Checkout for paid submission tiers and self-serve sponsor slots, R2 uploads, Redis rate limiting, Turnstile captcha, Plunk transactional email, a cron-driven weekly batch that publishes accepted submissions and sends the newsletter, a Tiptap blog, threaded comments with a 26-language profanity filter, and an admin panel with 28 DB-backed settings so customers rebrand without touching code. Setup with "bun run setup" — most people are live in under an hour.

Pricing: first 10 copies 49 USD, then 79, 99, 129. One-time, lifetime updates, direct support. Live demo version: launchy.tools

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Re:Show HN: Launchy – A Next.js template for weekly launch d... by nigardev on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:26PM (#47798266)

solid stack. curious why better auth over clerk or auth.js. the template route is smart but feel like most people wanting a launch directory just want the newsletter + submission flow, not the full电商 stack. whats the ballpark on the template if you dont mind sharing

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Re:Show HN: Launchy – A Next.js template for weekly launch d... by drdruide on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:29PM (#47798313)

The monthly cost of a platform like Launchy is very, very low. Let’s say $5 or $10 for a VPS (hetzner for example), and maybe $1 a month for email through Plunk - that’s it.

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