NEXT.js Starter Blog

NEXT.js Starter Blog is a boilerplate template for creating blog websites with Next.js, MDX, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript, pre-configured with a development environment that includes Husky, Lint Staged, and Commitizen.

What is NEXT.js Starter Blog?

This starter template provides a complete blog foundation: Next.js as the React framework, MDX for writing markdown content that can embed JSX components, Tailwind CSS for utility-first styling, and TypeScript for static typing. The template is distributed as a GitHub repository with 51 stars and topic tags including nextjs-starter, nextjs-blog, and starter-blog. It also comes with a pre-configured development environment so you can start writing and publishing immediately.

Key Features

• Next.js core — Built on Next.js, enabling static site generation, server-side rendering, and a file-based routing system that maps files in the pages directory to blog routes.
• MDX for content — Blog posts are written in MDX, combining Markdown with JSX so you can embed interactive components directly in articles.
• Tailwind CSS styling — The utility-first CSS framework is pre-configured, allowing you to style blog pages with composed utility classes without writing custom stylesheets.
• TypeScript — The entire codebase is written in TypeScript, providing type safety and editor autocompletion for props, components, and API responses.
• Jotai state management — A minimal and flexible state management library is included for managing global and component-level state in the app.
• Framer Motion animations — The template includes Framer Motion to add smooth animations and page transitions to your blog.
• Prism syntax highlighting — Code blocks in MDX posts are highlighted with Prism, supporting many popular languages out of the box.
• Pre-configured development environment — Husky git hooks, Lint Staged, and Commitizen are set up to enforce code style, linting, and conventional commit messages.

Who is it for?

• Developers — who want to start a blog with a modern JavaScript stack without manually configuring each tool.
• React and Next.js developers — who are comfortable with React and want a ready-made blog structure to build upon.
• Technical writers and documentarians — who need to publish Markdown-based documentation with the ability to embed live React components.
• Indie hackers — who want a lightweight blog to share product updates or development insights and deploy to platforms like Vercel.

What can you do with NEXT.js Starter Blog?

• Start a personal blog — Clone the repository, write an MDX post in the posts directory, and deploy the generated static site to any Next.js-compatible hosting service.
• Create a company or product blog — Use the included Tailwind styling and TypeScript components to customize a branded blog with minimal effort.
• Build a documentation site — Leverage MDX support to write technical documentation with interactive code samples and component previews.
• Experiment with Jotai and Framer Motion — The template is also a working example of how to integrate these libraries into a Next.js project.