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Three founding stack guides carried publication dates from before shipgarden.com was registered. A date audit on August 23, 2026 caught it and all three are corrected. Here is what changed, why it happened, and the two public lookups you can run to check us.
Three open-source status pages, compared on the things features lists never cover: whether you can pin a version, what the compose file actually does, and how fast each project is really moving.
The library everyone recommends has not shipped a stable release since January 2026, Arcjet has no free tier and bills per app, and the most-installed rate limiter in Node is absent from the entire first page. We read the registry, the repositories and the pricing pages.
Novu, Knock, and Courier are the three ways to add multi-channel notifications to a Next.js SaaS in 2026. We compare who owns the pipe, real cost, self-hosting, and where each one loses.
A developer-lens 2026 comparison of LangSmith, Langfuse, and Helicone for LLM observability in a Next.js app: gateway vs OpenTelemetry instrumentation, open source vs proprietary, real pricing, and which to pick.
A developer-lens 2026 comparison of Windmill and n8n: code-first engine vs visual automation canvas, the AGPL vs fair-code license split, execution-metered pricing, and which one fits a Next.js SaaS.
The best open-source, self-hostable Retool alternatives for a Next.js SaaS in 2026: Appsmith, ToolJet, Budibase, Refine, and Windmill, compared by license, cost, and whether they run as a separate server or live in your app.
Appsmith, ToolJet, and Budibase are the open-source answer to Retool. We compare the three self-hostable internal tools builders for a Next.js SaaS in 2026, split honestly by license and by weight.
React-Admin is the most popular open-source React admin framework, but is it the right admin panel for a Next.js SaaS in 2026? A ShipGarden curator's hands-on take on the free MIT core, the Enterprise Edition paywall, and where Refine or AdminJS fit better.
Meilisearch, Typesense, and Elasticsearch for search in a Next.js SaaS in 2026: where the engine runs, the license ceiling, and honest where-each-loses, with real repos and costs.
Drizzle, Prisma, and Kysely for the data layer of a Next.js SaaS in 2026: why they are not the same category, real repos and costs, and honest where-each-loses.
Clerk, Auth0, and WorkOS for a Next.js SaaS in 2026: real free tiers, per-user versus per-connection pricing, enterprise SSO cost, and when open-source auth wins.
