Every Ship Something™ product is built on the Ship Template — a production-ready Next.js foundation that provides authentication, payments, security, a full design system, and more. You can also purchase and use the Ship Template independently at shiptemplate.com.
The Ship Template is a complete Next.js 16 application with TypeScript strict mode, Tailwind CSS v4, and shadcn/ui components. It includes opt-in authentication via Supabase Auth (with MFA support), Stripe payment integration with checkout and webhook handling, enterprise-grade security (CSP headers, rate limiting, CSRF protection), internationalization via next-intl, a full testing suite (Jest, Playwright, Storybook), and accessibility compliance to WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
The template also ships with AI coding rules for Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude — so any AI assistant working on your codebase follows the same architecture, security, and quality standards. This is the same rule system that powers Ship Something™'s Build Agent, which means code quality is consistent whether the agent builds a page or you modify it manually.
You do not need a Ship Something™ subscription to use the Ship Template. It is available as a one-time purchase that gives you the full repository. Clone it, run the customization checklist to replace template defaults with your product's name and branding, and start building. The template works with any AI coding assistant or with no AI at all — it is a standard Next.js project.
Ship Template buyers also get access to template updates. When we improve the security layer, add new components, or update dependencies, you can pull the changes into your project. The template is designed so that product-specific customizations live in clearly separated files, making updates non-destructive.
When you build a product through Ship Something™, the Build Agent automatically starts from the latest version of the Ship Template. It handles the customization checklist, applies your Brand Standard tokens, and configures environment variables — you never interact with the raw template directly. But the code you receive is still a standard Ship Template project, so you can work in your own IDE or continue building independently at any time.
