15 Next.js Templates Compared: Version, Router, Hosting and Backend
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A good Next.js template states its Next.js version and router, uses styling your team already knows, and makes clear whether it needs a Node.js server or exports static files. We compared 15 on Manob. Zestora runs Next.js 16 with a database and an admin panel, the static Trendexa exports plain HTML, and NexaByte is a full-stack store with its own API.
What we compared
Next.js is still a small shelf on Manob, so we read every Next.js listing and kept 15 for company sites, portfolios, blogs, docs, online stores and apps with an admin panel. Three more, for banking, travel and documentation, are in our React templates roundup with Vite single-page apps.
Ten picks are front ends with no backend listed, kbDoc and Bookjar name server-side rendering, and NexaByte, Zestora and the full-stack Trendexa bring a database and an admin panel.
Next.js templates for company, agency and SaaS sites
Techguru: best for an IT services or tech company
Techguru gives an IT, software or consulting company 3 home versions and 34 inner pages on Bootstrap 5, with no class components, no jQuery and React ID Swiper carousels. The listing doesn't state the Next.js version or router, and demo images aren't in the download.
Techguru - Technology & IT Solutions Next Js Template is a responsive React and Next.js website template for IT solutions, software and technology companies, startups, agencies…
Vibnt: best for a creative or digital agency
Vibnt has 4 home versions and 30 inner pages for digital, startup and marketing agencies, on Bootstrap 5 with Owl Carousel sliders and SCSS and Stylus source files. Like Techguru, it doesn't state a Next.js version or router, and demo images aren't included. For HTML options, see our agency website templates.
Vibnt - Creative Digital Agency React Next Js Template is a responsive Next.js and Bootstrap 5 template for digital agencies, startup agencies and marketing agencies, with 4 hom…
Parody: best for an agency or freelancer portfolio on Tailwind
Parody has 11 home page variations and 30+ inner pages for agencies, studios and freelancers, built with Tailwind CSS, TypeScript and Framer Motion animations. It lists React 18+ and Next.js 13+ without naming a router, so run the console check below. The contact form uses React Hook Form and EmailJS, and a toggle switches between dark and light modes.
Parody - Digital Agency Portfolio React Next js Template is a responsive Next.js template built with React, Tailwind CSS and TypeScript for digital agencies, creative studios, s…
Adina: best for a finance, accounting or consulting firm
Adina has 5 home pages and 17+ pages in total, with sections for financial calculators, investment plans and portfolio showcases. It's built with Bootstrap and SASS, credits jQuery, Swiper and Magnific Popup, and doesn't state a Next.js version or router. Demo images aren't in the download; it's also sold as HTML, React and WordPress versions.
Adina - Business & Finance Next JS Template is a responsive React-based template for financial advisors, consulting firms, accountants, insurance agencies and corporate business…
Landpagy: best for a SaaS or AI product site
Besides hero, feature, pricing and call-to-action sections, it has About, Services, Support, Career, Integration, Pricing and blog pages, login, signup and reset-password screens, and Coming Soon and 404 pages. It lists Next.js 15 with the App Router, TypeScript and SCSS, so plan a move to Next.js 16 soon. Our SaaS website templates roundup compares HTML options.
Landpagy is a modern, versatile landing template designed for SaaS startups, AI products, and tech teams. Built with Next.js and TypeScript, it provides a fast, scalable, and re…
FindHusly: best for a property agency's listing site
FindHusly is built for property agencies and brokers, with directory listing, agent and blog post pages, Google Maps, AOS animations and Bootstrap 5. Its feature list matches the HTML version's almost word for word, down to "HTML5, CSS3 & jQuery powered", so judge the Next.js build by its demo (see the console check below). Our real estate website templates roundup compares the two versions.
FindHusly Real Estate Listing React NextJs Template is a React and Next.js website template for property directory and listing sites, made for real estate agencies, property bro…
Next.js templates for portfolios, blogs, news and docs
Frame & Light: best for a photography or creative portfolio with a blog
Frame & Light is markdown-driven: you write portfolio projects and blog posts in markdown, and Next.js builds each detail page from its slug. You get blog category and tag pages, a hero slider, project grids, team and pricing blocks and a contact page with a map embed, all in Tailwind CSS. Our photography website templates and portfolio website templates roundups compare it with HTML and WordPress options.
Frame and Light - Photography Studio and Portfolio Next.js Template is a Next.js and Tailwind CSS website template for photography studios, freelance photographers and creative…
Trendexa (static): best for a tech news and review site you can host anywhere
This static Trendexa is a tech gadget magazine with 20+ pages: product listings, reviews, news, how-to guides, a brand directory and a side-by-side spec comparison saved in localStorage. It lists Next.js 14 on the App Router, React 18, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS v3 and shadcn/ui, and exports static HTML. Next.js 14 is out of support, but a static export runs no Next.js server.
Trendexa — Modern Next js News and Product Review Template is a Next.js 14 and TypeScript template for tech gadget news, review and comparison sites, with 20+ pre-built pages, a…
Inews: best for a newspaper or magazine front page
Inews is a Next.js template for news, blog and magazine sites on Bootstrap 5, with a post template, a news category page and Google Maps. Its short listing doesn't name a Next.js version or router or say where articles are stored, so plan for a developer to connect your CMS or API. Our news website templates roundup reviews its HTML version.
Inews Modern Responsive Newspaper NextJs Template is a React and Next.js template built with Bootstrap 5 for newspaper platforms, online magazines and blogs, with a fully respon…
Posty: best for a magazine or personal blog with a dark mode
Posty is a news and magazine template on Next.js 14, React 18 and Bootstrap 5, with 5 homepage demos, About, Contact, Blog, Services and Team pages, and light and dark modes. Videos open in a popup and sliders use React Swiper. Next.js 14 is out of support, so budget for an upgrade. A WordPress version is also sold.
Posty - News Magazine NextJS Template is a responsive news, blog and magazine template built with React 18, Next.js 14 and Bootstrap 5, with light and dark mode, for online maga…
kbDoc: best for product docs with a helpdesk forum
kbDoc combines documentation, a knowledge base and a support forum, for API docs, plugin manuals or a help center. Its listing names static generation and server-side rendering, Bootstrap 5, 40+ pages, a sticky sidebar, table of contents, syntax highlighter, footnotes, a font size switcher and dark and light modes. Treat the forum as page layouts until you've confirmed it saves posts.
kbDoc – Documentation & Knowledge Base React Next js Template with Helpdesk Forum is a Next.js documentation template for product docs, API references, user manuals and help cen…
Next.js ecommerce templates
Bookjar: best for a bookstore or publisher's shop
Bookjar is built for bookstores, publishers, authors and libraries, and its listing names static generation and server-side rendering. It has several homepage, shop, book listing and product detail layouts, user dashboard pages, a wishlist, order tracking and a "Gift a Book" option. Check what powers the cart and payments before you buy.
Bookjar React – Bookstore & Book Shop Next.js Template is a React and Next.js template for online bookstores, publishers, authors, libraries and book-selling platforms, with sho…
NexaByte: best for an online store with its own backend
A Next.js 15 App Router front end handles server-rendered pages, routing and sign-in, and an Express.js API with Prisma and MySQL handles data, image uploads and email; one command starts both. Shoppers get category and price filters, stock status, a Zustand cart, a wishlist, search and a checkout with billing and shipping forms; staff use an admin at /admin behind role-based middleware. Host it somewhere that runs two Node.js processes and MySQL.
NexaByte Full Stack Electronics eCommerce Store Next.js 15 Express MySQL is a full-stack codebase for launching an online electronics store, built on Next.js 15, Express.js, Pri…
Full-stack Next.js templates with an admin panel
Both run as complete apps on PostgreSQL, so plan for Node.js hosting, a database server and regular updates. Our admin dashboard templates guide looks at both from the admin side.
Zestora: best for a restaurant that takes table reservations
Zestora is built on Next.js 16 with React 19, TypeScript, Prisma and PostgreSQL. Guests pick a date, time, party size and available table, can pre-order from the menu and get an email confirmation; staff confirm or cancel bookings, manage tables and resend confirmations. The admin also edits menus, the blog, FAQs, the hero and about sections and newsletter subscribers.
Zestora – Restaurant Website and Booking Admin Dashboard NextJS – Prisma is a Next.js 16 and Prisma template for restaurants, cafes, cloud kitchens and food trucks that pairs a…
Trendexa (full-stack): best for a gadget review publisher with editors
This is Trendexa with a back end: a Next.js and TypeScript app on Prisma and PostgreSQL, where editors publish phone specs, news, reviews, buying guides, comparisons and web stories from a role-based admin. The admin also covers ads, users, newsletters and SEO settings, and the listing names metadata, sitemap and robots support. Choose it over the static version when non-developers publish daily.
Trendexa — Fullstack Next.js Mobile Review and Gadget News CMS with Full Admin Panel is a Next.js, TypeScript, Prisma and PostgreSQL web app for mobile and gadget publishers, wi…
How to choose a Next.js template
- The version. As of October 2026, the Next.js support policy lists 16.x as Active LTS, 15.x as Maintenance LTS (critical and security fixes only, at the end of its two-year window) and 14.x as unsupported. Zestora names 16, Landpagy and NexaByte name 15, the static Trendexa and Posty name 14, and Parody says 13 or later. The upgrade guides cover each jump.
- The router. The App Router arrived in Next.js 13, uses React Server Components and is what the Next.js docs recommend over the older Pages Router, which is still supported. Landpagy, NexaByte and the static Trendexa name the App Router.
- A one-minute demo check. In the demo, open the browser console and type
next.versionfor the exact version;next.appDirreturnstrueon an App Router build, and "next is not defined" means it isn't Next.js. Our guide to previewing a template before buying has eight more checks. - Hosting. A template with no server features can be a static export: set
output: 'export', runnext buildand upload theoutfolder to any web server. Rendering on each request, Server Actions and live database queries need a Node.js server or a platform that runs Next.js, as the deployment docs explain; our guide to deploying a website compares hosts. - Styling and TypeScript. Bootstrap: Techguru, Vibnt, Adina, FindHusly, Inews, Posty and kbDoc. Tailwind CSS: Parody, Frame & Light and the static Trendexa, both covered in our Tailwind CSS templates guide. SCSS: Landpagy, Vibnt and Adina. TypeScript: Landpagy, Parody, both Trendexa versions and Zestora.
- An HTML twin. Landpagy, Parody, Adina, FindHusly, Trendexa, Inews, kbDoc and Bookjar are also sold as HTML templates under the same name, and Techguru as PHP. If no one on your team writes React, the twin is simpler to run; see our HTML5 templates hub.
Regular vs Extended License
The Regular License covers one end product whose end users aren't charged. If end users pay to use what you build, you need the Extended License. Every purchase includes 6 months of seller support through Manob's built-in ticket system, which you can extend, and every item is manually reviewed and can be previewed before you buy.
When to look elsewhere
- You want it free. create-next-app starts a free project from the default template or an official Next.js example (
--example), with working code and little design. - You want a bigger choice. As of October 2026, ThemeForest's bigger range of Next.js templates is worth a look; check versions and routers the same way.
- You want a client-rendered React app. Our React templates roundup covers Vite single-page apps.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a Next.js template?
A Next.js template is a ready-made React project built on the Next.js framework, with designed pages, components and routing. You add your content and deploy it as a static site or on a Node.js host.
Do I need Vercel to host a Next.js template?
No. A static export runs on any web server, including shared hosting, and the Next.js docs say a Node.js server or Docker container supports every feature. Full-stack templates also need a database server.
Is there a Next.js ecommerce template with a backend?
Yes. NexaByte pairs a Next.js 15 storefront with an Express.js API, Prisma, MySQL and an admin panel. Bookjar is a bookstore design with shop layouts, a user dashboard, a wishlist and order tracking.
Which Next.js template suits a portfolio or blog?
Frame & Light keeps portfolio items and blog posts in markdown and has blog category and tag pages. Posty adds a dark mode for magazines and personal blogs, and Parody suits an agency or freelancer portfolio.
What is the difference between a Next.js starter and a template?
A starter, such as the default create-next-app project, is a minimal setup with a page or two. A template adds a finished design and ready-made pages, so your time goes into content.
Can I upgrade a template to the latest Next.js version?
Usually, yes. In the project folder, run npx @next/codemod upgrade latest to update Next.js, React and React DOM and apply the codemods, then fix build errors and test every page.