The fastest way to launch SEO-friendly tool websites
Launch your next web tool in minutes, not months. LaunchTool is a production-ready Next.js template that combines powerful tools with content marketing to drive organic growth.
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A Next.js template designed for indie makers who want to build tool-first content sites that rank on Google and attract users organically.
✅ Free online tools (converters, compressors, calculators) ✅ Lead generation tools for agencies ✅ SEO experiments and niche sites ✅ Side projects that need fast validation
❌ Complex SaaS with user accounts ❌ Data-heavy applications requiring databases ❌ Enterprise software
💡 Need auth & payments? Check out the SaaS migration guide for integrating Clerk + Stripe when you're ready to monetize.
This template implements a proven growth framework used by successful tool websites:
1. 🔧 Tool provides immediate value
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2. 📝 Content ranks on Google
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3. 🌍 i18n multiplies traffic 2-5x
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4. 💰 Users convert naturally
- TinyPNG - Image compression tool → $500k/month
- SmallPDF - PDF tools → Acquired for $200M
- RemoveBG - Background removal → Multi-million dollar exit
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/zenvel/launchtool.git my-tool
cd my-tool
# Install dependencies
pnpm install
# Copy environment variables
cp .env.example .env.local
# Start development server
pnpm devOpen http://localhost:3000 - your tool site is ready!
vercel --prodYour tool is live in 5 minutes. 🎉
- ✅ Next.js 15 with App Router & Edge Runtime
- ✅ React 19 with Server Components
- ✅ TypeScript for type safety
- ✅ Tailwind CSS 4 with 56+ shadcn/ui components
- ✅ Dark/Light theme with next-themes
- ✅ MDX blog system powered by Fumadocs
- ✅ i18n support (English + Chinese, easily extensible)
- ✅ SEO optimized (meta tags, sitemap, structured data)
- ✅ Blog templates (tutorials, comparisons, guides)
- ✅ Math equations (KaTeX) & code highlighting
- ✅ Client-side processing (privacy-first architecture)
- ✅ File upload & drag-drop
- ✅ Before/after comparison slider
- ✅ Progress tracking
- ✅ Download functionality
- ✅ pnpm for fast package management
- ✅ ESLint & Prettier configured
- ✅ CLI scripts for productivity
- ✅ Hot reload in development
- ✅ One-click deploy configs
- Getting Started Guide - Detailed customization walkthrough
- Project Structure - Understanding the codebase
- Customization Guide - Branding, colors, and content
- Deployment Guide - Vercel, Cloudflare, and self-hosting
- SEO Best Practices - Rank your tool on Google
- i18n Setup - Adding new languages
- Migration to SaaS - Adding auth & payments
A fully functional image compression tool demonstrating:
- Client-side file processing
- Multiple format support (JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF)
- Quality controls
- Real-time preview
- Batch processing
We're adding more example tools:
- Text converters (Markdown ↔ HTML)
- Data formatters (JSON ↔ YAML)
- Code beautifiers
- File converters
Edit config/site.config.ts:
export const siteConfig = {
name: "YourTool",
title: "YourTool - Do Something Amazing",
description: "Your tool description",
url: "https://yourdomain.com",
// ... more settings
};# Replace logo and favicon
cp your-logo.svg public/logo.svg
cp your-favicon.ico public/favicon.ico
# Update brand colors in tailwind.config.js
# Update OG images in public/og-image.png (1200x630px)./scripts/new-post.sh "Your First Post Title" en📖 For detailed customization, see TEMPLATE_GUIDE.md
LaunchTool includes built-in support for multiple languages:
- 🇺🇸 English (default)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese (Simplified)
Adding a new language:
- Add locale in
config/site.config.ts - Create
messages/{locale}.json - Create
content/blog/{locale}/directory
See i18n Guide for details.
LaunchTool implements SEO best practices out of the box:
- ✅ Semantic HTML structure
- ✅ Optimized meta tags (title, description, OG, Twitter)
- ✅ Structured data (JSON-LD)
- ✅ Auto-generated sitemap
- ✅ Robots.txt configured
- ✅ Blog system for long-tail keywords
- ✅ Internal linking structure
- ✅ Fast page loads (Edge Runtime)
- ✅ Mobile-responsive design
- ✅ i18n for multiple markets
- ✅ Auto-generated Table of Contents
- ✅ Breadcrumb navigation
- ✅ Canonical URLs
📖 Deep dive: SEO Guide
vercel --prodnpm run build
npx wrangler pages publish outnpm run build
npm run start📖 Full deployment guide: docs/deployment.md
- Core template with tool + content system
- i18n support (EN + ZH)
- SEO optimization
- Blog system with MDX
- More tool examples (text, data, code tools)
- Video tutorial series
- Community showcase
- Optional SaaS modules (@launchtool/auth, @launchtool/payments)
- CLI tool for scaffolding (
npx create-launchtool-app)
Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide first.
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature) - Open a Pull Request
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
TL;DR: Build whatever you want, no attribution required. ✨
- Built with Next.js by Vercel
- UI components from shadcn/ui
- Documentation powered by Fumadocs
- Icons from Lucide
- 📖 Documentation
- 💬 Discussions
- 🐛 Issue Tracker
- 📧 Email: hello@launchtool.dev
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