E-Commerce & Admin Boilerplate
A foundation that stays clean as it scales.
Vertex is a developer-facing starter kit for launching scalable e-commerce and SaaS apps without re-solving the same plumbing. It ships a complete storefront (catalog, cart, favorites, Stripe checkout, and a customer billing portal) and an admin dashboard (products, categories, orders, users), all organized with Domain-Driven Design: business entities and repository interfaces in the domain layer, application logic in use-cases and server actions, and external services (Prisma, Stripe, Mailgun) isolated in infrastructure. The goal is a codebase that stays maintainable as it grows.
The problem
Most e-commerce starters tangle UI, data access, and third-party calls together, so they rot as the app grows. Teams need a foundation that's production-ready on day one but still cleanly layered enough to scale.
The answer
A boilerplate built around Clean Architecture: a typed domain core, a use-case and server-action application layer, and a swappable infrastructure layer for Prisma, Stripe, and Mailgun — with a working storefront and admin dashboard on top.
Layered on purpose
Clean Architecture
Presentation
app/ · components/ · hooks/
App Router pages, UI primitives, and view logic.
Application
actions/ · use-cases/
Server actions orchestrate use-cases — the app’s verbs.
Domain
entities/ · repositories/
Business entities and repository interfaces. No framework.
Infrastructure
infra/ · prisma/ · lib/
Prisma, Stripe, and Mailgun — swappable behind interfaces.
Dependencies point inward: the domain knows nothing about Prisma, Stripe, or React. Swap an integration without touching business logic.
What customers get
Storefront
Catalog & filtering
Browse products with advanced filtering and detailed product views.
Cart & favorites
Persistent cart and wishlist backed by Zustand, scoped per user.
Stripe checkout
Secure Stripe Checkout with webhook-driven order fulfilment.
Billing portal
Self-service customer portal for billing and subscriptions.
What operators get
Admin dashboard
Products & categories
Create, update, and organise inventory into dynamic categories.
Orders
View and manage customer orders end to end.
Users & roles
Oversee platform users and role-based access.
Email & analytics
Mailgun transactional email and analytics-ready hooks.
What it's built on
Technology stack
Frontend
Data & Auth
Services
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