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Get Started

Welcome to LaunchFa.st 👋

Here’s a quick overview of the boilerplate. Follow along to get your app up and running.

Start a local server

  1. In your terminal, run the following commands:
npm i -g pnpm
pnpm install
pnpm dev
  1. Copy .env.example to .env
cp .env.example .env
  1. Open localhost:3000 to see your site. And voila!

Project Structure

  • /src/pages → Pages (1 directory and/or 1 file.astro = 1 page)
  • /src/pages/api → API calls (1 file = 1 API endpoint with multiple methods)
  • /src/components → Astro Components
  • /src/lib → Libraries helper functions (Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Resend, Upstash, Google Auth, Email Auth, etc.)

Environment Variables (.env file)

Rename the .env.example file to .env. The file content should look like this:

HOST="0.0.0.0"
PORT="3000"

NODE_VERSION="18"

PUBLIC_FONT_NAME="Archivo"

SECRET_KEY="..."
PRIVATE_ACCESS_KEY="..."

RESEND_KEY="re_..."

UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL="https://...upstash.io"
UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN="...="

GOOGLE_AUTH_ID="...-....apps.googleusercontent.com"
GOOGLE_AUTH_SECRET="...-...-..."
GOOGLE_AUTH_CALLBACK_URL="http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google"

TWITTER_CLIENT_ID="..."
TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET="..."
TWITTER_AUTH_CALLBACK_URL="http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/auth/callback/twitter"

STRIPE_SECRET_KEY="sk_live_..."

SMTP2GO_USERNAME="..."
SMTP2GO_PASSWORD="..."

DEPLOYMENT_PLATFORM="netlify"

Now go ahead and follow this tutorial to launch your startup live within hours!