19 ways to start a site

Next.js site

Next.js 16

The current site template: pages, site config, health check, search indexing off until launch.

Next.js full-stack site

Next.js 16 + PostgreSQL

The site template plus the parts a site needs: a database, an admin area, editable text, stored forms, a shop, payments, email and file storage. A new site keeps only the parts its plan asks for.

Static HTML

Static HTML

Plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript served as files by a small web server. No server code.

Something else: the AI picks the stack

Chosen by the AI (Dockerfile)

For anything the other templates don't fit: an app in Python, Go, PHP, Rust or another language, a game, an API with a frontend. The AI chooses the stack, explains why in the plan, and writes a Dockerfile that Coolify builds.

Astro

Astro 7 (Node)

Content-first sites: blogs, docs, marketing pages, portfolios. Pages render on the server; little JavaScript in the browser.

Nuxt (Vue)

Nuxt 4 + Vue

Vue apps and sites with server routes: dashboards, interactive tools, sites with an API.

SvelteKit

SvelteKit 3 + Svelte 5

Fast, light apps and sites with server routes, in Svelte.

Express (Node.js)

Express 5 on Node.js 24

A plain Node.js server: APIs, webhooks, small apps with server-rendered pages.

Laravel (PHP)

Laravel 13 + PHP 8.4 (FrankenPHP)

PHP apps with Laravel's batteries: Blade pages, Eloquent, migrations, queues, mail. Pairs with a MySQL or Postgres database.

Symfony (PHP)

Symfony 8 + PHP 8.4 (FrankenPHP)

PHP apps on Symfony components with Twig pages.

Django (Python)

Django 6.1 + Python 3.13

Python apps and sites with Django's ORM, forms and admin. Pairs with a Postgres database.

FastAPI (Python)

FastAPI + Python 3.13

Python APIs and small apps with Jinja pages; good for data, AI and integrations.

Go

Go 1.27 (standard library)

Small, fast services and sites in Go, compiled to one binary.

Static site

Plain HTML and CSS, served by Caddy 2.10

Plain HTML pages in site/, served by Caddy on port 8080. No server code and no database: the cheapest site to host.

Local business site

Plain HTML and CSS, served by Caddy 2.10; contact form to n8n

The static-site template with a contact page whose form Caddy forwards to an n8n webhook, which stores or mails the enquiry and redirects to a thank-you page. No database.

Content site (Payload CMS)

Next.js 16 + Payload 3 + Postgres

A Next.js site with Payload CMS built in: the owner edits pages and blog posts at /admin, drafts stay hidden until published. Payload runs on the site's own Postgres database, with migrations that run at start.

Directory (Payload CMS + search)

Next.js 16 + Payload 3 + Postgres full-text search

Listings in categories, edited at /admin with drafts, shown at /listing/<slug> and found by Postgres full-text search at /search. Payload runs on the site's own Postgres database, with migrations that run at start.

SaaS app

Next.js 16 + Better Auth + Drizzle/Postgres + Stripe

A Next.js app with end-user accounts (Better Auth, email and password), a signed-in dashboard with per-user data in the site's own Postgres database (Drizzle, migrations at start) and Stripe subscriptions (test mode) kept in step by a signed webhook.

WordPress

WordPress + MariaDB (Coolify service)

A WordPress site with its own MariaDB database, run by Coolify's one-click service. There's no repository: pages, themes and plugins are managed in WordPress's admin, not by AI tasks.

Ruby on Rails

Rails 8 + Ruby 3

Planned. Until then, choose "Something else" and ask for Rails.