.NET 10 Next.js Static Export Identity Auth Template

A modern full-stack .NET 10.0 + Next.js 16 project template that combines the power of ServiceStack with Next.js static site generation and React 19. It provides a production-ready foundation for building scalable web applications with integrated authentication, database management, and background job processing.

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Quick Start

npx create-net next-static MyProject

Getting Started

Run Server .NET Project (automatically starts both .NET and Next.js dev servers):

cd MyProject
dotnet watch

Architecture

Hybrid Development Approach

This template uses a hybrid architecture that optimizes for both development speed and production performance:

Development Mode:

ASP.NET Core proxies requests to Next.js dev server (running on port 3000)
Hot Module Replacement (HMR) support for instant UI updates
WebSocket proxying for Next.js HMR functionality

Production Mode:

Next.js app is statically exported to /dist
Static files served directly from ASP.NET Core's /wwwroot
No separate Node.js server required in production

Core Technologies

Frontend (Next.js 16 + React 19)

Next.js with static export capability
Tailwind CSS 4.x - Utility-first styling with PostCSS
TypeScript - Type-safe development
Vitest - Modern testing framework
ServiceStack React Components - Pre-built UI components

.NET Frontend (Integrated + Optional)

Razor Pages - For Identity Auth UI (/Identity routes)

Backend (.NET 10.0)

ServiceStack 10.x - High-performance web services framework
ASP.NET Core Identity - Complete authentication & authorization system
Entity Framework Core - For Identity data management
OrmLite - ServiceStack's fast, lightweight Typed ORM for application data
SQLite - Default database (easily upgradable to PostgreSQL/SQL Server/MySQL)

Major Features

1. Authentication & Authorization

ASP.NET Core Identity integration with role-based access control
Custom user sessions with additional claims
Admin users feature for user management at /admin-ui/users
Email confirmation workflow (configurable SMTP)
Razor Pages for Identity UI (/Identity routes)
Credentials-based authentication

2. AutoQuery CRUD

Declarative API development with minimal code
Complete Auth-protected CRUD operations (see Bookings example at /bookings-auto)
Automatic audit trails (created/modified/deleted tracking)
Built-in validation and authorization
Type-safe TypeScript DTOs auto-generated from C# models

3. Background Jobs

BackgroundsJobFeature for async task processing
Command pattern for job execution
Email sending via background jobs
Recurring job scheduling support
Upgradable to DatabaseJobsFeature for enterprise RDBMS

4. Developer Experience

Admin UI at /admin-ui for App management
Health checks at /up endpoint
Modular startup configuration pattern
Code-first migrations with OrmLite
Docker support with container publishing
Kamal deployment configuration included

5. Production Features

Static asset caching with intelligent cache invalidation
Clean URLs without .html extensions
HTTPS redirection and HSTS
Data protection with persistent keys
Health monitoring
Database developer page for EF Core errors

Project Structure

MyApp/                         # .NET Backend (hosts both .NET and Next.js)
├── Configure.*.cs             # Modular startup configuration
├── Migrations/                # EF Core Identity migrations + OrmLite app migrations
├── Pages/                     # Identity Auth Razor Pages
└── wwwroot/                   # Production static files (from MyApp.Client/dist)

MyApp.Client/                  # React Frontend
├── app/                       # Next.js App Router pages
├── components/                # React components
├── lib/                       # Utilities and helpers
│   ├── dtos.ts                # Auto-generated from C# (via `npm run dtos`)
│   ├── gateway.ts             # ServiceStack JsonServiceClient
│   └── utils.ts               # Utility functions
├── public/                    # Static assets
├── dist/                      # Build output (production)
├── styles/                    # Tailwind CSS styles
└── next.config.mjs            # Next.js config for dev mode

MyApp.ServiceModel/            # DTOs & API contracts
├── *.cs                       # C# Request/Response DTOs
├── api.d.ts                   # TypeScript data models Schema
└── *.d.ts                     # TypeScript data models for okai code generation

MyApp.ServiceInterface/        # Service implementations
├── Data/                      # EF Core DbContext and Identity models
└── *Services.cs               # ServiceStack service implementations

MyApp.Tests/                   # .NET tests (NUnit)
├── IntegrationTest.cs         # API integration tests
└── MigrationTasks.cs          # Migration task runner

config/
└── deploy.yml                 # Kamal deployment settings
.github/
└── workflows/
    ├── build.yml              # CI build and test
    ├── build-container.yml    # Container image build
    └── release.yml            # Production deployment with Kamal

Development Workflow

For detailed information on the development workflow, including starting development servers, generating TypeScript DTOs, database migrations, and testing, see:

Development Workflow Documentation

Configuration

For detailed configuration information, including app settings, SMTP email setup, and upgrading to enterprise databases (PostgreSQL/SQL Server/MySQL), see:

Configuration Documentation