Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• pnpm 10 (npm i -g pnpm)
• A Neon PostgreSQL project (free tier works)

Setup

pnpm install
cp .env.example .env

Fill in the two required values in .env:

• DATABASE_URL — from your Neon dashboard (pooled connection)
• BETTER_AUTH_SECRET — generate with openssl rand -base64 32

Initialize the database

pnpm db:push     # create all tables
pnpm seed        # create admin + demo users

Run

pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000. Sign in as admin@example.com / ChangeMe123! (or the values you set in ADMIN_EMAIL / ADMIN_PASSWORD).

What works out of the box

Everything degrades gracefully — missing keys simply hide the feature:

• Email/password auth (email verification off until Resend is configured)
• Credits system with the demo chat
• Pricing page, blog, cases, docs
• Admin dashboard at /admin/users