Using Plugins to Customize Zap.ts

Zap.ts is highly modular, allowing you to select the features you want. Its core functionality is built on Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Better Auth, Zustand, and oRPC, while everything else is customizable. You’re required to pick at least one ORM (Drizzle or Prisma), but additional features are available as optional plugins.

Required Choice: ORM

You must enable one of the following ORM plugins:

Plugin	Description	Dependencies	Available
drizzle	Sets up Drizzle ORM	drizzle-orm, @neondatabase/serverless	✅
prisma	Sets up Prisma ORM	prisma	❌

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We recommend Neon as the default database for Drizzle. This is the database set up by default but you can replace it by another.

Optional Plugins

Plugin	Description	Dependencies	Available
polar	Adds payment with Polar	@polar-sh/better-auth, @polar-sh/sdk	❌
stripe	Adds payment with Stripe	@better-auth/stripe, stripe	❌
emails	Adds email with Resend + templates	resend, react-email	✅
admin-dashboard	Adds an admin dashboard	None	❌
ui-templates	Adds UI templates	None	❌
blog	Adds a blog with MDX support	@mdx-js/react, @mdx-js/loader, @next/mdx, @types/mdx	❌
ai	Adds AI Vercel SDK	ai, @ai-sdk/react, @ai-sdk/openai, @ai-sdk/mistral	✅
legal	Adds legal templates page	@mdx-js/react, @mdx-js/loader, @next/mdx, @types/mdx	✅
pwa	Adds PWA with push notifications	sw.js, manifest.ts, web-push, ky	✅

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MDX Configuration
We keep the @mdx-js/react, @mdx-js/loader, @next/mdx and @types/mdx plugins installed even if you don't use the blog or the legal plugin. Therefore, you will have to remove the MDX configuration manually if you are sure you don't want to use it.

What is Ky?
ky is a lightweight and modern HTTP client for browsers, built on fetch. It offers a cleaner API, automatic retries, request cancellation, JSON handling, and other convenient features—making it a great alternative to raw fetch.