Next.js 16 project – Build a FREE & Uncensored AI Image Generator SaaS App - Neon, Modal, Z-Image

Next.js 16 Project – 🎨 Build a FREE & Uncensored AI Image Generator SaaS (Text-to-Image) using Z-Image 👉 Verdent AI: https://bit.ly/4stUaIx 🎁 Referral Code: 4V8P34 (Complete your registration on the Verdent homepage and enter the code during signup. If you miss it, you can also add it later from your User Center (Profile Settings). Neon → https://get.neon.com/L6XU2A5 Modal → https://bit.ly/4j1oyWJ Eraser Diagram → https://app.eraser.io/workspace/aPTHf... 📌 Video Overview Welcome back to the channel! In this video, we build a production-ready AI Image Generator SaaS from scratch using Next.js 16. You’ll create a free, uncensored, browser-based text-to-image platform capable of generating high-quality, photorealistic images with strong instruction following. The final result delivers output comparable to premium closed-source tools like Nano Banana Pro, but powered by a fast, modern, open-source image model. We use Next.js 16 for the frontend, Z-Image Turbo for high-speed image generation, and Modal for serverless GPU inference. Authentication is handled with Better Auth, payments and credits with Polar, and data storage with Neon (Postgres) + Prisma. The app is fully deployed and ready for real users. ✅ Key Features Free & uncensored AI image generation Text-to-image prompts with strong instruction following Sub-second image generation using Z-Image Turbo Secure authentication (email & social logins) SaaS monetization & credit system with Polar Serverless GPU image generation with Modal Image storage & asset management with AWS Modern dashboard & landing page UI Fully responsive design with Tailwind CSS & shadcn/ui Full-stack deployment on Vercel 🧠 Built With Next.js 16 (App Router + Server Actions) Z-Image / Z-Image Turbo (Open-Source Image Generation) Modal (Serverless GPU Compute) AWS (Image Storage & Infrastructure) Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui Neon + Prisma (PostgreSQL) Polar (Payments & Subscriptions) Better Auth (Authentication) 💡 Who This Is For This video is perfect for developers who want to build real AI SaaS products, understand how modern AI systems work end-to-end, and create portfolio-ready full-stack applications powered by open-source models. 📎 Useful Links Neon → https://get.neon.com/L6XU2A5 Modal → https://bit.ly/4j1oyWJ Polar → https://polar.sh Better Auth → https://better-auth.com GitHub Repo → https://github.com/sahandghavidel/AI-... If you enjoyed this project, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you don’t miss the next AI SaaS build 🚀 Official Verdent Account: @verdent_ai #Verdent #VerdentAI #Vibecoding #AIcoding 0:00 - Intro 3:59 - Install Next.js and Tailwind CSS and create the first template 15:44 - Integrate better-auth for authentication and user management 35:01 - Add sidebar components and utilities 58:35 - Add user credits feature with fetching and display in sidebar 1:05:55 - Integrate Polar SDK and Better Auth for customer portal 1:27:05 - Add settings page with session check and account management components 1:31:18 - AWS Setup 1:40:10 - Add backend image generation service using Modal 1:55:52 - Add image generation functionality with user settings and history 2:16:04 - Add ProjectsPage component for managing user image projects with search and sort functionality 2:24:17 - Add DashboardPage component with user stats and recent image projects overview 2:33:12 - Complete home page 2:44:26 - Deploy to Vercel