Next.js Portfolio Starter Kit

Vercel's official MDX blog-and-portfolio starter, tuned for SEO out of the box

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Best for: Developers who write occasionally and want a personal site plus blog that's SEO-correct on day one, without adding a CMS or database.
Skip if: You want a multi-page portfolio with a dedicated projects gallery, case studies, or a CV/resume layout - this template is really a homepage plus a blog list, not a portfolio site builder.

An official Vercel template that pairs a minimal personal-site shell with an MDX-driven blog. Content lives as Markdown files in the repo instead of a database or CMS, and the build already wires up a sitemap, robots.txt, JSON-LD schema, an RSS feed, and dynamic Open Graph images, so the SEO checklist most people bolt on later is done before you write your first post. Styling is Tailwind CSS v4 and the whole thing is a single Next.js app - no separate backend, no auth, no extra services to configure.

Pros

Sitemap, robots.txt, JSON-LD, RSS, and OG image generation are already wired up, not left as TODOs
Content is just MDX files in the repo - no CMS account, database, or extra service to configure
Backed and maintained by Vercel itself, so it tracks current Next.js and Tailwind versions closely

Cons

No projects gallery, case-study layout, or CV/resume page - you're building those sections yourself
No dark mode toggle or theming system out of the box
Ships as a subdirectory of the large vercel/examples monorepo rather than its own standalone repo, so cloning grabs unrelated example code unless you use degit or a sparse checkout