Creator Tool Hub

A single Next.js app that hosts multiple creator tools. The first tool is the Thumbnail Creator at /thumbnails.

Environment Configuration

All required environment variables have been configured for production deployment.

Tech

• Next.js 15 (App Router)
• React 19, TypeScript
• Tailwind (via @tailwindcss/postcss), autoprefixer, tailwindcss-animate
• NextAuth (Auth.js) with Google OAuth
• API uses Google Gemini via @google/genai

Getting started

1. Install deps

npm install

2. Env vars

For Development (Simplified Setup):

Create .env.local with just the Gemini API key:

# Only required for development
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key_here

Development Mode Features:

• 🚫 No Google OAuth setup required - authentication is automatically bypassed
• 🚫 No Autumn billing setup required - credits are mocked (999 credits)
• ✅ Mock user: [email protected] with full access
• ✅ All features work without external service dependencies

For Production:

Copy .env.local.example to .env.local and fill in all values:

# Required for production
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=your_random_secret_here
NEXTAUTH_URL=https://your-domain.com
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_oauth_client_id
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_google_oauth_client_secret
AUTUMN_SECRET_KEY=your_autumn_secret_key
NEXT_PUBLIC_AUTUMN_THUMBNAIL_FEATURE_ID=credits
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key_here

Get Google OAuth credentials from Google Cloud Console. Generate NEXTAUTH_SECRET with: openssl rand -base64 32

3. Run dev server

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000

• Home (/) shows a minimal landing page
• Thumbnails (/thumbnails) opens the Thumbnail Creator

API runtime

• The generation endpoint runs on the Node.js runtime for better compatibility and time/memory limits:

// app/api/generate/route.ts
export const runtime = "nodejs";

If you later want Edge (fast, globally distributed, but with more limits), change to "edge" and validate payload sizes and timeouts.

Structure

app/
  page.tsx                # Landing page
  api/generate/route.ts   # Thumbnail generation (Node runtime)
  thumbnails/             # Thumbnail Creator UI
components/
lib/
public/

Notes

• Minimal styling by design to keep the hub clean and focused.
• Turbopack warning suppression: next.config.ts sets turbopack.root = __dirname.
• When adding more tools, create routes like /captions, /watermark, etc., and link them from the header and landing page.

Next steps

• Add CI and lint rules as needed
• Add e2e smoke tests for the /thumbnails workflow
• Optionally delete the old thumbnailer/ folder if no longer needed (all logic has been moved)