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Question 1

What is Lucidity.js?

Accepted Answer

Lucidity.js is an enterprise-grade template for building multi-site, multi-language websites and content-driven experiences. It deeply integrates Next.js with Sanity CMS to create a publishing platform that is fully functional and enjoyable to use.

Thousands of hours of development time have been spent on Lucidity.js by our team of UX and engineering specialists. Its aim is to be the most feature complete, enterprise-grade template for Sanity. Taking our decade of Sanity and Next.js experience, we've built it from the ground up on the learnings of building other real-world, enterprise digital experiences.

Read our What is Lucidity.js page for more details.

Question 2

Who is Lucidity.js for?

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Our focus is on global organisations looking to deliver content across multiple mediums, in multiple languages. If you're managing multiple websites, apps, digital experiences, or other internet-connected UIs, Lucidity.js is likely a great fit for you. Lucidity.js is designed to manage and deliver your content across these outputs efficiently, whether you have a centralised editing team, or a globally distributed one. Lucidity.js helps with local-to-global content, local content guardrails, and re-using content where appropriate across outputs. Lucidity.js is ideal for organisations looking to derisk their Sanity projects, but who may not have budget to pay for a Sanity specialist partner Lucidity.js ensures you have a practical start point with a well-designed, future proofed Sanity build, with long-term flexibility and Enterprise-level support. Learn more in our use cases for Lucidity.js .

Question 3

Who is Lucidity.js not for?

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For simple, single marketing websites in a single language, this starter kit may not be for you. For these use cases you may be better served by simple starters like SanityPress or Turbo Start , which are free to use. However, if later you need to move to a multi-site or multi-language setup, there is considerable work required to create to build that in to these starters. This starter kit may be a good choice if you know you'll be expanding into multiple sites or languages.

Question 4

Why should we buy Lucidity.js instead of building our own Sanity setup?

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Building something equivalent to Lucidity.js typically takes several thousand hours , a deep understanding of Sanity and Next.js, and UX and engineering specialists. Buying Lucidity.js saves that time and money and significantly derisks your Sanity project. Sanity puts emphasis on letting you build whatever you need in the CMS. However, this means there are fewer features out of the box than you would find with other Headless CMS. Multi-site, i18n, redirects, flexible page sections, caching strategies, performance optimisations, and loads more are all built into Lucidity.js. With a well-designed architecture and features ready to use, Lucidity.js lets your team focus on what is unique to your organisation.

Question 5

Why buy Lucidity.js over a free starter kit?

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Free starters are a great fit for simple sites. If you only need a single marketing site in one language, a lighter starter may be enough. We would recommend SanityPress or Turbo Start if so. However, if you're managing and delivering content to multiple sites or experiences, in multiple languages, or need strong editorial UX and workflows, Lucidity.js is the best choice. Lucidity.js gives your team a solid framework to build upon, and the necessary features to let you launch quickly and with greatly reduced risk.

Question 6

How does Lucidity.js reduce delivery risk?

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Starting without Lucidity.js means starting from one of a few other starter kits, either from Sanity themselves or from the community. These are simple demonstrations of taking content from Sanity and displaying it on a page. It doesn't include the many features a global organisation needs to manage and deliver that content. This means these features need building before you can start delivering content. It also doesn't integrate multi-site support into the Studio and the Website, which takes significant planning and effort. Teams moving to Sanity for the first time also do not have a depth of Sanity experience yet. Without Lucidity.js, these teams will be building critical content infrastructure using Sanity for the first time. This infrastructure will be what's used for the next few years, so it needs to be correct, and it needs to scale. This is a big ask for a first time Sanity team. With Lucidity.js, you inherit thousands of hours of development and expertise from UX and Engineering specialists. We've developed it from the ground up based on learnings from other real-world, enterprise digital experiences we've built. We've also worked closely with Sanity solution engineers to ensure it's compatible with all Sanity features, now and into the future.

Question 7

What features does Lucidity.js include out of the box?

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Alongside the configured and integrated Next.js v 16 and Sanity v 5 apps, Lucidity.js includes many features that cover these main areas: Editorial Experience Visual Editing Live Previews Recycling Bin Content Type Page Templates Document Location Resolvers Redirect Warnings Redirect Tester Redirect Tracking Reusable Content Blocks Portable Text Editor Configuration Deep Image, Video, and File Integrations Multi-site and multi-language Studio workspaces per site Document Translations and Field Translations Codebase string translations Initial Value Templates Deep Structure Integration and Helpers Roles + Permissions for Sites and Languages Multi-site and Multi-language Routing via Proxy Easily modifiable config Content Headers and Footers Modular Content Blocks Announcement Bar Editable 404 Page SEO, GEO, Sitemaps, RSS Feeds, and AI Crawlers Content visibility (access rules) SEO & Metadata Integrations Sitemap RSS Feeds for XML and JSON Deeply Integrated Redirects Preview SEO in-CMS Automated JSON-LD Structured Data Developer Experience Helpers for Validation, Hidden/Readonly, Structure, Singletons, and more Next.js Middleware Proxy Pipeline Turborepo with Turbo generators Developing with AI Agents .agents directory with skills and sub-agents AGENTS.md that describes the codebase Security Pre-launch Site Password Protection Security Headers and CSP Performance Caching & Invalidation Asset Optimisation Governance Roles and Permissions Scripts Editorial Workflow Durability Detailed Documentation Solid Repository Architecture High Code Quality Configured CI/CD Pipeline Observability and Monitoring Error Monitoring Integrations (Sentry, simple to add more) Observability Integrations (BetterStack, simple to add more) Analytics Analytics Integrations (PostHog, GA4, GTM, simple to add more) QA + Testing UAT Integration (FeedBucket) For a full breakdown of the included features, see our Features page .

Question 8

Can I customise and change Lucidity.js?

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Absolutely. Once you purchase Lucidity.js, you have full control over all of the code. Lucidity.js is the starting point from which you can continue developing your own functionality. For example, you can use your own Digital Asset Manager, tailor content workflows, adjust roles and permissions, or extend schemas as needed. The codebase is intended to be owned and evolved by your team, not treated as a black box. What's more, we've designed each feature with configuration and extensibility in mind. The config directories let you quickly configure certain options. See the Apps configurations for details of each config option.

Question 9

What license does the code come with?

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When you purchase a Lucidity.js licence, you can: ✅ Use Lucidity.js for commercial and non-commercial projects ✅ Modify the code to fit your needs ✅ Use it in as many projects as you like ✅ As a freelancer or agency, create client projects using Lucidity.js (licence must be purchased per client) You cannot: ❌ Re-sell Lucidity.js even with significant modification ❌ Use the code to create a competing product or service, or another template ❌ Share your licence with others For the full license breakdown, read our Licence page .

Question 10

How many sites and languages can Lucidity.js support?

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There is no limit on the number of sites or languages Lucidity.js can support.

Question 11

What support is available after purchase?

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We offer enterprise-level, hands-on support after you purchase. That includes: A dedicated account manager A Slack Connect channel with our support engineers, where you can ask questions under SLA Onboarding sessions to get you set up with Lucidity.js Monthly check-in sessions to see how your build is progressing News and updates about Lucidity.js that you can apply to your project Beyond that, Hex Digital offers consultancy and delivery services if you need more capacity or depth: Embedded engineers working alongside your team to ship features, Studio customisations, integrations, and front-end work Architecture and review sessions—content models, multi-site structure, performance, accessibility, SEO, and operational concerns such as caching, redirects, and CI/CD Migration and launch support—content moves, redirect strategy, go-live planning, and stabilisation after release Training and enablement—workshops and hands-on upskilling in Sanity, Next.js, React, TypeScript, and adjacent tooling your stack uses

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