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This question has come up many times (here's one thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30807759) Like others have said, pick the tech you want to use first, then find a good one that uses that tech! I would look for reviews, a history of updates, and a founder who knows their stuff. There's many directories listing them - probably the most comprehensive one is here: https://github.com/smirnov-am/awesome-saas-boilerplates Good luck!
In Ask HN: What's the best SaaS starter kit for indie makers?
tldr: here's the directory https://www.launchnow.pro/saas-boilerplates-directory If you've planned on purchasing a boilerplate for your next SaaS, chances are you would have stumbled upon this GitHub repo: https://github.com/smirnov-am/awesome-saas-boilerplates It's amazing, but still a considerate amount of effort in finding the one you want based on features & your budget. Then I came across these directories: - https://saasboilerplates.com (love the ability to filter by stack! but prices not listed on main page, have to open each individually, no way to sort by price or search) - https://saasitron.com/ (quite comprehensive! but again no prices listed on main page and no way to sort or search) So I built one: https://www.launchnow.pro/saas-boilerplates-directory It has all the above in a single page + functionality to sort by your budge
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t. I plan to keep it updated and will keep on adding more boilerplates soon. It's free to use, hope it makes your decision to purchase much easier.
In Top SaaS Boilerplates Directory: Features, Names and Prices
How is it different from: Django (Python) SaaS Pegasus https://www.saaspegasus.com/ Djaodjin. Open Source. https://djaodjin.com/ Carrot Seed https://www.cnc.io/en/seed The SaaS boilerplate by Apptension (+React) https://www.apptension.com/saas-boilerplate Vanty Starter Kit https://www.advantch.com/ Saas Hammer https://saashammer.com/ Flask (Python) SaaS Forge. Open Source. https://www.saasforge.dev/ Ignite (SaaS Boilerplate). Open Source. https://github.com/sumukh/ignite Flask App Builder. Open Source. https://github.com/dpgaspar/Flask-AppBuilder Build a SAAS App with Flask. Course / Boilerplate. https://buildasaasappwithflask.com/ Enferno Frameowrk: Open Source . https://enferno.io/ https://github.com/smirnov-am/awesome-saas-boilerplates
In Show HN: PySaaS – Python SaaS starter kit
Skip team features until a customer (or somebody ready to pay) is asking for it. In our B2B SaaS we have Fortune 100 companies as customers and even they are so far fine with individual accounts. We implemented two-factor-auth after customer requests but it's shocking how few of our users actually switch it on, definitely not relevant to grow or get more sales. I can't answer it for B2C, that growth might work different. Start with a framework that includes authentication. It will save weeks of work. https://github.com/smirnov-am/awesome-saas-boilerplates Good luck for your MVP/launch.
In Ask HN: What do you think about growth through collaboration?
There are a ton of products like this out there that build on popular frameworks: Saas Pegasus (https://www.saaspegasus.com/) for Python/Django, Bullet Train (https://bullettrain.co/) and JumpStart (https://jumpstartrails.com/) for Rails, Spark (https://spark.laravel.com/) for Laravel, Gravity (https://usegravity.app/) for JS You can find an even bigger list here: https://github.com/smirnov-am/awesome-saas-boilerplates though those are the market leaders (I make one of them and follow things closely)
In Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits
I'm the creator of https://www.saaspegasus.com/ and would love to have you as a customer, and very happy to answer any questions you have about the Pegasus product, community, etc. That said, all of the popular boilerplates have been created by individuals or teams who are passionate about their frameworks (in my case Django) and have significant experience building products on top of them (in my case 10+ years). All of them will drastically reduce your time to MVP and likely be a better foundation than you'd author on your own. I actually would choose a language/framework first and then choose a boilerplate based on that. The boilerplate will get you far, but ultimately you're still going to be doing lots more dev in the framework, so you should pick one you like. Django and Rails and to some extent Laravel are comparable - mature framew
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orks with lots of batteries included, mostly server-render HTML by default. JavaScript is its own separate beast with a more fractured ecosystem, but tighter integration with the front end. I'm obviously biased towards Python because it's a wonderful language to work with and has a great community and third-party package ecosystem. But honestly, any of these are great choices and will help you launch your first product way faster. There's a huge list of SaaS boilerplates broken down by language available here: https://github.com/smirnov-am/awesome-saas-boilerplates Good luck!
In Ask HN: Best SaaS Boilerplate?

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