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SaaS Starter

A comprehensive open-source template that accelerates SaaS development by providing essential features out of the box, allowing developers to focus on building their unique features rather than reinventing the wheel each time.

Client: Startino

Completed: October 2024

Website:https://github.com/startino/saas-starter

Authentication Ready

Complete user management system with authentication and profiles

Payment Integration

Complete billing system powered by Stripe for subscriptions and payments

Database Setup

Pre-configured database schema and migrations for rapid development

The Story Behind SaaS Starter

Jorge, our CEO, loves building things fast. Too fast? Let's not debate that haha. One of Startino's goals is to build and launch our own SaaS products.

As we were iterating on some ideas, we noticed that creating new SaaS applications from scratch involves significant time and effort, with our developers spending considerable resources on trivial features like user authentication and payment integration rather than focusing on core business logic.

Solution

Before spending the resources into a new project, we always have to look for alternatives. Why would we reinvent the wheel? There's not much innovation here, to be blunt. In our search, we found Critical Moment's SaaS Starter on Github. This was great news, but after looking through the code base, we noticed that it wasn't up to date (Svelte 4 instead of Svelte 5, for example), and wasn't as maintained as we would need from a starter pack.

We forked CM's amazing repository and added our own "tino" spark to it.

SaaS Starter Features

SaaS Starter is our open-source foundation for rapidly building SaaS applications. It comes packed with:

  • Full user management with authentication and profiles
  • Complete billing system powered by Stripe
  • Marketing tools including blog engine, SEO optimization, and contact forms
  • Customizable user dashboard and on-boarding flows

Technical Implementation

Modern Tech Stack

  • • Svelte 5 for reactive UI components
  • • TypeScript for type safety
  • • Tailwind CSS for styling
  • • Supabase for backend services

Developer Experience

  • • One-command setup and deployment
  • • Comprehensive documentation
  • • Example implementations

Impact & Results

90%

Time Saved

Developers save 90% of initial setup time with pre-built authentication and billing

Open Source

Community Driven

Available on GitHub for the entire developer community to use and contribute

Production Ready

Battle Tested

Used internally at Startino for multiple SaaS products