# apptension/saas-boilerplate

SaaS Boilerplate - Open Source and free SaaS stack that lets you build SaaS products faster in React, Django and AWS. Focus on essential business logic instead of coding repeatable features!

Repository: https://github.com/apptension/saas-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apptension-saas-boilerplate
Homepage: https://apptension.com/saas-boilerplate
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cdk, stack, boilerplate, frontend, backend, workers, pipeline, django, docker, saas, serverless, python, react, typescript, vitejs, aws, business, product, aws-esc, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-04-13T07:20:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 41, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2332, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": 181, "gap_med": 265.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2971, forks 419 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.745256+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source SaaS boilerplate providing a full-stack starter kit built on React, Django, and AWS with infrastructure defined via AWS CDK. It ships with out-of-the-box SaaS essentials such as frontend, backend API, admin panel, background workers, and CI/CD pipelines for multi-environment deployment.

## Use cases
- start a new SaaS product without building auth, billing, and admin from scratch
- bootstrap a React + Django full-stack project with AWS deployment
- set up multi-environment CI/CD pipelines for a SaaS app
- get a ready-made admin panel and background workers for a SaaS product
- avoid weeks of boilerplate setup before writing business logic

## When to choose
- you are building a new SaaS product on React, Django, and AWS
- you want battle-tested infrastructure-as-code and deployment pipelines included
- you need common SaaS features like authentication, admin panel, and workers out of the box

## When to avoid
- your stack is not Python/Django and React/TypeScript
- you deploy outside AWS or want a provider-agnostic setup
- you prefer assembling your own minimal stack rather than a large opinionated template

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, api-framework, deployment, infrastructure-as-code, ci-cd, auth, workflow-automation
- domain: web-development, backend, frontend, cloud-computing, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cloud, python, serverless, cross-platform
- tags: saas, starter-kit, aws-cdk, vite, pnpm, full-stack, multi-tenant, boilerplate, docker, nodejs, typescript, react, django

## Member repositories
- apptension/saas-boilerplate (main) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.745256+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:31:34.608929+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apptension/saas-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.745256+00:00, sha eebf5953a75e)
  - homepage: https://apptension.com/saas-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-29T09:47:06.447330+00:00, sha 13bc3d30671b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.