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Show HN: Open SaaS - An open-source alternative to paid boilerplate
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Author : matijash
Score : 60 points
Date : 2024-01-30 16:48 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| reactordev wrote:
| This is cool but very opinionated on which frameworks to use,
| etc. it's a good start but I want to see one with Golang + fiber
| + htmx + templ. Or bun, or with svelte or vite, but these can be
| changed out if you already know. Starred, looking forward to see
| where this goes as I think we need more "baseline" stacks to help
| people navigate sprint 0.
| matijash wrote:
| Thanks for your support! Yes, the stack is currently fixed
| (React, Node, Prisma), and I understand developers might have
| specific preferences.
|
| We'd definitely like to make it more flexible (also in the
| sense of UI frameworks, etc), but that's something we'll have
| to figure out step by step.
| leros wrote:
| I like opinionated boilerplates. I can adapt to working in
| different ways. Having someone else decide a reasonable
| architecture is something I don't mind at all.
| verdverm wrote:
| Opinionated enough that you have to learn their bespoke
| language WASP
| hot_town wrote:
| Wasp is as easy as learning to write JSON when you already
| know JS.
| leros wrote:
| Yeah that's a bit much.
| TheCapeGreek wrote:
| Being opinionated is a core feature of a boilerplate.
|
| The problem is how it's labelled as a true generic solution
| instead of being a JS SaaS boilerplate. Developers often either
| have specialisations or preferences, and luckily we have more
| than one option for each kind of application.
|
| See SaasPegasus for a good example. Clearly Django oriented. I
| have my own boilerplate for my work in Laravel, but I don't
| brand it as the new saas kid on the block.
|
| No gripes against OP, looks like a neat setup. Just the
| messaging reads to me off. Like it's focusing on the OSS side
| of it in a weird way. Plenty of boilerplates exist out there
| that aren't paid solutions, and all stack their own preferred
| dev tools that are majority open source. It's as if this were a
| product called "peanut flavoured peanut butter".
| hot_town wrote:
| not related to your post at all, but thinking how cool it
| would be to have Jelly-flavoured Peanut Butter.
| matijash wrote:
| Thanks for the feedback! I see your point; we could make it
| clearer from the start that it is JS-oriented. I'm coming
| from that world, so it seems like I took it for granted.
|
| Also re OSS positioning - I'm actually not aware of modern
| (but maybe I missed it), polished SaaS starters such as the
| paid ones that got really popular lately (e.g. supastarter,
| shipfast), so that's what prompted us into that kind of
| messaging. We'd like to create a community-driven starting
| point for developers of equal polish and quality.
| canadiantim wrote:
| Yeah I wish a lot more of these boilerplates didn't go the
| react route or atleast offered a vanilla JS option.
| DLA wrote:
| +1 for Golang + fiber + htmx. Big fan of this stack, plus maybe
| some AlpineJs as needed.
|
| Recently looked at templ-great features, but somewhat awful
| looking generated code.
| reeme wrote:
| Amazing to see more options for boilerplates! Consider adding
| your solution to: https://github.com/smirnov-am/awesome-saas-
| boilerplates . [edit:] Just saw it is already listed! Good job!
| hot_town wrote:
| thanks. we already did actually!! its the first one under
| "Node.js (Javascript)"
| verdverm wrote:
| Having built something similar, the biggest challenge for users
| is that they have to use a bespoke language, like WASP here. I
| suspect that it is also your biggest challenge as well.
|
| Mine is built on CUE, which at least has the potential to become
| a more widely used language. CUE hasn't reached sufficient
| maturity for broader adoption yet, so I continue to face this
| same problem.
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| https://github.com/hofstadter-io/hof
|
| What we built is more like a framework for building WASP +
| boilerplate for anything, both sides of the transform in full
| control by the user.
|
| I'm less bullish on the idea since LLMs that can code arrived on
| stage
| hot_town wrote:
| Wasp is as easy as learning to write JSON when you already know
| JS.
|
| It's more a mental barrier as new tech no one has heard of is
| always somewhat intimidating, whether for good reason or not.
| fimdomeio wrote:
| Does anyone know which software was used to make the video?
| tdupree wrote:
| Looks similar to videos made with https://www.screen.studio/
| matijash wrote:
| yep it was screen studio! Super handy to use
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