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open-saas: Launch a full‑stack SaaS in minutes with 16k+ stars

A free, production‑ready JS boilerplate (React, Node, Prisma) that gives founders auth, payments, email, jobs, S3 and AI‑ready tooling out of the box.

From the repo · “A 100% free modern JS SaaS boilerplate (React, NodeJS, Prisma). Full-featured: Auth (email, google, github, slack, MS), Email sending, Background jobs, Landing page, Payments (Stripe, Polar.sh), Shadcn UI, S3 file upload. AI-ready with tailored AGENTS.md, skills, and Claude Code plugin. One cmd deploy. Powered by Wasp full-stack framework.”

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free (self-hosted)
16,145 stars+38★ this week1,958 forksMDXGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 5Updated 10/23/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Use Jumpstart SaaS to build a fully-featured startup software with authentication, payments, and more in just one command.

Real use case example

"A founder, Alex, wants to create a simple online marketplace. They use Jumpstart SaaS to set up authentication with Google and Stripe payments. After five minutes, they add a few more integrations, and their platform is live."

When to use it
  • •When you want to build a SaaS startup without spending weeks on initial infrastructure
  • •If you need a pre-configured stack with auth, payments, and AI integrations
  • •When you want a TypeScript/React project with minimal configuration overhead
Ready-to-paste prompt
npx wasp create my-saas-app -t open-saas
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/open-saas && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/open-saas/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/open-saas/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How open-saas: Launch a full‑stack SaaS in minutes with 16k+ stars works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Open-saas: Launch a full‑stack SaaS in minutes with 16k+ stars is a medium MDX project (~9.9k lines across 166 code files, plus 5 test files). Expect some technical setup — comfortable with a terminal, or ask a developer. Last commit a month ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Medium codebase
~9.9k lines · 166 code files · ~1 h to skim
Setup
Some technical setup
Comfortable with a terminal? 20–40 min. Otherwise ask a dev.
Runs on
Node.js
No API keys detected
MDX 47%TypeScript 45%Astro 4%JavaScript 2%CSS 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
What's in each folder
template/Templates239 files
opensaas-sh/Folder397 files
template-test/Folder10 files
tools/Helper scripts3 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)9 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
wasp-lang
Language
MDX
Category
saas-starter
Published
12/1/2023

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MCP config

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