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Modern scaffolding toolkit for SaaS applications with authentication, user management, admin panel and billing integration.

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70%

less boilerplate code per project

<7 days

to MVP deployment

100%

type safety and test coverage

MIT

Open license for teams

Background & Motivation

Most new SaaS projects waste weeks re-inventing user auth, billing, and admin scaffolding. Teams rush through boilerplate, stack decisions are inconsistent, and maintenance cost compounds over time. Harvide Starter was built to let developers and agencies launch production-grade SaaS products in days, not months, by shipping a real-world, modern foundation out of the box.

Solution

Starter delivers an opinionated but extensible Next.js monorepo, fully typed with TypeScript, including authentication (email, social, and OTP), role-based user management, billing (Stripe), admin panel, invite flows, and API design based on oRPC and Drizzle ORM. Every module is modular and replaceable. The codebase is documented, linted, and tested-teams can swap providers, override UI, or plug in their own domain logic.

Technical Architecture

  • Frontend: Next.js 15 (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, ShadCN UI, with all authentication and onboarding UX out of the box.
  • Backend: API routes powered by oRPC, Drizzle ORM for schema and data access.
  • Authentication: BetterAuth with Drizzle adapter, supporting email/password, magic links, and third-party social logins.
  • Billing: Stripe integration-subscription management, webhooks, usage-based models, with extensible product catalog.
  • Deployment: Ready for Vercel, AWS, or Docker Compose. Includes full CI/CD pipeline config and environments.

Impact

  • SaaS MVPs and internal tools go live in under 1 week, production-ready, without cutting corners on auth, roles, or billing.
  • Used as a foundation by agencies, indie hackers, and startups-reducing boilerplate in new projects by 70%+.
  • Clean upgrade path: teams can swap out any module, upgrade dependencies, and maintain type safety across the stack.
  • Public docs and MIT license mean rapid adoption and open contribution.

Summary

Harvide Starter cuts SaaS project time-to-market from months to days. Teams get a modern, robust, and extensible codebase that works in production-not a throwaway demo. Projects that start with Starter stay maintainable, upgradable, and secure.

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Website

github.com/harvide/starter

Overview

Our client-an agency building multiple SaaS products per year-needed to standardize their project foundations and cut out weeks of duplicated effort. By adopting Harvide Starter, they accelerated launches, reduced onboarding for new devs, and unified tooling and deployment across all client work.

Sector

Software Development

Solution

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