SlimSaaS Kit

SlimSaaS Kit is a lean, high-performance Django + React starter kit designed to accelerate the development of SaaS applications. It aims to provide a solid foundation without unnecessary bloat, focusing on performance and user experience. This kit is ideal for founders and developers looking to launch their startup quickly and efficiently, saving over 75 hours of initial development time.

Key Features:

• Authentication & Social Auth: A full-fledged authentication system including login, logout, registration, forgot/reset password functionalities, multi-factor authentication (2FA) with QR codes and recovery codes, and social authentication integrations with platforms like Google and Facebook. It also ensures secure session management and CSRF protection.
• Stripe Payments: Seamless integration with Stripe for handling payments, including checkout flows and payment permission classes.
• Marketing Site & Blog: Comes with a dedicated static marketing site and blog built with Astro, leveraging its fast loading times and excellent SEO capabilities. This allows for quick content development using markdown.
• Docker Ready: The entire stack is containerized using Docker, making deployment straightforward and consistent across environments.
• Tailwind + DaisyUI: Styled with Tailwind CSS and DaisyUI, offering a highly customizable and themeable UI. Users can easily switch between themes or create their own.
• Email System: Preconfigured email system with support for major hosts (e.g., Mailgun) and includes 8 email templates for authentication flows, preventing vendor lock-in.
• TypeScript: Frontend components are built with TypeScript, providing type safety and improved developer experience.
• React Starter Components: Includes a set of React components to handle major authentication and payment flows, with routing based on Django All-Auth's flow system.
• Automatic SSL: Utilizes Traefik for networking between containers, preconfigured with automatic SSL during deployment, ensuring secure communication on a single domain.

Full Stack Overview:

• Django Backend: Features Django ORM, django-allauth for authentication, dj-stripe for Stripe integration, and Django Rest Framework for robust APIs. Includes payment permission classes and other essential backend functionalities.
• React SPA: A Single Page Application built with React and TypeScript, offering services to interact with payment and authentication APIs. Components are designed for major auth/payment flows and are styled with Tailwind/DaisyUI for easy theming.
• Astro Static Site: A separate Astro site for marketing and blog content, optimized for speed and SEO, supporting markdown for content creation.
• Docker & Traefik: All components are orchestrated with Docker containers and Traefik for seamless networking and automatic SSL certificate management.

SlimSaaS Kit is designed for developers who want to build scalable SaaS applications with a modern tech stack, focusing on essential features and high performance from the outset.