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Ship a SaaS

A complete stack for a paid product with users, subscriptions, transactional email, analytics, and a polished UI. Every repo here is one we would actually ship with — the boring choices that compound.

Repos
30
Layers
14
Build time
About 2 weeks
Outcome
See below
You will ship

A multi-tenant SaaS with paid signup, dashboard, billing, and email — all on one stack.

01

Framework + UI

3 repos
byvercel
next.js

App router + server actions + ISR — the default for shipping fast in 2026.

The React framework. ~128k stars. App Router is the bet — server components, server actions, edge runtime. 2026 sentiment is mixed: people l

Copy-paste components built on Radix. You own the code, you own the look.

The default for Next.js builders in 2026. Not a dependency — you copy components into your codebase and own them forever. Built on Radix pri

byradix-ui
primitives

Accessibility primitives under the hood. Use directly when shadcn is overkill.

The accessibility primitives shadcn/ui is built on. If shadcn is too opinionated drop down one level and use these directly. WAI-ARIA compli

02

Auth

2 repos
bybetter-auth
better-auth

The new default — replaces NextAuth in 2026. Type-safe, plugin-driven.

The most flexible modern auth library for TypeScript stacks in 2026. Plugin ecosystem for 2FA, phone OTP, organization roles, audit logs. Sa

For when you want minimal magic — Lucia gives you raw building blocks.

Note: Lucia announced deprecation in 2024 — the maintainer is sunsetting it in favor of writing your own. Still useful as a learning referen

03

Database + ORM

2 repos
bysupabase
supabase

Postgres + Auth + Storage + Edge Functions. The fastest path to a backend.

Postgres + Auth + Storage + Realtime + Edge Functions in one open-source platform. ~73k stars. The fastest way to ship a backend in 2026 for

bydrizzle-team
drizzle-orm

SQL-first ORM with codegen. Pairs cleanly with Supabase Postgres.

TypeScript-first ORM with SQL-like syntax. ~25k stars. Lighter than Prisma, zero codegen step, faster cold starts on serverless. Becoming th

11 more layers · 23 more repos · members only
  • Payments (India + global)2 repos
  • Forms + Validation2 repos
  • Email1 repo
  • State + Data2 repos
  • Analytics3 repos
  • Animation + polish2 repos
  • Scheduling + workflows2 repos
  • Search inside your app2 repos
  • CMS for editorial content1 repo
  • Tooling5 repos
  • Icons1 repo
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How to build ship a saas with AI

The 4-step AI workflow

The AI agents are good at code. They're bad at deciding what stack to use. This bundle does the second part. You bring the agent.

  1. 1
    Ideate with ChatGPT or Claude.ai (web)
    Paste your idea: “I'm building ship a saas. Help me sharpen the product spec — features, edge cases, MVP scope.” Iterate for 10-15 minutes until you have a clear one-page brief.
  2. 2
    Pick your coding agent
    For this kind of bundle, we recommend Claude Code — Sonnet 4.6/4.7 handles full-stack multi-file reasoning best. See the install guide → Cursor and Codex are also great; pick the one you already pay for.
  3. 3
    Feed this bundle to the agent
    Open Claude Code / Cursor / Codex in an empty folder, then paste:
    I'm building ship a saas. Use this bundle as the source of truth for the stack:
    https://stackpicks.dev/build/ship-a-saas
    
    Brief from my product spec:
    [paste your brief from step 1]
    
    Follow the bundle order strictly:
      1. Framework + UI
      2. Auth
      3. Database + ORM
      4. Payments (India + global)
      ...
    
    Stop and confirm with me after each layer.
  4. 4
    Wire one layer at a time, commit between each
    Don't let the agent install everything before the first git commit. One layer = one commit. Catches drift early, easy rollback.

Beyond the bundle

  1. 1Ship the boring version first. The bundle above is the maximalist list. For an MVP, start with 60% of these and add the rest when real users ask.
  2. 2Deploy early. Push to Railway / Vercel after layer 02 (auth) — not after layer 09. Production breaks differently than localhost.
  3. 3Read CLAUDE.md / .cursor/rules in this repo for the project conventions your AI agent should follow.
  4. 4Iterate on the take. If a repo here doesn't fit your specific use case, tell us — contact — and we'll add a better one within 60 minutes.
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