u/Intrepid-Housing-781

Guys... my vibe coded project got the first batch of paying users😭 tried all the free frameworks with the vibe coded project and we finally got there

one rule going in: i was broke, i need free things. so this list is for broke kings like me

paid ones — skipped, broke:

ShipFast (~199) — fastest to launch, great docs. but $199 and the codebase is thinner than people admit.

Supastarter (~299) / Makerkit (~299) — most "complete," nice architecture. but Makerkit + plugins runs 500+ year one. hard skip when you're broke.

free ones （No promotion, All open source）:

Open SaaS (Wasp) — most complete free one. Stripe, email, admin, PostHog, MIT. catch: built on Wasp, so you're learning a smaller framework. fine if that trade doesn't bug you — strongest free starting point.

ixartz SaaS-Boilerplate — MIT, clean modern stack (Next, Clerk, Drizzle). but minimal — a starting point, you build a lot yourself.

Vercel next-saas-starter — dead simple. honestly more a learning project than something to ship.

Velobase Harness — the one that actually got me paying users — open-source, and the only one shipping the post-launch revenue layer: server-side ad attribution, a real double-entry affiliate ledger, etc. con: heavier than ShipFast or ixartz, overkill if you're just shipping an MVP.

SaaS Starter Kit (boxyhq) —open-source, enterprise-y. SAML SSO, directory sync, audit logs, team management baked in. con: it's aimed at B2B/enterprise stuff, so for a scrappy solo B2C app it's a weird fit and kinda heavy.

Nextacular — MIT, multi-tenancy + workspaces + Stripe + email out of the box. decent for a workspace-style SaaS. con: not super actively maintained, deps lag behind, so you'll spend some time updating things.

if you're stuck in the broke loop i was, that's the rundown. what'd yall build on? i can recommend one framework for you

Success story time!! 🤍

So what finally got my SP back? Realizing I wasn't manifesting him. I was manifesting a new version of ME.

We'd been in a tug of war forever and I always felt like I was the one giving more. So I stopped focusing on him and started affirming who I wanted to be. Things like "I never wait, I trust myself, he chases me, he always wants to see me."

And honestly? In the past he'd come back too but it'd take like a year because even when he did I was still the same with the same old story playing in the background.

This time it took two weeks. He came back and said everything I'd been wanting to hear. And now I'm just staying in the new story and not looking back.

The biggest surprise was how much lighter I feel. Like I've actually let go of all this burden I didn't even realize I was still holding onto.

Anyway the whole point is this is about YOU, babe. Not them, not the situation. Just you. Your identity is everything 🤍

Success story time!! 🤍

So what finally got my SP back? Realizing I wasn't manifesting him. I was manifesting a new version of ME.

We'd been in a tug of war forever and I always felt like I was the one giving more. So I stopped focusing on him and started affirming who I wanted to be. Things like "I never wait, I trust myself, he chases me, he always wants to see me."

And honestly? In the past he'd come back too but it'd take like a year because even when he did I was still the same with the same old story playing in the background.

This time it took two weeks. He came back and said everything I'd been wanting to hear. And now I'm just staying in the new story and not looking back.

The biggest surprise was how much lighter I feel. Like I've actually let go of all this burden I didn't even realize I was still holding onto.

Anyway the whole point is this is about YOU, babe. Not them, not the situation. Just you. Your identity is everything 🤍