Intro

Start here: Your MVP launch, guided

Hey, builder! You’re about to stand up a production-ready SaaS base using this free & open-source template. The guide that follows is a practical playbook: concise steps, paste-and-go examples.

If you want to start our project immediately - LaunchPike Repo

Your future milestones:

1. Boot the app locally
2. Turn on authentication
3. Wire email sending
4. Pick and connect payments
5. Add analytics
6. Optional: enable file uploads
7. Set basic SEO

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What’s inside (the stack)

• Wasp - full-stack framework (React, Node.js, Prisma)
• Payments - Stripe • Unibee • Lemon Squeezy
• Analytics - Plausible or Google Analytics
• File uploads - AWS S3
• Email - SendGrid, Mailgun, or SMTP

Because Wasp is the full-stack backbone, you get:

• Authentication - email verification + social auth with minimal code
• End-to-end type safety - backend functions typed, inferred on the client (type-safe Links, too)
• Jobs - define background/cron work in config
• One-command deploy - via CLI to Fly.io (also works with Railway, Netlify, etc.)

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Congrats - you’ve made it through intro. Next up: Quick Start to turn on what you need and ship your first (or not) SaaS MVP.