Coding Capybaras – Ship Your SaaS Fast: Free Boilerplate for Founders Using AI

Ship a real SaaS in a weekend.

A guided journey for first-time founders. Build on the same boilerplate that powers this site — free to use, with optional Pro extras for $97 one-time.

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Why most first SaaS attempts stall

It's rarely the idea. It's the plumbing between you and a working product.

Stack paralysis

Endless decisions before you write a line of product code — which framework, which database, which host.

Integration plumbing

Wiring Stripe to your database, sending email, handling webhooks, deploying — the unglamorous work that stops you.

Stranded after the download

Most boilerplates hand you a ZIP and wish you luck. No path from “files on disk” to “live product.”

Up and running in four steps

No stack to assemble and no config maze. Download, open, and run one command — then the guided journey takes you the rest of the way to launch.

1

Download the ZIP

Grab the boilerplate from your account — one file, no setup wizard.

2

Open it in Cursor

Unzip it and open the folder in your editor. Everything inside is already wired together.

3

Run one simple command

Type pnpm dev and your app opens at localhost:3000, running right on your own computer.

4

Follow the guided journey

The in-app Onboarding Journey walks you through GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, and Stripe — all the way to launch.

A guided path, not a bare boilerplate

Eight stages take you from installing a code editor to a product deployed in production. Each stage is one focused step.

0

Get the boilerplate running

Install your editor, download the boilerplate, and run it locally.

1

Your project

Name what you're building and who it's for.

2

Foundation

Connect Supabase — your database and auth backend.

3

Payments

Connect Stripe so you can charge customers.

4

Email

Connect Resend so you can send transactional emails.

5

Branding

App name, color, and logo — what users see first.

6

Launch prep

Legal pages, refund policy, and a launch checklist.

7

Deploy

Push it live and tell the world.

Browse the Stage 0 walkthrough →

A production stack, not demo-ware

You download a real, working application — the same stack this site runs on.

The stack

Next.js — the application framework

Supabase — database and authentication

Stripe — payments and subscriptions

Resend — transactional email

One-click deploy to production

What's included

Step-by-step guided journey from setup to launch

Locked architectural decisions — no stack choices to make

Configuration GUI for branding, pricing, and email templates

Feature flags and an admin panel, ready to use

Built-in MDX blog with SEO and sitemap

See how the three regions work →

Built for AI-assisted development

Every Coding Capybaras project ships with the context your AI coding assistant needs to navigate, modify, and extend your code without breaking the architecture.

CLAUDE.md & .cursorrules in every region

Out of the box, your AI assistant gets context: how the codebase is structured, what conventions to follow, what changes are safe, and where the guardrails are. No more “my AI rewrote the auth flow when I asked for a button color change.”

Three regions, clear boundaries

platform/ (auth, billing, admin), website/ (marketing pages), product/ (your customer-facing app). AI tools know which region to edit when, so changes stay isolated and the plumbing keeps working.

AI_INSTRUCTIONS.md + starter prompts

Day-one templates for talking to your AI coding assistant — what to ask, how to phrase changes, and the safety rails that prevent it from refactoring everything when you wanted a small tweak.

Tour the three regions

Built for creators. Free to ship.

Anyone with a software idea should be able to bring it to life. So the boilerplate that powers codingcapybaras.com is yours — free, no strings.

The stack it runs on has $0 monthly overhead too: Vercel, Supabase, and Resend free tiers scale to real customers, and Stripe only takes a fee when you actually get paid. Enough to launch a real product and earn real revenue without ever paying us a cent.

Pro ($97 one-time) is for builders who want extras — lifetime updates, expanded admin GUI, additional integrations, and email support. Business plans available for custom needs.

See full pricing

This site is built with the boilerplate it sells

codingcapybaras.com runs on the same auth, the same Stripe integration, and the same guided-journey engine you'll download. If it can ship this, it can ship yours.

Questions, answered

Do I need to know how to code?

It helps, but you don't need to be a pro. If you can read code and follow instructions, the guided journey plus AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor do the heavy lifting. You direct the work — you just don't write every line yourself.

See: install Cursor or VS Code →

What's actually included in the Free tier?

Everything. The Free tier is the complete boilerplate that powers codingcapybaras.com — full source code, auth, payments, email, and the admin GUI. It's not a watered-down trial; it's the real thing.

What if I get stuck?

The guided journey is built to keep you from getting stuck in the first place — one focused step at a time. On the Free tier you have the docs and community resources; Pro ($97 one-time) adds direct email support from the team.

Who owns the code I build?

You do, completely. No lock-in, no revenue share, no licensing strings. The code you download is yours to use however you want — commercial projects included.

Why is Pro a one-time $97 instead of a subscription?

You shouldn't pay forever for software you've already built. Pro is one-time — lifetime updates, no recurring billing. The price matches how creators actually use the product: build it once, own it for good.

Your weekend starts now

Create your account and start the guided journey. The boilerplate is free — pay only for optional Pro extras.

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