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24 alternatives to AdminCraft Backend V2

Hi HN, I built AdminCore, a secure admin dashboard starter kit for Node.js + React. It includes: - Cookie-based authentication with HttpOnly cookies - Role-based access (admin / user) - Protected routes via middleware - Full CRUD system - Clean SPA admin UI (modals, tabs) I built this after re-implementing the same auth + admin logic on multiple projects. The goal is to save 3–5 days of setup time for devs building SaaS back offices or internal tools. Happy to answer questions or get feedback.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    I launched Open SaaS about a year and a half ago and surprisingly it’s become one of the most popular free SaaS boilerplate starters on github (https://github.com/wasp/open-saas). After 2 years of work total, I’m pleased to launch what I’m calling “Open SaaS v2.0”. Here’s a breakdown of all the features and updates I’ve made to it over time: * New Big, Shiny Things for v2.0 * - Complete redesign with Shadcn UI for a modern and consistent look (themeability coming soon...). - Script that autogenerates an LLM-friendly version of the documentation…

    2025 · opensaas.sh · its alternatives →

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    Open SaaS▲505

    Open-source & 100% free React & Node.js SaaS starter

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Secure, easy, and scalable admin panel generator for Node.js

    2022 · forest.app · its alternatives →

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    AdminJS▲81

    Open source admin panel for your Node.js application

    2022 · adminjs.co · its alternatives →

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    Serverless SaaS Boilerplate for building faster with Next.js and Node.js on AWS. React SaaS Starter kit with Express.js including authentication, payment and teams.

    2021 · nextlessjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Bedrock▲257

    Full-stack Next.js & GraphQL boilerplate for SaaS products

    2021 · bedrock.mxstbr.com · its alternatives →

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    Build full stack apps better and faster than everyone else

    2022 · serverless.com · its alternatives →

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    AdonisJS▲238

    A fully featured web framework for Node.js

    2021 · adonisjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! Thanks for your attention to my post. It was a big challenge to run most of Node.js packages in browser, fast moreover. Virtual File system, resolve import/export. I got cold many times, depressions, burned out, yet still alive and finished it. Many guys helped me with an advice. Many users give a lot of positive feedback. There are 200,000 monthly unique users. I work full time now because of the freemium business model. To be honest - I am happy after many years of hard work.

    2022 · playcode.io · its alternatives →

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    Open-source Tailwind CSS admin dashboard template

    2023 · tailadmin.com · its alternatives →

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    Open source multipurpose dashboard template

    2021 · plainadmin.com · its alternatives →

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    🌊 Template for building an SaaS / admin website using React + Material-UI - dunky11/react-saas-template

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free Vue 2 Admin Dashboard with a set of custom components

    2017 · epicmax.co · its alternatives →

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    React Material UI Admin with Node.js Backend

    2020 · flatlogic.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! Happy to finally launch Stack. We made it because we like to put apps into production quickly, and authentication & user management was taking up way too much time. We have components like and that automatically adapt to whatever theme & design system you're using. Check the blog post to see the example with Radix UI and Joy UI. Also, there's an admin dashboard for monitoring and editing accounts. Stack is 100% AGPL/MIT-licensed, so you can self-host it. Cheers!

    2024 · stack-auth.com · its alternatives →

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    Add open source login to any Next.js and React single page app (SPA) using free open source.

    2021 · ory.dev · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source Tailwind CSS Admin Dashboard

    2025 · tailadmin.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source Node & Vue-extendable Admin Panel framework

    2024 · adminforth.dev · its alternatives →

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    React Admin Dashboard with Node.JS Backend and PostgreSQL

    2019 · flatlogic.com · its alternatives →

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    Build beautiful admin panel for your app

    2019 · admin.vuestic.dev · its alternatives →

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    Introducing v1: a free, open-source starter kit for your next project, built with insights from Midday. This monorepo is designed for rapid development, using the best tools and services available today. It includes Next.js and Supabase for a robust foundation, along with: * Sentry - Error monitoring * Resend - Email delivery * Triggerdotdev - Background jobs * Dub - Sharable links * Upstash - Cache and rate limiting * OpenPanel - Analytics * Polar - Billing * Vercel - Hosting We have handpicked the best libraries in the ecosystem: * Shadcn - UI components * React Email - Email templates *…

    2024 · v1.run · its alternatives →

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    Full stack React SaaS starter kit, earn faster your 1st MRR

    2022 · nextlessjs.com · its alternatives →

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    An admin-friendly, User Management Server (with Passkeys & JWTs) - for seamless and secure integration of user authentication - authcompanion/authcompanion2

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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