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24 alternatives to DeploySolo – The SaaS boilerplate for engineers. (Pocketbase/ Htmx)

Golang is an incredible language for web development. That being said, indie developers and small businesses will likely miss extensive resources found in other projects like Django. Although building an application from the ground up using the standard library is possible, it can be error prone and time consuming. Pocketbase has almost everything an indie developer needs, supporting database, authentication, and file storage into a single, easy-to-deploy executable. Combined with HTMX, and you can created a full stack web application without bloated front end frameworks. That being said,…

DeploySolo is a SaaS boilerplate built with Golang, Pocketbase, and HTMX designed for engineers building full-stack web applications. It combines Pocketbase's built-in database, authentication, and file storage with… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. DeploySolo – The SaaS boilerplate for engineers. (Pocketbase/ Htmx) launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hey all, I just wanted to share a project I've been working on for the past month. After years of heavy frameworks, I really like the idea of using htmx, but it’s a little too low level for me and needs a thin layer above it to facilitate things like components, better syntax with complex JS inside of an attribute, etc To try and solve this problem with a very minimal stack (golang + htmx) that I've been really enjoying, I'm building this project to cater to my needs and was thinking it would be useful for other developers.

    2024 · htmgo.dev · its alternatives →

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    Unubo 2.0▲324

    Simplest way to deploy your web apps, APIs and databases

    2019 · unubo.com · its alternatives →

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    Full stack development made easy

    2024 · deploysolo.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Source realtime backend in 1 file. Contribute to pocketbase/pocketbase development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · 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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    Hi HN, I'm Mohammed, a technical founder who loves shipping and giving back to the community. I'm open-sourcing the full-stack engine that powers my B2B product, apflow.co. What it is: A production B2B starter with a Go backend and Next.js frontend. Both are fully Dockerized with separate containers. No Vercel. No Supabase. Deploy the whole thing on a $6 VPS, or split frontend and backend across different providers. You own the infrastructure. The problem I was solving: Every SaaS starter I evaluated had the same issue: they locked me into someone else's platform. Vercel for hosting.…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I want to share my side project with you. It's called Bud and it's a full-stack web framework for Go. I created a short video to show you how to create a minimal Hacker News clone with Bud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoypcRqn-xA. The framework is free, open source and MIT Licensed. You can find it on Github: https://github.com/livebud/bud. I started working on Bud 2 years ago after watching the introductory Laracast videos about the Laravel web framework. I was just blown away by how productive you can be in Laravel. However, like many of you,…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Deploy web apps with ease

    2019 · unubo.com · its alternatives →

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    Render▲318

    Hey HN, I'm Anurag, founder and CEO of Render, a cloud for application developers. We've just launched Render Workflows, a way to define durable tasks by decorating plain TypeScript or Python functions and running them on Render without operating queues, worker pools, retry logic, and state management. Code example below [1]. The use cases we have in mind include agent loops, ETL/data pipelines, billing flows, and other long-running jobs. The model is simple: mark an existing function as a Task, deploy the repo as a Workflow, then trigger runs from your application code or via our API.…

    2019 · render.com · its alternatives →

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    Deploy to your server in minutes, not weeks for as low as $4

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    A simple golang application to automate the deployment of software releases. - skx/deployr

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    No gc, No goroutines, Produces small binaries while using the unmodified official go toolchain, and comes with complete Web SDK (generated from w3c/webref). We are building `pcz` to provide a reimagination of Go the language, in an effort to make it suitable for all kinds of programming tasks, and currently you can use it to build efficient web applications in Go using the generated Web SDK (as shown with the live web demo[1]). The journey is just starting, any suggestions? or any critics? [1]: https://primecitizens.github.io/livedemos/10-plat-web/

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Unubo makes it easy for you to track progress by bringing metrics from your favourite tools into one place.

    2019 · unubo.com · its alternatives →

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    Hoplite▲154

    Effortlessly deploy cloud software factories.

    Aug 2026 · hoplite.sh · its alternatives →

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    Startbase▲105

    Templates and boilerplates

    2024 · startbase.dev · its alternatives →

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    Open Source realtime backend in 1 file

    2022 · pocketbase.io · its alternatives →

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    Next.js and Django SaaS Boilerplate

    2024 · thedevstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    For Engineers Who Mean Business.

    2024 · deploysolo.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey everyone. I have dedicated 4 years of my life to building a solution for easy deployment of [primarily] Python and Django apps. Think of it as an equivalent of Laravel Forge/Hatchbox but for Python apps. For those who are not familiar – Platform as a service on your cloud or on-prem servers. I have posted here 2 years ago and a lot has changed since then. What's new: - New great and easy to use dashboard - backups for databases - cronjobs - stats resources of servers and apps - tons of stability improvements.

    2023 · appliku.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! My name is Paras and I am building this project called Slashbase. It's an open-source collaborative IDE for databases in browser. Connect to your database, browse data, run a bunch of queries or share queries within your team, right from your browser. Works with two types of databases: PostgreSQL and MongoDB. It's written in Golang and Nextjs React Framework and runs as a single binary. Features: - Cloud based: Setup on your server. Works in browser. - Easy to use: with minimal interface it is simple to use. - Collaborative: Works with your teams. Easy sharing queries within team.…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DIY Django + React Boilerplate for starting your SaaS - saasitive/django-react-boilerplate

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I can't tell if HN is the right kind of place for this stuff anymore since people are so advanced in their use but I thought it was interesting to leverage my existing Go microservices framework and turn it into the core of what would provide tools for an agent cli or whatever beyond that. Extensibility is key. Thought I'd share and get a conversation going.

    2020 · go-micro.dev · its alternatives →

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    Free SaaS boilerplate (Python/PostgreSQL/ReactJS/Webpack) - saasforge/open-source-saas-boilerpate

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DeployHQ▲112

    Deploy from your repository to your server in minutes.

    2017 · deployhq.com · its alternatives →

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