Sveltekit Netlify Stripe Fauna Example
SaaS boilerplate example with SvelteKit + Tailwind + Netlify Identity (GoTrue) + Stripe + Fauna.
Overview
The SaaS starter boilerplate is an elegant and user-friendly serverless app that can serve as a reference or starting point for building a SaaS application. The focus of this project was to utilize modern tooling and infrastructure, while keeping the number of platforms and expertise required to a minimum. Although there are a few remaining items to add, this boilerplate provides a solid starting point for working with the included tools and platforms.
Features
Tools & Platforms
- SvelteKit: A lightweight framework for building web applications.
- Netlify Identity authentication / GoTrue: A user authentication and management system.
- Stripe subscriptions & customer portal: Integration with Stripe for handling subscription billing and management.
- Fauna GraphQL database: A flexible and scalable database for storing user data.
- Tailwind: A utility-first CSS framework for creating customizable designs.
- SveltePreprocess for Pug markup: Allows for using the Pug templating language within Svelte components.
- Deployment as serverless app on Netlify via SvelteKit's Netlify Adapter: Enables easy deployment of the app on Netlify.
Functionality
- Authentication: Supports authentication via JWT cookie and Netlify Identity / GoTrue. Includes email templates and account management UX.
- Helper methods: Provides helper methods to access the GoTrue and Fauna APIs without a JavaScript client.
- Subscription billing and management: Allows users to manage their subscriptions and billing methods using Stripe.
- User database: Stores user data using the Fauna GraphQL API.
- Responsive layouts: Creates responsive layouts using SvelteKit and Tailwind.
- Configurable color system: Allows for customization of the app's color scheme through Tailwind.
- Configurable form components: Provides flexible, browser-based validation using the Constraint Validation API.
- Configurable modal and notifications components: Allows for easy customization of modals and notifications.
- SvelteKit serverless functions: Supports the use of serverless functions (endpoints) with SvelteKit.
Summary
The SaaS starter boilerplate is a comprehensive solution for building a serverless SaaS application. It offers a wide range of features, including user authentication, subscription management, flexible layouts, and customizable components. The integration with popular tools and platforms like SvelteKit, Netlify, Stripe, and Fauna makes it easy to get started and create a scalable application. While there are some suggested additions and improvements, the boilerplate provides a solid foundation and serves as a valuable reference for building upon.
- Svelte
Svelte is a modern front-end framework that compiles your code at build time, resulting in smaller and faster applications. It uses a reactive approach to update the DOM, allowing for high performance and a smoother user experience.
- Tailwind
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.
- Eslint
ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.
- Graphql
A website that uses GraphQL as a query language to manage data fetching and state management. This includes features such as a strongly typed schema, client-side caching, and declarative data fetching to streamline data management and optimize website performance.
- Netlify
Netlify is a cloud-based web development platform that provides a range of tools and services to help developers build, deploy, and manage modern web applications. It offers features such as continuous deployment, serverless functions, and CDN hosting, making it an ideal platform for building fast, scalable, and secure websites.
- Postcss
PostCSS is a popular open-source tool that enables web developers to transform CSS styles with JavaScript plugins. It allows for efficient processing of CSS styles, from applying vendor prefixes to improving browser compatibility, ultimately resulting in cleaner, faster, and more maintainable code.
- Pug
Pug is a high-performance template engine for Node.js and browsers that enables developers to write HTML templates using a concise and intuitive syntax. It supports a range of features, including template inheritance, conditionals, loops, mixins, and more, and can be easily integrated into a variety of web frameworks and build tools.