Django Launch

Solo developers and indie hackers building a new SaaS or web app have to repeatedly build the same boring infrastructure: Stripe webhooks and models, protected API routes, user login and signup, auth context, a dashboard, and deployment configuration. The maker behind this site says his first app took 7 months partly because of time spent on payments integration, authentication, and route protection. The page estimates this setup work costs more than 25 hours of 'headaches' per project, delaying the point at which a builder can start earning money from a new app.

Django Launch is a paid Django boilerplate sold as a one-time, lifetime-access purchase that bundles Django with Stripe payments, Google Auth, user authentication (login, registration, password reset), protected routes, database models, a prebuilt landing page and dashboard, and deployment configuration. It is offered in two versions: a 'Django MVP Starter' using server-side HTML rendering with DaisyUI themes, and a 'Django Ultimate Pro' using Django REST Framework with a React frontend, JWT authentication, sample CRUD API endpoints, and role-based API permissions. Buyers get documentation, a setup guide, a Discord community, and lifetime updates, with the pitch that the same setup work drops from 25+ hours to about 3 hours.